It's interesting to me that in the legend about Robert Johnson meeting with the devil, he meets a Black man. I'm wondering if there is some connection to the man being Black, and the black cat mentioned in CapriUni's comment that I reposted.

And is it just a coincidence that the Yoruba god of crossroads, Elegba's number is three, and the number three is sacred to the Greek goddess Hecate?

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Because Mudcat is a folk culture forum, I'd like to end my posting of material about the crossroad that I found today with this poem about Elegba:

One who starts a fight, then stands aside

Old man at the crossroads

One who recompenses good with ill and ill with good

Do not undo me

Do not change my 'yes' to 'no'

Do not change my 'no' to 'yes'

Jealous man

Láàróye
(Ogundipe, 1999)

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