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Afro/Caribbean Gods and Goddesses- Eleggua (Legba, Eleggua)

 

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Artist's commentary:

Eleggua: The great trickster who owns the crossroads. He enables mankind to
communicate with the other orisha and is always honored first. Some say that
there are 256 distinct paths of Eleggua, and these correspond to the 256 odu
in the Ifa Corpus. (Interestingly, the human eye can distinguish between 256
shades of grey.)

Related Resources:

Afro/Carribean Syncretism
African Diasporic faiths at Alternative Religions.

 

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