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ᐈ Babalú Ayé 【Prayer, Offerings, History and MORE】

In this article I will tell you all about Babalu Ayeits history and the offerings that must be given to it, in the same way you will learn about its ways, necklaces, and many more things.

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Babalú Ayé, who is it?

It is the orisha that represents diseases, such as: The plague, smallpox, leprosy and venereal diseases, is the healer of these. He is highly revered, celebrated, feared and powerful. Apart from diseases, he is also related to misery and death

Skin conditions are characteristic and related to itspreads diseases in humans that are very contagious such as venereal diseases and epidemics.

At daytime hides in nature, between the fruits of the cundeamor plant, the coral snake or the ivy and thus in this way to be able to protect themselves from the sun. The translation of the name is: father of the world.

Protect the animals, more than anything to the dogs because in his image he appears with one of them, which is not recognized by Catholicism. It is syncretized with San Lázaro. It represents the number 17 and the multiples of it. Purple is his color and this Orisha is celebrated on December 17.

History

Babalú Ayé is the son of Oxalá and Naña. It was the product of infidelity and that is why at birth he had injuries on his body, because he was born so mistreated and malformed, he was abandoned by his mother and left on the shores of the sea.

Lemanjá found him and when he saw him in that state, bitten by crabs and with wounds on his body, he attended and cured him.

One day he was walking through several villages, when he felt hungry he decided to ask for food from those who inhabited the place, he was covered with straw since that was Lemanjá’s way of curing him, but people were scared when they saw him, they denied him help and he was thrown out of the village. place.

In the places that he visited that day, a short time later, the crops were burned, many people suffered from diseases and some women became ill and likewise became sterile.

When all these bad things happened, the people of those places assumed that it was the man who was covered in straw, who had been denied help, so they decided to go to him to ask for forgiveness so that he could heal the people already the earth so that they bore fruit again.

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His requests were heard by Babalú Ayé, so hungry and thirsty he returns to that place. On this occasion, the residents did provide him with food and drinks, along with that they paid him homage, so he began to fix things in the place and heal people from diseases.

What the saint expressed was that food should never be deniedIt didn’t matter who he was and after that he just left. Upon reaching the lands where he lived, there is a party.

The Orishas danced and watched him from a distance with great timidity since he always remained covered with straw. hey upon seeing him, with his powers he removed her from his body and also healed every wound he had so that he could show how masculine, strong and attractive he was.

Babalú Ayé joins Osha since that day, against the power of death, diseases and in this way together they protect human beings of this.

Offerings to Babalú Ayé

Various things are given to this divinity as an offering, such as:

burnt bread Toasted corn. Different grains. Dry wine. Coconut water. Roasted corn cobs. Fish. Green coconuts. Coconuts. Onion.

What is presented above are a few foods that are offered to you, even much more which may be among your addimú.

In the same way, sacrifices can be presented, such as:

Goats with beards Guinea fowl. roosters. pigeons. Sargasso. scorpion. Basil. Caguairán. Custard apple. Worm liana.

Among many others, it offers great diversity of foods so that protection and blessing can be achieved, in any circumstance or from any evil that may arise, both spiritual and physical.

Their children

This orisha had 9 childrenThey were called Eggun, who together with Oyá, his wife at the time, raised their nine children together. In Yoruba mythology, it only appears how many children he had, but not the name of each one of them.

Those who belong to this religion and are children of Babalú Ayé, will have the following characteristics:

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They give themselves a lot to drastic promises and the sacrifice of flogging which is a form of corporal punishment and torture that consists of beating the body strongly with whips, straps, ropes or rods. They are responsible and very charitable. They are people who care a lot about the well-being of those around them, both mentally and physically. They are characterized by being generous who help and serve constructively to live a positive experience of empathy with everything that surrounds them or does. They give a lot of affection, comfort and compression without expecting anything in return and likewise material goods.

Their paths

It is a divinity that has several pathsthey could be told that they are titles, that were assigned at the time by him when he was granted to be lordamong which are:

Babalú Ayé beluja. Babalu Aye Olode. Babalú Ayé Oloko. Babalú Ayé Aberu Shaban. Babalú Ayé Abokun. Ayé Adu Kake. Babalu Ayé Boku. Babalu Ayé Alino. Babalu Ayé Amabo. Babalú Ayé Bayanana. Babalú Ayé Ajorotomi.

Among many more that it has, some of the paths can be described to have a better vision of what it is about:

The path of Babalú Ayé Ajorotomi indicates that this Orisha brings with him the evils found in the waters of witches and the plague. In the Babalú Ayé beluja it is considered as a adoptive son of Yemaya and this path is related to the sea, in the image it is shown that he has a cane and a machete, where he acts is in boats, where he can dissolve diseases. Babalú Ayé Bokú in this the cemeteries and the sacred mountains are shownthis place is where the living dead beings are always present, they are assigned the powers of death and life.

Babalú Ayé, is he a Demon?

This Orisha is considered a saintDespite the fact that he transmits and can cause diseases of any kind to the person, he is not considered a demon because just as he brings them, he takes them away and heals people, no matter how serious it is because he is the healer of any of these diseases, as long as the actions are done with good and what has been promised to Babalú Ayé is fulfilled, this Orisha will not cause any harm to the person, he will always provide health and a good path so that his life has prosperity and peace.

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Prayer to Babalú Ayé

is adored for who lives in cemeterieswho is in charge and are responsible for selecting the dead.

When on the ground he is invoked by a son of a saint or a medium, which must be covered with a cloth from the coast on his head, this is done so that the tradition is present and out of respect for him since he does not show his face because of the wounds he presents

through a prayer you can ask for help and blessings from Saint Lazarus and in this way to be able to overcome the situations that arise, as long as the person puts all his faith in him, all the trust and what he asks for is from the heart, this Orisha is the one who is in charge of deciding what is best for the person who is praying, together with Jesus Christ.

Three Our Fathers, three Hail Marys and likewise three Glories are prayed.

necklaces

People who follow this religion use the different types of necklaces that he possesses so that in this way, they can have the blessing and also show respect towards this Orisha.

Next, it will be described how some necklaces that belong to Babalú Ayé are composed, which are:

One of her necklaces is: Nanu. It is the one that shows Babalú Ayé’s mother feeling compassion for those who suffer and offering them help. It is composed of a black glory, a white with blue stripes, 17 black and finally a series of Azonajo, of all colors, is added interspersed.

That of Asoyí is comprised of 7 white with blue stripes, 14 brown, 7 white with stripes, a black glory and so on, it is repeated.

The Ayanó necklace has 7 white ones and 17 white ones that must have blue stripes, they are repeated consecutively.

Aguó necklace, is the one that contains 3 black, 17 white with blue stripes, a black glory and this will be repeated.

It contains a black glory along with 17 black ones, and this is repeated. The respective necklace is the Aluiya.

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