It's the #DayOfHermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏
For #BlackHistoryMonth, I'm introducing African deities in my daily god toots. #Eshu or Èṣù is a personification of mischief. His cognomen He-who-creates-problems-for-the-innocent highlights the complex nature of this highly unpredictable deity. #Èṣù is the messenger not only to Olódùmarè, the Supreme Being, but also to and between the other #Orishas. Despite all this, he is the #Orisha in charge of law enforcement and orderliness.
Very cool, and I appreciate you covering. I don't think most Orisha worshippers would consider them gods however. It's more like they believe in one God who went away to a distance and left his children in charge. So, to a Western viewpoint, they would be vaguely like archangels in rank -- although acting very differently.
Agree. I have also seen them described as gods sometimes. Then, somewhere, I had it impressed upon me that Yoruban religion has only ONE god. Worldhistory.org uses the definition "supernatural entities usually referred to as deities in the Yoruba religion of West Africa, though they are actually emanations or avatars of the supreme being Olodumare."
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