Voodoo Trickster Gods of Africa and Haiti - Mythillogical Mini

Anyone else still waiting on “at the mountains of Kong pt 2”?

Tracing African Voodoo's journey to the Caribbean draws attention to the timelessness of cultural change. In its transit from Legba of West Africa - a god combining both ruin and revival - to Papa Legba of Haiti, who acts as an intermediary between the physical and metaphysical worlds, this narrative elucidates Heraclitus' proclamation that "custom is king of all." The shift in Legba’s symbolism – from an impish being to a venerated elder – mirrors Heraclitus' words, “Everything changes and nothing stands still.” It also reflects humanity's fear of things unknown. However, despite these transformations, there remains an enduring feature: the plea to Papa Legba to "open the gate," emphasizing man's enduring hope for access to the divine, no matter their locale or era.

I heard a version of that Eshu story as a kid but without the context or the name Eshu. It was used as a way of demonstrating that people can have an incomplete perspective on something but still completely believe their viewpoint

Eshu, or Exu as we wrote, is also a deity of candomblé and umbanda, two afro-brazilian religions.

I had to listen to John Forgerty "The Old Man is Down the Road" after that opening

Listening to the intro and I’m chuckling about the Tololoshi from Southern Africa.. he’s very NSFW Southern African countries have loads of very interesting characters.. the Nyami Nyami god also is very cool!

there's another story where a man asks a mae/pai de santos (like a priest) how he can get a wife and he says to him to leave an offering of meat to the Exu on the crossroads. when he is in the market holding a knife to cut the meat, Exu (in disguise) bumps into him making him cut the chiefs daughter with the knife. but when this is noticed, Exu says, 'look you've hurt her, now to make up for this you must nurse her to health.' This leads to them falling in love while he is caring for her and they get married.

I used to spend time with a santarista family and they decided that I had a connection with Ogun, I would give him offerings, but I always had to bring some M&Ms for Elegua, because he might get jealous if I didn't give something to him too, and might try to trip me going down the stairs or something of the like

thanks for the upload, interesting topic!

Great episode!

That was the most laid-back video I’ve ever seen, 10/10

Always, great content.

Im so happy you made a video about the Orisha, Laroyê Exú, much Axé 🙏

I wanted to delve a bit into Vodun lore, and this video did well to finally organize some info in my head and give me some further reading. Fitting, considering Legba's domain as an intermediary

Nice thanks.

Histocrat, you are one of the best history channels on YouTube, you are a breath of fresh air from the generic boring history from other channels. I am begging you to make a series on Japan 🇯🇵, not like you podcast on the Yokai, but an actual planned and edited video on on Japan 🇯🇵 like your other videos. Thank you so much sir.

Esu, the entity also called Latopa While the victim sheds salty tears, Esu the onlooker sheds blood

Excellent video! How you make videos and do research for videos ? Please share with us

Crofty’s music obsession is sounding pretty autobiographical. I live on the Mississippi gulf coast and was pretty unaware of a lot of this info. Cheers!

Thanks!