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  • Called Eshu by the Yorubans, Anansi among the Ashantis, Legba throughout the Caribbean, the god of the crossroads appears in many African mythologies.

    The Lampshade Mark Jacobson 2010

  • She had kept her progeny in ignorance, stripping them of her knowledge, as if Eshu might be placated with so small a penance, and as if the baka could so easily be banished from their trail.

    The Good House Tananarive Due 2003

  • Then, Eshu led Marie to the sacred grounds in the far west to begin her life afresh, far from the place her beloved died.

    The Good House Tananarive Due 2003

  • Eshu had been too good to Marie and her forebears, the baka said, favoring them blatantly with his attentions.

    The Good House Tananarive Due 2003

  • Eshu had led her to the land willingly, to the Crossroads Forest, but when Marie found it, she had become insufferable.

    The Good House Tananarive Due 2003

  • Eshu, the great Trickster god, had himself been tricked.

    The Good House Tananarive Due 2003

  • Most of her line had been spared slavery across the sea, but for those he had lost, Eshu had given voice to their prayers in the bellies of the great ships, and they had stayed strong.

    The Good House Tananarive Due 2003

  • But even Eshu could not forgive the way she befouled the land.

    The Good House Tananarive Due 2003

  • These figures, which include Coyote, Loki, Hermes, and Eshu, among many more, push the envelope of what is morally acceptable and in so doing, argues Lewis Hyde (in his tome on the subject), renew and revitalize culture, especially the moral stuff of culture.

    Planet Debian 2010

  • These figures, which include Coyote, Loki, Hermes, and Eshu, among many more, push the envelope of what is morally acceptable and in so doing, argues Lewis Hyde (in his tome on the subject), renew and revitalize culture, especially the moral stuff of culture.

    Planet Debian 2010

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