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
A wooden figure of Eshu
Eṣu in a carving by Carybé
Exu manifested in an initiate of Candomblé in Brazil.
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The Yorùbá religion, West African Orisa, or Isese, comprises the traditional religious and spiritual concepts and practice of the Yoruba people. Its homeland is in what is commonly known as Yorubaland
The Temple of Obatala in Ile-Ife, Oṣun, a holy place of Iṣẹṣe
Yorùbá divination board Opon Ifá
An Egungun masquerade dance garment in the permanent collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Egungun (Ara Orun) with an infant.