Eṣu
deity intermediate Yoruba corroborated · 6
Èṣù is an oriṣa of crossroads and trickery in Yoruba religion. He controls the Ajogun, a group of malevolent forces of which Iku (Death) is a member.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- Attested period
- 1800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Referenced in the late 1800s during Bible translation into Yoruba.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ala, Ogbunabali, Yewa, Babalú-Ayé, Ṣàngó, Oko, Aganju, Ọsanyin, Ọbaluaye, Elédùa, Agẹmọ, Odùduwà, Ọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀sì, Eleguá, Olorun, Oyá, Irúnmọlẹ̀, Ogun, Ọbàtálá
- created by
- Olodumare
- syncretized with
- Papa Legba
- served by
- Iku
- child of
- Olodumare
Mentioned by
Sources
internet (1)
wikipedia (5)
Source passages
“Eṣu”
#735 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“Eṣu is the messenger and intermediary between the Ajogun (malevolent spirits), the Oriṣa (benevolent spirits) and ẹ̀dá èniyàn (human beings); he distributes and supervises the distribution of sacrifices (ẹbọ) made by humans to the Oriṣa and Ajogun”
#20946 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The first translation of the Bible into Yoruba in the late 1800s by Samuel Ajayi Crowther controversially adopted traditional Yoruba names, such as "Olodumare/Olorun" for "God" and "Eṣu" for the devil, and thus began associating Olorun with the male gender.”
#25200 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001