Eshu / Elegua / Afra
Eshu
Eshu, also known as Eshu Elegba or Eshu Legba, is a
trickster god of the Yoruba people of Nigeria in West Africa. He is
unpredictable, sly, and fond of pranks that can be cruel and disruptive. Eshu,
who knows all the languages spoken on earth, serves as a messenger between the
gods and people.
Elegua
Elegua is the guardian of entrances, roads and paths. He is
the first Orisha to be invoked in a ceremony and the last one to be bid
farewell. He has to be first in anything, just like a spoiled child. The first
rhythms of the drums belong to him. He must be petitioned before all the
oracles. Orunmila is the one who communicates, but Elegua guards the paths of
communication. It is he who acts as an intermediary between human beings and
the other Orishas.
He is the trickster, and is feared because, with so much
power controlled only by his whim, great harm may result from his practical
jokes. Like a very large and powerful child, he is ruthless with those that
cross his path when he is in the midst of a tantrum. If his precedence is not
carefully maintained, and the proper ceremonies are not followed, Elegua
becomes indignant and rushes to open the paths to Iku, death.
Eshu-Afra
From the land of Tilled. The Elegguá of Bàbálú Aye, he does
not like the firewater. His
necklace/eleke/collar is white and
black. He is seen whistling for the corners and solitary streets. Is an Elegguá
that regularly lives in the hospitals.
Inseparable companion of Asojano, and
walks with him helping in the illnesses, above all of the contagious
type. Afra is known to help in the
childlike contagious illnesses, such as the smallpox, the measles, etc. Afra is a porous stone or pumice and carries,
he is charged (carga), a secret or
elements that define Afra. Among its tools a support is found or cane of
traveler, a mortar where concocts the medicine.
This Elegguá is received with Babalú Aye.
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