Pomba Giras

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Pomba Giras are powerful female spirit entities in Afro-Brazilian religions, often associated with love, desire, justice, and crossroads, who act as intermediaries between humans and the spiritual world.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Pomba Gira 1
Pomba Gira Cigana 1
Pomba Giras canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afro-Brazilian religious spirit ⓘ
class of spirits ⓘ
female spirit ⓘ
spiritual entity ⓘ
associatedWith crossroads ⓘ
desire ⓘ
justice ⓘ
love ⓘ
magic ⓘ
seduction ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
witchcraft ⓘ
cultCenter Brazil ⓘ
function granting favors ⓘ
love magic ⓘ
protection ⓘ
vengeance and justice ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasNotableExample Pomba Gira Cigana ⓘ
linked to: Pomba Giras

Pomba Gira Maria Padilha ⓘ
Pomba Gira Rainha ⓘ
Pomba Gira das Sete Encruzilhadas ⓘ
language Portuguese (in ritual context) ⓘ
linkedConcept syncretism of African, Indigenous, and European elements ⓘ
origin Afro-Brazilian cultural context ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
perceivedAs ambivalent ⓘ
dangerous if disrespected ⓘ
powerful ⓘ
relatedTo Exu ⓘ
linked to: Elegguá
religiousTradition Afro-Brazilian religions ⓘ
Quimbanda ⓘ
Umbanda ⓘ
role intermediary between humans and the spiritual world ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence personal autonomy ⓘ
romantic relationships ⓘ
sexual relationships ⓘ
social power dynamics ⓘ
symbolicAssociation alcoholic beverages ⓘ
cigarettes ⓘ
crossroads ⓘ
mirrors ⓘ
night ⓘ
red and black colors ⓘ
worshipPractice mediumship ⓘ
ritual offerings ⓘ
songs and drumming ⓘ
spirit possession ceremonies ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Umbanda → hasSpiritType → Pomba Giras ⓘ
Exus → conceptuallyRelatedTo → Pomba Gira ⓘ
linked to: Pomba Giras
Pomba Giras → hasNotableExample → Pomba Gira Cigana ⓘ
linked to: Pomba Giras