Elegguá

E281052
deity orisha trickster deity

Elegguá is a major orisha in Afro-Cuban and Yoruba-derived religions, revered as the trickster guardian of crossroads, doors, and destiny who controls the opening and closing of all spiritual paths.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Eshu 3
Legba 2
Eleggua 1

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf deity ⓘ
orisha ⓘ
trickster deity ⓘ
associatedWithConcept beginnings ⓘ
chance ⓘ
communication ⓘ
destiny ⓘ
endings ⓘ
fate ⓘ
protection ⓘ
trickery ⓘ
associatedWithOrisha Elegguá self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eshu

Obatalá ⓘ
Ochosi ⓘ
Ogun ⓘ
surface form: Ogún
color black ⓘ
red ⓘ
controls closing of spiritual paths ⓘ
destiny paths ⓘ
opening of spiritual paths ⓘ
domain communication between humans and orishas ⓘ
crossroads ⓘ
doorways ⓘ
gates ⓘ
paths ⓘ
roads ⓘ
hasAlternateName Elegbara ⓘ
Elegbá ⓘ
Elegguá ⓘ
surface form: Eleggua

Elegguá ⓘ
surface form: Elegua

Elegguá ⓘ
surface form: Eshu-Elegbara
hasAspect childlike aspect ⓘ
old man aspect ⓘ
hasYorubaName Èṣù-Ẹlẹ́gbára ⓘ
number 21 ⓘ
3 ⓘ
offering candy ⓘ
cigars ⓘ
coconut ⓘ
cooked corn ⓘ
rum ⓘ
toys ⓘ
positionInPantheon one of the first orishas to be saluted in rituals ⓘ
religiousTradition Afro-Cuban religion ⓘ
Candomblé ⓘ
Santería ⓘ
surface form: Lucumí religion

Regla de Ocha ⓘ
Santería ⓘ
Umbanda ⓘ
Yoruba religion ⓘ
ritualFunction must be propitiated before other orishas ⓘ
role closer of roads ⓘ
guardian of crossroads ⓘ
guardian of doors ⓘ
guardian of paths ⓘ
guardian of thresholds ⓘ
messenger of the orishas ⓘ
opener of roads ⓘ
trickster ⓘ
symbol cowrie shells ⓘ
crossroads ⓘ
keys ⓘ
small head-shaped shrine ⓘ
stones ⓘ
worshipedIn Brazil ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Regla de Ocha → hasImportantDeity → Elegguá ⓘ
Haitian Vodou → importantLwa → Elegguá ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papa Legba
Orisha → hasNotableMember → Elegguá ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eshu
Candomblé → hasPantheonMember → Elegguá ⓘ
this entity surface form: Exu
Yoruba religion → hasPantheonMember → Elegguá ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eshu
Yoruba orishas → hasNotableMember → Elegguá ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eshu (Èṣù)
babalawo → associatedDeity → Elegguá ⓘ
this entity surface form: Èṣù (Eshu)
Elegguá → hasAlternateName → Elegguá ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elegua
Elegguá → hasAlternateName → Elegguá ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eleggua
Elegguá → hasAlternateName → Elegguá ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eshu-Elegbara
Elegguá → associatedWithOrisha → Elegguá self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eshu
Rada lwa → includes → Elegguá ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legba
Fon people → pantheon → Elegguá ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legba