Esu is the right hand divinity of orunmila. He run errands for him and see to the completion of orunmila desire. He takes ebo(sacrifice as his own dividends. Esu is the bearer of sacrifice to orun (the spirit world).he is the enforcer of Olodumare will to the divinities and man.he report to Olodumare GOD on timely bases on the deeds of human being and other divinities. It is the babalawo that understand Esu well through divination reading.as an enforcer of the will of Olodumare Esu will do bring good or bad things to people depending on the frequency they maintain with GOD Olodumare this I may say account for the reason why people who have shallow spiritual knowledge of this diety misconstrued him as devil or Lucifer of other religion tradition that is absolutely different fro our own IFA religion.
Odu IFA made it clear that the earlier home of Esu is Ketu. Esu symbol can be carved in wood, clay, a piece of rock will also do.
As I said earlier Esu is orisa of cross road (orita) orita is a T junction where one chooses which route one will take when road is divided to three or more. Esu as divinity of cross road symbolise the point of making decision or choices. So the original seat of Esu is not the orita (cross road as many people mistakenly think) but the original seat of Esu is in the heart of human being where decision whether good or bad is been made.
Esu can be appease with following item.eyin adiye(egg)eja(fish),eku(rat), omi tutu( water),obi(cola but), orogbo+bitter kola), otin (gin),ogede omini (local banana)epo pupa(palm oil)Ankara(beans cake)guguru (roasted corn)eyele( pigion)akukokodiyee(cock)ako ewure tabi obuko(he goat )
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Thanks for sharing. I am learning new things everyday about the lovely tradition.
Ase