Babalu Aye Central America Symbols Charm

Babalu Aye is the Earth Spirit who is highly related to infectious sickness and healing. He guards against the sickness he represents and carries. He is both smallpox and its vaccine. Smallpox has become a plague of the past, but Babalu Aye is still important. He rules over all skin conditions, large and small, as well as infectious and viral disorders. He is in charge of all skin diseases, such as measles and chicken pox. Babalu Aye has evolved as the AIDS spirit and patron who protects individuals suffering from the disease. He possesses every knowledge of death, sickness, and cemeteries.