- Babaaláwo or
Babalawo in West
Africa (Babalao in
Caribbean and
South American Spanish and Babalaô in
Brazilian Portuguese)
literally means "father of secrets"...
- the
foundational divinity and
prophecy (the
first 16 Odu) to the world.
Babaláwos or Ìyánífás are
usually called Ifa priests, but really, they are scholars;...
-
Orisha of Wisdom, knowledge, and Divination, is the
creator of Ifá and
Babalawo concept. He is a high
priest of Ifá.
Following the
categories developed...
- the
Yoruba title for
Mother of
mysteries & the
female equivalent of a
Babalawo.
While Iyaláwo and Ìyánífá are
often used interchangeably, the
terms have...
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Akose Babalawo prepares spiritual medicines recipes received from
ancestral spirits for
healing and
removal of curses...
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African and Afro-American religions,
notably in Ifá and
Yoruba tradition. A
Babalawo (diviner) uses the
Opele in
order to
communicate with the
deity of wisdom/knowledge...
-
oracles made up by 16
symbols with 256 = 16 x 16. An
initiated priest, or
Babalawo, who had
memorized oracles,
would request sacrifice from
consulting clients...
- Awo may
refer to: Awo,
Nigeria Babalawo Iyalawo AWO (disambiguation) This
disambiguation page
lists articles ****ociated with the
title Awo. If an internal...
- that
dates to AD 800–1000. Ifá
priests and
priestesses bear the
titles Babalawo for men and
Iyanifa for women.
Priests and
priestesses of the
varied Orisha...
- (co-godfather). A santero,
aside from his co-godparents, may have an oluo (
babalawo,
initiate of ifa) who
consults him with an
ekuele (divining chain). There...
