Eṣu

Etymology
Possibly from
 * This is said to refer to the role of Èṣù as an intermediary between the evil and good forces of the universe.

Compare with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬

Proper noun

 * 1) The orisha and primordial divinity  of judgement, trickery, crossroads, and the messenger of  in the Yoruba religion. He is believed to epitomize the duality of goodness and malevolence, and is the intermediary between humanity and the evil forces, the.
 * (oríkì Èṣù)
 * 1)  Satan, the Devil
 * 1)  Satan, the Devil

Usage notes

 * Proscribed by Yoruba academics, linguists, and worshippers of the Yoruba religion, as the orisha is not equivalent to the figure Satan found in Abrahamic religions, and its use stigmatized worshippers of Èṣù as satanists, and by extension, perpetuated foreign stereotypes of Yoruba and other African indigenous religions. Alternatives presented include and, directly loaned from the words for Satan in English and Arabic respectively.