Elegua
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Elegua (Yoruba: Èṣù-Ẹlẹ́gbára and Ẹlẹ́gbá, Ẹlẹ́gbára in North America, in Cuba spelled Eleggua; also known as Eleguá in Latin America and Spanish-speaking Caribbean islands) is an Orisha, a deity of roads in the religions of traditional Ifa-Orisha, Santería, Winti, Umbanda, Quimbanda, and Candomblé.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Yoruba
- Deity.name
- EleguaÈṣù-Ẹlẹ́gbára
- Deity.other_names
- Eleggua, Elegba
- Deity.member_of
- Orisha
- Deity.venerated_in
- Yoruba religion, Ifa-Orisha, Santería, Candomblé
- Deity.image
- Nigeria, yoruba, staffa eshu, da oyo, 1890-1910 ca.jpg
- Deity.deity_of
- Crossroads, Paths and homes, Doorways, Ways, Life and Death
- Deity.region
- Yorubaland, North America, Latin America
- Deity.ethnic_group
- Yoruba people, African Diaspora
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- orisha
- Gender
- male
- Image
- A Santo from a religion..jpg
- Said to be same as
- Papa Legba
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- Commons category
- Elegua
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- In Africa
- Ifa-Orisa
- Santería
- In Brazil
- See also
- References
- External links
Elegua (Yoruba: Èṣù-Ẹlẹ́gbára and Ẹlẹ́gbá, Ẹlẹ́gbára in North America, in Cuba spelled Eleggua; also known as Eleguá in Latin America and Spanish-speaking Caribbean islands) is an Orisha, a deity of roads in the religions of traditional Ifa-Orisha, Santería, Winti, Umbanda, Quimbanda, and Candomblé.
== In Africa == Elegua is known as Èṣù-Ẹlẹ́gbára and Ẹlẹ́gbá in the Yoruba religion and is closely associated with Eshu. Ẹlẹ́gbára means the "master of force" in the Yoruba language.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elegua” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.