Eshu
Yoruba · deity · primordial · deity
Trickster, crossroads guardian, and divine messenger-mediator of sacrifice.
Parentage
Domains
- trickster chance
- crossroads thresholds
- messages mediation
Powers
- Carries and supervises sacrifices between worlds
- Sows confusion to test and restore order
- Translates between languages of gods and humans
Epithets
- Ẹlẹ́gbára
- Láàróyè
- Èṣù Òdàrà
Relations
- equated with: Trickster-Linguist of the Crossroads
- equated with: Legba
- sibling: Obatala
- sibling: Oduduwa
- sibling: Orunmila
- sibling: Osanyin
- sibling: Oshun
- sibling: Yemoja
- syncretism: Esu