Despite the healthy fear with which the worshipers ( and even the Loa themselves ) regard him, he is also viewed as a necessary evil ; there must always be a Kalfu to balance Legba, and a force of overwhelming creativity and expression, even if that expression often takes horrifying forms.

Èṣù ( other names include Exu, Eshu Eleggua, Esu Elegbara, Eshu Elegbara, Elegba, Legba, Papa Legba and Eleda ) is both an orisha and one of the most well-known deities of Yorùbá religion and related New World traditions.

* the black cockerel Legba, who belongs to the voodoo witch Mrs Gogol ( although this is more of a mutual respect — as the familiars of powerful witches, neither one is going to admit being scared of the other despite Greebo's claws and teeth and Legba's razor-sharp spurs ; ( in Witches Abroad ).

For example, Papa Legba is alternately St. Peter or St. Lazarus, Ayizan is Saint Clare, and so on.

For example Erzulie Freda will be given a mirror and a comb, fine cloth or jewelry ; Legba will be given his cane, straw hat and pipe ; Baron Samedi will be given his top hat, sunglasses and a cigar.

They include Legba, Loko, Ayizan, Anaisa Pye, Dhamballah Wedo and Ayida-Weddo, Erzulie Freda, La Sirène, and Agwe.

Mawu's youngest child, Legba, was to remain with her and act as a go-between with her other children: in some clans he is young and virile while in Haiti he takes the form of an old man.

In the Vodou tradition, Papa Legba is the lwa of crossroads.

Others believe Robert Johnson sang this song in regards to the deal that was made with Legba in which Johnson exchanged his soul for his extraordinary guitar skills that seemed to appear suddenly.

Eshu and Legba derive from the same African deity, although they are viewed in markedly different manners among traditions.

For example, Papa Legba is considered by Haitian Vodou practitioners to be closest to Saint Peter, although in Brazilian Quimbanda it is not uncommon to see Exu closely associated with demonic entities such as Lucifer, clad in Mephistophelean attire and bearing a trident.

In Haitian Vodou, Papa Legba is the intermediary between the loa and humanity.

Legba facilitates communication, speech and understanding.

In the Yoruba pantheon, honored in Nigeria, Cuba, Brazil, and elsewhere in the Yoruba diaspora, Ellegua is mostly associated with Papa Legba since both share the role of being the god of the crossroads.

In contrast to Papa Legba, however, Eleggua is a trickster child.

In Benin and Nigeria, Legba is viewed as young and virile, is often horned and phallic, and his shrine is usually located at the gate of the village in the countryside.

Alternatively, he is addressed as Legba, Legba Atibon, Atibon Legba, Ati-Gbon Legba.

In 1982, Elton John released a UK B-side titled " Hey, Papa Legba ," with lyrics by longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin.

In keeping with the image of Legba often conceptualised in Haitian Voodoo subculture, Legba is depicted walking with the aid of crutches, and smokes a pipe.

In the second book, Count Zero, Papa Legba stands at the gateway to cyberspace the " master of roads and pathways ," with other loa appearing throughout the book.

Papa Legba and Voodoo appear again in Spook Country, a book from one of Gibson's other trilogies.

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