Tradition summary
Babalú-Ayé carries both the sickness of the earth and its cure, feared and beloved.
Mythic Dream reflection
to dream of him is to meet suffering not as punishment but as a hard teacher, and to sense the mending that waits on its far side.
Literary reflections
These fragments are original Mythic Dream writing, offered as prompts rather than historical source material.
Wrapped in raffia from crown to foot, he walks with a limp and a small broom, sweeping the ground clean of the sickness he himself can send.
The grain left to rot and the same grain that heals are both his; those who tend the suffering with patience find him standing quietly at their shoulder.
Sources & editorial status
Public citations have not yet been attached to this entry. Treat the tradition summary as provisional until it is reviewed against tradition-specific scholarship; the dream reflection is editorial interpretation.
