24/01/2024
WHOS AN ORISA ESU....??
Brief what exactly Orisa Esu and different types of Esu we have?
In the Yoruba traditional religion, ORISA ESU is sn outstanding Orisa/Irunmole , transmitter and messenger of the oracles and also of the supreme being , Olodumare, taking (ebos) sacrifices and relating his orders and authorities to men, adhering to his commands and effecting adequate punishment to the wicked on his behalf and accordingly. However, Esu himself once had a very serious battle with ( Orisa iku) Death and of which he lost his staff, but Orunmila , the Orisanla in the Yoruba Oracular beliefs retrieved it and gave it back to him , he then quickly established a pact between the two deities . Esu is an important deity with his own considerable authority, he is a very much feared god , he is feared for the evil he can provoke at any point in time . Esu can trick and tempt the weak to evildoing. If such happens, he is called ESU ELEGBARA or ESU SHIGIDI, the avenger, the Orisa who settles scores . Esu can also be looked upon as caring and protective spirit god , he is benevolent, he is worshipped and referred to as “Baba.” Esu is having over two hundred names in the Yoruba divinity , he is a gamer ,he is many-sided with diversity in his characters . Esu is a spirit god , the one that is on top of the four hundred supernatural powers. The Yoruba tradition of Ifa recites four hundred and one, Esu however is the power and the Orisa at the top of the four hundred.
no doubt one of the most feared and powerful Orisas, he is very capable of maneuvering his forms and characters at his own will and also for his own self reasons. In the Yoruba tradition of Ifa , Odu is a chapter in the Ifa poems , the knowledge and study of the Odus must be sequential, they are voluminous and contains of 256 chapters (Odus) Every odu is having up to 800 poems , the poems are called Ese Ifa. According to Ifa tradition, every poem is governed by its own Esu. There are over 256 different forms of existence and characters that Esu has claimed to be. He is a link , descent , spirit being and kinsman of the Ajogun, the malevolent and supernatural powers. There are practically eight Ajogun warlords that are messengers of Esu . The Yoruba Esu is an impartial leader and judge who mediates between the negative and the positive characters , he settles between the benevolent and malevolent supernatural powers. Esu mediates and solicits for every living being by presenting the sacrifices offered by possible victims . The warring Ajogun allows his victim to go away unhurt only when Esu presents the sacrifices offered to him . If the possible victim should refuse to offer the demanded sacrifice, Esu will not mediate for such a victim .
Orisa Esu , the communicator and able messenger dribbled even the most high God ( Olodumare) who for what reason withdrew from any pact with Esu except bringing and taking messages from the heavens to the earth and from the earth to the heavens. Esu is a wandering spirit , an Orisa that moves around , wandering from one place to the other , realizing missions and completing all necessary functions. Esu in the spiritual realm had been designated as the soul supervisor of Àse (Amen) , the spirit who supervises the done and the undone . Esu supervises the behaviors of every living being , he checks the pros and cons of all situations in due time. Impartial , Esu can be more positive than negative in his missions , he can be extra nice when treated well, he can work as a powerful protector. He is considered the most human of all the Orisas, because his character resembles that of the human being, who in general is very mutant in his actions and attitudes. Esu can also be equated to a spirit of s*xuality and virility, the ones who walks in him are excellent lovers, paixonites and s*x enthusiasts in all ramifications.
According to the Yoruba traditional history , Esu was one of the Odúdúwà's companions when he arrived in Ile-Ifé , the cradle of Yoruba land , he was called Èsù Obasín. Later, he became one of Òrúnmìlà's assistants as Èsù Elégbára and still King of Kétu, under the name Èsù Alákétú. Esu has been compared to various situations in different forms . He has been compared to Elégbára because he was said to be powerful “ he who has power (agbára)”.
One of the positions of Esu in the Yoruba cosmology , more precisely in Oyó, is the position called Èsù Àkeró or Àkesán, which means "head of a mission", since this position aims to supervise the activities of the Oba’s (king) commerce Esu is not very selective in accepting sacrifices (ebos) he has practically no èwós (taboos) . He accepts almost everything they offer him. He is just in his decisions , he does according to how he is pleased He is the owner of many herbs and among them the one called "Devils broom" Igbale Esu , which is used both for cleaning acts, as well as used as soap, for washing saint clothes, as they used to do.
It’s fruit is small and yellowish and can also be eaten. Esu is a spirit of good and bad , he will relate to all accordingly , he will neither accept deceit or wrongs from human being . Esu , when compared to the control of paths and entrances , he is Esu Elegua , the guardian of entrances, roads and paths. the first to be invoked in all occasions and the last one to bid farewell. He must always lead in all actions . The first steps and rhythms of dances and drums must be to his satisfaction , the first to be appeased before all other Orisas . In the Yoruba tradition of Ifa , Orunmila is the link and the mouth peace , the communicator , but Esu elegua guards the paths of messages and links . Esu Elegua solicites within all Orisas , he acts as the intermediary between the human creation and their Orisa.......................................... Present by Babalawo Ifasheyi
