Elegua
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Elegua is an Orisha, a deity of roads in the Yoruba religion, Santería, Winti, Umbanda, Quimbanda, and Candomblé.
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Eshu
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Èṣù is the oriṣa of trickery, chance, crossroads, judgement, duality and languages in the Yoruba religion. Eṣu is a prominent primordial divinity who descended from Ìkọ̀lé Ọ̀run, and the chief enforcer
Elegua
…Winti, Umbanda, Quimbanda, and Candomblé. Elegua is known as Ẹlẹ́gbára (Ẹlẹ́gbáa is the reduced spelling) in the Yoruba religion and is another name for Eshu. Ẹlẹ́gbára means the "master of force" in the Yoruba language. In towns of the Yoruba region, such as Ila-Orangun, small mounds of Ẹlẹ́gbáa are present…
A wooden figure of Eshu
Eṣu in a carving by Carybé
Exu manifested in an initiate of Candomblé in Brazil.
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