ID: 901001891 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001891	Record Type: Character/Person

	Eshu (Yoruba deity)

Note: Trickster god of the Yoruba of Nigeria and in Afro-Caribbean culture, an essentially protective, benevolent spirit who serves Ifa, the chief god, as a messenger between heaven and earth. Eshu requires constant appeasement in order to carry out his assigned functions of conveying sacrifices and divining the future. One myth depicts Eshu as tricking Ifa out of the secrets of divination; another, in which Eshu restores Ifa from his imprisonment in a palm tree, casts him as the founder of the Ifa religion

Names:

	Eshu (Yoruba deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Esu (Yoruba deity) (English,U,N)
	Eschu (Yoruba deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Elegba (Yoruba deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Eleda (Yoruba deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Elegba (Yoruba deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Elegbara, Esu (Yoruba deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Eleggua, Esu (Yoruba deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Elegua (Yoruba deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Exu Siu Legba (Yoruba deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Papa Legba (Yoruba deity) (undetermined,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<African iconography> (P)
		........<African characters> (P)
		............Eshu (Yoruba deity) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Yoruba (culture or style)
	.....(Southern Nigerian styles, West African (general), African by cultural or regional designation, African (general, continental cultures), styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Afro-Caribbean (culture and style)
	.....(Colonial African, African (general, continental cultures), styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... trickster
	.....(people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	originated in .... Nigeria
	.....(Africa) (TGN)

Sources:

	Eshu (Yoruba deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	................National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-)
	Esu (Yoruba deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2007002474
	Eschu (Yoruba deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Elegba (Yoruba deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Eleda (Yoruba deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Elegba (Yoruba deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Elegbara, Esu (Yoruba deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Eleggua, Esu (Yoruba deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Elegua (Yoruba deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Exu Siu Legba (Yoruba deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Papa Legba (Yoruba deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2007002474
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Eshu," accessed 17 June 2017
	................ National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-)