Eshu

Eshu in African mythology is the god of the crossroads. He also deals with the deity with the power over fortune and misfortune, and the personification of death. Esu is also the god of chaos and trickery. Which during pre-civil war era many African slaves prayed to him to visit their white owners. Eshu is personified by many people as being beyond good and evil. Today he is identified with fate so people make him offerings of candies, cigars, and rum to have a more fortunate life. Supposedly all his deeds he does are for a certain cause. Humans might not be able to see the good in it, since nobody else knows what he knows. Eshu's colors are black and red and his number is three. African try to look at Eshu in the best ways possible, by saying well his intentions are always some what good. Even though the people have no idea what they are. They also place his picture on their doors. Since, where he lives he guards his home from all dangers. His pictures look a lot like are devil which makes it hard to see him almost as a good god. When I think of the American devil i think Satin. Mean, decietful, burning fire, just nothing good. I would never associate anything good with Satin, while Eshu is always looked at in a optimistic light.