Eshu

Called Eshu by the Yorubans, Anansi among the Ashantis, Legba throughout the Caribbean, the god of the crossroads appears in many African mythologies.

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She had kept her progeny in ignorance, stripping them of her knowledge, as if Eshu might be placated with so small a penance, and as if the baka could so easily be banished from their trail.

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Then, Eshu led Marie to the sacred grounds in the far west to begin her life afresh, far from the place her beloved died.

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Eshu had been too good to Marie and her forebears, the baka said, favoring them blatantly with his attentions.

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Eshu had led her to the land willingly, to the Crossroads Forest, but when Marie found it, she had become insufferable.

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Eshu, the great Trickster god, had himself been tricked.

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Most of her line had been spared slavery across the sea, but for those he had lost, Eshu had given voice to their prayers in the bellies of the great ships, and they had stayed strong.

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But even Eshu could not forgive the way she befouled the land.

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These figures, which include Coyote, Loki, Hermes, and Eshu, among many more, push the envelope of what is morally acceptable and in so doing, argues Lewis Hyde (in his tome on the subject), renew and revitalize culture, especially the moral stuff of culture.

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These figures, which include Coyote, Loki, Hermes, and Eshu, among many more, push the envelope of what is morally acceptable and in so doing, argues Lewis Hyde (in his tome on the subject), renew and revitalize culture, especially the moral stuff of culture.

Planet Debian 2010