12 Dread the Yoruba Ghosts

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Esu,

Esu Odara,

Esu Laalu ogiiri oko

You who feed at the three-centred junction,

Praise to you,

Creature of deceit,

For you poison lovers against each other.

Ogun, Ogun Lakaaye, Iba fun Ogun.

Ogun is Catholic,

He is found all over in diverse forms,

He is the general lord over all metals, He bathes not in the streams, Rather with human blood.

Sango,

Olufira Obak'oso,

Ina loju, ina lenu,

Sango, husband to Oya.

Your majesty,

A king like no other,

You whom we thought hanged…

Brimstones of fire,

Even your eyes are thunderous in gaze, Ela and all call you the undead King.

We only make flames here on earth,