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In Yoruba tradition, what determines whether the trickster god Eshu acts as a helpful guide or a destructive force toward a person?
Answer
Whether he receives respect or disrespect from that person
Yoruba teaching holds that Eshu's dual nature responds directly to human conduct: those who honor him with proper respect find him a helpful messenger, while those who disrespect him invite chaos.
💡 Did you know?
Eshu in Yoruba tradition is simultaneously a trickster, a messenger god, and a guardian of crossroads—capable of being helpful or destructive depending entirely on how he's respected or disrespected.
Other options people guess
- The astrological sign the person was born under
- The specific day of the week a ritual is performed
- The type of animal sacrificed in his honor
Topics
- yoruba
- trickster
- crossroads
- west-african-mythology
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