ENCYCLOPEDIC TREATISE OF IFA

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REZO: OSHEIWONO OSHEKU OMO OLOKU AWO ONI OGBONI OGUNGUN UMBOWNILE ORUNMILA
THE MYSTERIOUS THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THE WORLD ARE LIKE THE FEARS OF THE FATHER
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF OLA OLUWA IS READY TO PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMY
OSHEIWONO OSHEUNLO EGGUN ADIFAFUN CHILD OF OLOKUN AWO KAFEREFUN EGGUN.
IN THIS ODDUN IS BORN:
1.- THE ANIMALS WITH FUR OR FEATHERS THAT ROAM AT NIGHT. THEY LIVE A LOT WITH EGGUN, OZAIN,
ODUDUWA, SHANGO, OLOKUN, AZOJUANO AND JUERO.
2.- THE PAINTINGS.
3.- THE CIVILIZATION AND THE PEOPLE OF MEN.
4.- THE EMBALMING OF CORPSES BY NATURE.
5.- THE HORN OF THE RHINOCEROS.
6.- THE ANIMAL LARD OR WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE EMPELLA.
7.- THE TASK FOR EGGUN.
8.- OSTEOPOROSIS, ANKLES, FRACTURE AND KIDNEYS.
9.- THE JIMAGUAS.
10.- THE PAIN OF THE FATHER AND THE EVIL OF THE MOTHER.
11.- THE SCULPTURE.
12.- THE SENSE OF MODESTY BY WHICH HUMAN BEINGS BEGAN TO COVER THEIR PARTS
WITH HERBS, THEN WITH LEAVES, SKINS, ETC., UP TO THE CURRENT CLOTHING.
13.- THE ATEMOLETA.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ODDUN
OYEKUN MEYI is the oldest of all the signs, as it was born before them, it is the
SURVIVOR OF THE DISASTER OF THE PREVIOUS CIVILIZATION. IT IS SAID IN ITS ORIKI "OYEKUN YEKU"
"MAYEKE" WHICH MEANS "WE ARE COMPOSED OF LIFE AND DEATH."
Oyekun Meyi is a female oddun. She is the daughter of two women: Oyan Taro and Omilose, but she
They are unaware of how they conceived it.
OYEKUN MEYI FUE THE ONE WHO INTRODUCED IKU TO THIS WORLD AND FROM HIM DEPEND THE SOULS WITH THE
DEATH AND RESURRECTION.
REPRESENTS LISAJU, THE WEST, NIGHT AND DEATH. IT IS THE ONE THAT DEALS WITH THE CULTS.
FUNERAL (ITUTU) AND HAS HIS DAUGHTER OYEKUN BIKA AS ASSISTANT.
THE OYEKUN MEYI CAN BE SYNCRITIZED WITH THE HAIRY SPIDER, WHEN IT SINGS, IT IS SAID THAT
REVIVE DEATH AND THEN IS WHEN OYEKUN MANIFESTS. OYEKUN MEYI ON EARTH WAS
LARGER THAN BABA EJIOGBE. THE SON OF OYEKUN ESCAPES FROM ILLNESS AND THE
ACCIDENTS, NEVER DEFEATED BY ENEMIES.
Oyekun has to do with agriculture because although it was made known in Otura, it still applies.
JOROKOTO, THE SON OF MARIKOTO WHO IS HIS FATHER, WHO WAS A KING ON THE CONTINENT
LOST, TODAY LAND OF DEATH, THAT RULES OYEKUN MEYI. THIS RULES THE LITHOSPHERE OR PORTION
IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE EARTH'S CRUST. OYEKUN MEYI IS THE GODFATHER OF IROSO SA, THE
OWNER OF THE GRAINS. IT WAS IN THIS ODDUN WHERE MEN LEARNED TO EAT
FISH. HE WAS THE ONE WHO BROUGHT THE GOLDEN SECRET TO THE EARTH. HERE SPEAKS OLD AGE, HE SPEAKS
SPIRIT OF THE DEAD. HERE IS WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE JIMAGUAS SPEAKS, WHICH IS ONE ONLY
AND IT INCARNATES IN TWO DISTINCT BODIES, THE SECRET OF ODUDUWA. THE WORLD SPEAKS OF THE
WOOD AND THE SCALES OF THE CAIMAN. IN THIS ODUN, BEES AND BIRDS ARE FORMED
SINGERS, THE BANANAS, THE CITRUS FRUITS, THE MANGO. IN THIS SIGN, PORK CANNOT BE EATEN.
WELL, THE VIRTUE OF OYEKUN IS TO OFFER ELEDA ROASTED TO YOUR PROTECTIVE GUIDE.

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YOUR BATH IS WITH ROSE WATER, NOTHING DEAD CAN BE PLACED TO THE ORISHAS. HERE WE
BRAND EBBO WITH THORN TREES, ESPECIALLY THE FRENCH ROSE. ITS COLOR TO DRESS.
IT IS PALE GREEN. ITS METAL IS LEAD. ITS PROPITIOUS DAY IS SATURDAY.
PLANET IS BAWO (SATURN); ITS OKIKI IS ALAGBA MATIWO.
ONE SUFFERS FROM MALARIA AND BLOOD FILARIA, ALSO FROM THE STOMACH. ONE DIES FROM ONE
DISPUTE. THE ATARE IS BORN FOR EGGUN. ONE CANNOT DRESS THE SAME AS ANYONE ELSE NOR IN RED. ONE CANNOT
You can have neither cats nor dogs, nor birds of prey nor wild animals.
IN THIS ODDUN, SIX RAMS ARE OFFERED TO EGGUN, ONE EVERY SIX MONTHS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE
POWER OF EGGUN ONIBARA. THE SPIRIT THAT WORKS IN OYEKUN MEYI IS ALEKOSI AND LIVES IN HIM
GUA. THE ELEGBA OF THIS SIGN HAS TWO KNIVES ORIENTED IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS. IT
SAYS THAT HE WHO WAS BORN UNDER THIS SIGN MARKS A LONG LIFE, BUT WITH THE CONDITION THAT
NEVER STOP DOING EBBO. THIS PERSON SHOULD NEVER ENTER THE MOUNTAIN ALONE. HERE THE
MEN LEARNED TO EAT FISH. IT WAS HE WHO BROUGHT THE SECRET OF ORUN TO THE EARTH.
HERE THE TREES MADE EBBO SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE CUT DOWN, THEY DID IT WITH: AKUKO MEYI,
The food is sweet, the soup is good, the meal is hearty, the dish is tasty, the stew is flavorful, the taste is delightful, there is plenty of money.

INDICATE THE DIRECTION OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS. ROYALTY, PLENITUDE.

HERE WAS BORN THE ATEMOLETA. THE EBBO OF THIS SIGN GOES TO A HOUSE IN RUINS, SO THAT THE
SPIRIT THAT LIVES THERE ACCOMPANY IT. THE EBBO CAN ALSO BE BURIED IN A JORO JORO TO
FOOT OF A STICK OR DRY TREE. ANNOUNCES DISTANCING OF THE GODCHILDREN.
ONE MUST ALWAYS BE PERFORMING EBBO TO NOT LOSE LUCK. PERSONAL MATTERS
THEY CANNOT SPEAK WITH ANYONE. THE SENSE OF SHAME WAS BORN, THAT'S WHY HUMAN BEINGS
THEY STARTED TO COVER THEIR SMELLING PARTS WITH HERBS, THEN WITH LEAVES, THEN WITH
SKINS, UNTIL REACHING CURRENT CLOTHING.
THE MEDICINE OF OYEKUN MEYI IS THE JAR OF OÑI ADE (HONEY FROM THE EARTH), TO WHICH ONE PRAYS
THIS IFA IS PLACED IN THE SUN FOR SEVEN DAYS AND TAKEN IN TABLESPOONS WHILE FASTING. IT IS PUT INTO
ORUNMILA A WOODEN MACHETE TYPE SCIMITAR. SPEAKS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ALWAYS WELL
Dressed and careful about their appearance.
SECRETS CANNOT BE TOLD TO WOMEN BECAUSE THEY BREAK OATHS.
OYEKUN MEYI IS IFÁ OF DARKNESS AND CONCEPTS OF POWER AND DESTRUCTION. PERSON.
CALL TO BE GREAT AND DANGEROUS, FOR POWER USES IT FOR EVIL OR DOES THINGS
EXCHANGES WITH THE AIM OF GETTING RICH QUICKLY AND NOT FOR THE GOOD OF HUMANITY.
WHERE THE PERSON STEPS IS ROTTEN BY THEIR OWN CAUSE, FOR THEY HAVE NOT BEEN LEGAL AND SINCERE.
WITH HIS GODCHILDREN AND MORE THAN ONCE HE HAS DECEIVED THEM AND EVEN SCAMMED THEM.
YOUR RELATIVES HAVE NOT BEEN LEGAL WITH YOU. YOU HAVE A KILLING INSTINCT. DO NOT ABUSE IT.
LET THIS BE FALLEN. ABOVE ALL, HE MUST RESPECT HIS PARENTS. THROUGH THIS IFA, HE WAS RAISED OR HE
RAISE YOUR HAND TO THE MOTHER. I HAVE HAD THREE SPOUSES AND ALL HAVE TRIED TO
DESTROY IT. GIVE A EURE TO ORUNMILA; TO REMOVE ALL THE ARAYE FROM HIS BODY
Bathe with Ewe: it removes curses and bad luck.
JUSTICE WILL PURSUE HIM OR WILL PURSUE HIM. IF HE LETS HIS GUARD DOWN, HE WILL SUFFER A LONG PRISON TERM.
TIME. ELEGBA OF THE SIGN: ESHU BODE.
ESHU BODE:
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THIS IS THE GUARDIAN OF EGGUN. THIS IS THE ONE THAT ACCOMPANIES THE EGUNS, TO FABRICATE IT, THE
THE WEIGHT OF THE LOAD IS PLACED ON A LITTLE MIRROR.

LOAD:
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LAND OF THE CEMETERY, AZOGUE, THE 9 HERBS OF OZAIN OF EGGUN: MARPACIFICO, ALGARROBO,
Basil
(ABERIKUNLO), 3 STRONG IGUYS: BONE BREAKER, RAMON AND BOBO, CEIBA AXE: OF MORURO, OF
PINO, 9 EYE, 9 ATARE, 9 MARVEL SEEDS, INLE FROM THE 4 CORNERS OF THE ILE, IYE OF
ELERI AND CANILLAS OF THE EGGUN MOKEKERE, A GREAT INKIN, LERI OF AKUKO: OF EYELE OF EGGUN. THIS

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IT IS WRAPPED IN ASHO DUN DUN AND FUN FUN AND IS COVERED WITH CEMENT. IT HAS THREE BLADES.
WITH A JUJU OF ALAKASO EACH OF THEM, THE EYES AND THE MOUTH ARE TWISTED SNAILS
REVES YOUR IKOKO CARRIES THE FOLLOWING ATHENA OF EGGUN PAINTED IN THE BACK AND ON ITS SIDE
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WHEAT OF THE SIGN:

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PACIFIC OCEAN, JOBO, ALMOND, LIME, CORTADERA, DRAGON'S BLOOD, PENDEJERA, AND GUIRITO.
WORKS AND TASKS OF OYEKUN MEYI.
EBBO SO THAT THE ENEMIES DO NOT DEFEAT HIM:
A piece of tree knot, a rope with a knot, a clay plate, a rooster and a hen.
THE KNOT OF THE TREE AND THE ROPE ARE PLACED IN THE PLATE, IN WHICH THE AWO HAS POURED WATER AND
FEATHERS OF THE ANIMALS, THEN THE PERSON IS STRIPPED, THE PERSON TAKES THE PLATE
FOR THE HOUSE AND WITH THE WATER IT MAKES ALLUSIONS; THE AWO KEEPS THE ANIMALS AND THE OWO. EBBO
TO CONSERVE POWER AND LIFE:
A fish, a marinated chicken, a small bowl, epo. The fish is placed in the small bowl with the chicken.
(LIVELY DISMEMBERED), IT IS PLACED IN THE BOWL BY PIECE. EVERYTHING IS LEFT IN THE WOODS SINCE THE
EBBO IS FAR FROM HOME.

EBBO TO EXTEND LIFE:

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SIX ETU, SIX MANDARRIAS, OWO THE FIVE. AFTER THE EBBO, THE MANDARRIAS GO ON TOP OF
IFA EBBO TO CLOSE THE FOSA OF IKU:
A basket, a clay ball, a goat. This ebbo is done in the house of the awo; the ball
FROM THE CLAY, IT IS PUT INTO THE BASKET, PLACED IN FRONT OF IFA, THE GOAT IS DECAPITATED ON TOP OF
THE BASKET, POURING THE BLOOD INSIDE IT. IMMEDIATELY IT IS TAKEN OUT OF THE HOUSE,
HE GETS INTO A HOLE AND COVERS HIMSELF.
EBBO TO KEEP DEATH AWAY:
A pot full of black smoke, a meter of white cloth, one of black cloth, one
BLACK-PAINTED MEDIAN, A POT FULL OF SHELL, A DISCARDED CLOTH.
BLACK HEN, A WHITE ONE, A KOIDE. THE AWO PAINTS THE OYUKUN SIGN INSIDE THE JAR
PUT Y AND ASI WITH ALL THE INGREDIENTS OF THE RIGOR EBBO ON THE BOARD; THEN TAKE THE
BLACK JAR AND SHE PUTS IT INSIDE THE SMOKY LITTLE POT AND WRAPS IT WITH THE BLACK CLOTH; THE
THE LITTLE POT WITH EFUN IS PLACED ON THE SACK CLOTH AND WRAPPED IN THE WHITE FABRIC, THIS
ITS NAME IS SEEVI, AND THE RED PARROT FEATHERS FINISH IT ALL.
THE ADIE DUN DUN DIES ON THE BLACK BUNDLE AND THE FUN FUN ON THE WHITE.
ON A PATH IN THE FIELD, A HOLE OPENS, THE BLACK JAR IS BURIED, IT IS FILLED WITH
CORN AND THE WHITE SYMBOL IS DEPOSITED ON THIS. NEXT TO THIS, THE BOARD IS PLACED AND
THE ECHA IYEFA, SPLIT IN HALF, AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE PLACE EJIOGBE AND ON THE LEFT
OYEKUN.
IT IS PRAYED IN BOTH SIGNS, THE IYEFA OF EJIOGBE IS FIRST AND THE ONE OF OYEKUN IS AFTER.
EBBO IS USED FOR EJIOGBE, BUT THEN IT IS DONE IN REVERSE.
THIS ALLOWS SENDING TO IKU TO THE SKY, REPRESENTED BY OYEKUN MEYI AND SENDING TO HIS SUBSTITUTE
WHAT IS EJIOGBE TO THE EARTH.

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TO CONSERVE POWER:
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A damp cloth is placed inside an igba and placed in front of Osain.
HE WAS CUT TO PIECES ALIVE AND THROWN INSIDE THE IGBA.
GIVE OBI OMI TUTU TO OSAIN AND TAKE HIM TO THE MOUNTAIN. HE IS GIVEN TO EGGUN ROASTED PIG AND THEN
BATHE WITH ROSE WATER.
EBBO:
A GOAT, A JICARA, LOVE HER AND EPO.
EBBO:
SIXTEEN ABO, I FIRE (DRY WOOD), FUN FUN ASHO MASK, SPIDER WEBS, A
MACHETE, ALL TEAMS.
EBBO:
(THIS IS ALWAYS DONE IN AN IFA). OPOLOPO EPO, OPOLOPO EFUN, OPOLOPO OSUN, ADIE OKAN,
EYELE OKAN, EKU, EYE, AWADO, ASHE FUN FUN, ASHE PUPUA, OTI, MARIWO, OPOLOPO OWO, OTA
ELEBO.
NOTE: BEFORE STARTING THE EBBO, THE JICARA IS WRITTEN INSIDE THE SIGN OYEKUN, THIS
IT IS DONE WITH EFUN, OSUN, AND BLOOD OF ALL ANIMALS, YERBALE IS GIVEN TO THE EBBO
CALLING ON SHANGO AND OLOFIN. ONE DOES NOT ASK FOR THE DESTINY, IT ALWAYS GOES TO A PALM.
EBBO:
THIS IS GOOD, IT IS GOOD, THE FOOD IS DELICIOUS, THE MACHETE IS GOOD, THE DRUMS ARE GOOD, THE TORTOISE IS GOOD, THE OIL IS GOOD

AWADO, $12.60.
EBBO:
UN ISSUE, NO BREAD, YES, IT IS FRESH, YES, IT IS GOOD, EVERYONE IS HERE, MANY PEOPLE.
EBBO:
FIVE SMALL JARS OF DIFFERENT SIZES, TWO ADIE AKUERI, TWO ADIE DUN DUN, TWO AKUKO, TWO
EYELE, A STICK, A LITTLE HOUSE, ALL PLACES, A LOT OF MONEY.
EBBO:
AKOKO, EYA TUTU, FANGO DEL RIO, UN PEDAZO DE RED, GUATACA, MACHETE, UN GUIRO OVALADO,
ISHU, ALL MATTERS, MANY MONEY.
EBBO:
A hoe, daring, an eye, an owunko, the year of the river, clay, a spirit, a multitude of wealth.
NOTE: THE GOAT AND THE OSIADIE ARE FOR ELEGBA, THE CROWBAR THAT IS PLACED ON ELEGBA SHOULD BE
A small one like that of Oggun.
EBBO:
AKUKO, FIVE CHICKENS, AGUEMA, IGBA ADASHURE, ALL TOWNS ARE ONE, ALL INSHRINES, A SACRIFICE FOR
FUN, AGOGO, EKU, EYA, OBI, AWADO, OÑI, OTI, ORI, EPO, ITANA, EFUN, GBOGBO TENUYEN, OPOLOPO
OWO.
NOTE: WITH ILEKAN AND ALL INGREDIENTS, ATEMOLETA IS MADE, ADD A DRAUGHT, AGUEMA AND SMALL EYELE.
FROM WITHIN AND THE OTHER INGREDIENTS. 21 INKIN IFA ARE PLACED, THIS IS BURIED WITH OGGUN AND
SHANGO. THE EBBO IS ALSO BURIED IN THAT JORO JORO.

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THE INSHE OF THIS IFA IS A AGBOARAN IN THE SHAPE OF HER TUTU THAT IS LOADED WITH LERI OF HER
GOLD, LERI OF ELLA BO, MORURO POLE, ERU, OBI, KOLA, OSUN, AIRA. WASHES, EATS AND LIVES WITH
SHANGO WHO WAS THE ONE WHO HAD THE ASHE TO MAKE THE FISH KNOWN IN THE WORLD TO SAVE
TO HUMANITY.
SECRET OF EYA TUTO TO SHANGO:
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SHANGO is placed on the ground and within the bowl OYEKUN MEYI is placed and the prayer is said:
FATHER OF ANCIENT IN THE LAND OF THE LORD, THANK YOU FATHER SHANGO, LET US HONOR THE LORD AND SHANGO WITH ALL OUR HEARTS.

Sister spider, you have come, there is no one like Shango, please help me.
SHANGO ELLA MOYIRE EYA OBA EKUN NI SHANGO OBADI LODO SHANGO.

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EBBO: TWO EYA TUTO, SHELL PAINTING, LERI OF EYA GOLD, A DROP OF OSU, A LITTLE BIT
THIS IS MY ROOSTER, HE IS A COCK.
CEREMONY:
INSIDE THE BOWL, OYEKUN MEYI IS PLACED AND ON THE GROUND AS WELL, AND IT IS COVERED WITH SAND.
IT IS ALSO GIVEN EYERBALE, IT IS COVERED TO SHANGO WITH 16 LEAVES OF EVERLASTING; THEN IT
START BY GIVING A ROOSTER TO SHANGO AND THE TWO EYA TUTO. EPO AND OÑI ARE POURED INTO THE
SCALES OF THE EYA TUTO AND FINALLY IN THE FEATHERS; PRAYING OGBE ROSO. AFTER THAT, IT WAS GIVEN TO HIM
PUT 16 DIMENSION OF ISHU, AWADO, EKU, EYA, OSHINSHIN, ELEGUEDE, AIRA, AMALA, ADUN, OLELE AND
EKRU.
THE ISHU FOR THESE ADIMU MUST BE MADE IN DIFFERENT FORMS. WHEN IT COMES TO
SHANGO, THE LERI OF THE EYA TUTO DO NOT SEPARATE FROM THE BODY, THESE TOGETHER WITH THE ROOSTER AND
YOUR SIGNS ARE PLACED INSIDE SHANGO, BUT THE BODY OF THE ROOSTER OVER OYEKUN MEYI WHICH
IT IS COVERED WITH SAND. AFTER THREE DAYS, EVERYTHING IS GATHERED, INCLUDING THE SAND, AND IT IS DONE.
EBBO WHICH GOES TO THE RIVER EXCEPT FOR THE ROOSTER THAT IS BURIED AT THE FOOT OF A WILD CANE.
NOTE: THIS CEREMONY FOR SHANGO HAS ITA AND YOU MUST ALWAYS GIVE EYA TUTO MEYI.
SUYERE: YAYA NIRE SHANGO, OGBA, LODEO, EYA NIRE NI SHANGO.
PRAYERS AND THEIR INFLUENCES

NETWORK:
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BABA OYEKUN MEYI WILL REMOVE THE SICKNESS OF OGGUN FOR THOSE WHO COME TO A BABALAWO
THE TURNING OF THE CLOCK, THE HOUR HAS COME.
REZO:
Father Oyekun Meyi Father Olofin Oyu Inle Egba Niyerun Egba Akue Lele Shango Husband of the child Abba
Yes, the wealth of the heavens belongs to the gods. The thunderous Shango has given good fortune, and Orunmila is in peace.

Good father, I am the son of Shango, I come to you with the strength of the gods.
Baba Olofin Orunmila Ayooye Orun Omi Bargabani Legun.
NETWORK:
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Oyekun is my father, Oyedi is the oracle of Bareoko, Oyo is the place of Okana, Refu is the sky.
NETWORK:
The greatness of Shango is evident in the light of the sun, it is evident in the power of the thunder that brings about the fertility of the land.

CONYE AIKU OFO ARUN IKU OPA NI EGUNGUN KOPONI SHANGO KOPONI OLOFIN EYA BATUTO UMBO
Come together beautifully for Shango, the divine child, for the owner of the head, for the owner of the crown.
NETWORK:
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AYAYA OMONIFUN AFON BALE BELELE IROKI ADIFAFUN AWOYENI OMOLUNI ORUN OSHUN AWONI
ORUBO NATORI OMO OGBONI OFOJI OMI OSI OGBO ERI ATUKESHU OTUN KAKARA EBBO YAFUN AWON
Oni Ifa in the presence of Oshun, the queen, may Obalu Aye Omolu Orunmila bring blessings. Oshun, hear our prayers.
THE WORLD IS A REFLECTION OF ORUNMILA.
NETWORK:
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I am a child of the world who knows how to make things happen in life and I will always recognize the good in others.
THEY ARE THOSE WHO HAVE TRULY DISTURBED THE CHILDREN, FOR THEY HAVE SEEN AND ARE DISTURBED BY IT.
HOW THE DRIVER OF THE SPIRIT WILL BRING FORTH HIS CHILD, THE RIVER WILL FLOW FROM THE FOOT OF THE ESHU ON THE GOOD MORNING
The elder brother of the family is the one that will be responsible for the burial of the deceased.
THE COLOR OF THE CHILDREN OF ORE AND THE CHILDREN OF ARBAMU IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE BLUE AND GREEN COLORS.
GREAT SORCERER, MASTER OF THE GROUND, PLEASE COME AND HELP AS WE CALL UPON YOU, LET THERE BE A BLESSING THAT WILL LAST FOREVER.
THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD ARE THE CHILDREN OF THIS PERSON.

NETWORK:
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OKUNI KIAGE KEKO MAMU OMI LOWO INLE SHISHE MANU OMO INSHE ILE LODAFUN ORUNMILA
The government is preparing for the festival.

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Father, this child is very dear to us; we will take care of everything, even if it is challenging.
SHANGO SHANGO OYA MINI FATHER ALAFIA KING EYO LAMORUN LOVE ALORUN OLOYO OBANIYAN
OBONIBOSHE AKINFA BIRD WAWASHE TI AGUEMA AKUA ODUDUWA WAWASHE TIBONI ASHE OSHA
LOWA OSHAGRIÑAN AIGAN INLE IBARIBA EYOLA ORANIYAN OBA ALAIYELUNA.

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Hey daddy, the crisis is affecting our family badly.
SUYERE:
FATHER, I STRUGGLE AND STRUGGLE UNTIL THE SPIRIT OF DEATH IS VANQUISHED.

DICE IFA OYEKUN MEYI:

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WHERE YOU LIVE THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE, WHO HAVE A HEADACHE (STOMACH). ONE HAS
DREAMED OF A SAINT, HAS A CLOTHING THAT WILL HAVE TO MAKE A REQUEST WITH IT, TO
REMOVE THE DEATH FROM ABOVE. THANK SHANGO. YOU WERE GIFTED A BLANKET OF
FRINGES. YOU ARE THREE BROTHERS AND A FRIEND; DON'T WEAR STRIPED CLOTHING, THAT FRIEND...
DRESS THE SAME AS YOU, DON'T KEEP DRESSING ALIKE, BECAUSE DEATH IS BEHIND
OF YOUR FRIEND AND IT CAN CONFUSE HIM. BE CAREFUL WITH A CHILD THAT IS IN YOUR ILE, NOT
YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SETBACKS. LISTEN TO THE ADVICE THEY GIVE YOU, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TIMES
THAT DOES NOT PAY ATTENTION. YOU HAVE AN ANNOYANCE AND THAT FOR IT NOT TO LOSE ITS VALIDITY, YOU.
YOU ARE ALWAYS IN DEBT TO THE ILE AND IN THIS ILE WHERE YOU LIVE, THERE ARE LEAKS, MOVE AWAY. OVER THERE, THERE IS
A person who has saints and next to their ILE there is a person who is sick, who
IF YOU DON'T MAKE A REQUEST YOU CAN DIE. IN THE DISPLEASURE THAT YOU HAD YOU WANTED THEM TO GIVE YOU
A SATISFACTION. YOU HAVE TO MAKE A PRAYER WITH THE BLANKET THEY GAVE YOU OR THE
DRESS, TO MAKE DEATH GO AWAY, BECAUSE SHANGO DOES NOT WANT YOU TO DIE.
PROVERBS:
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1.- THE EYE CANNOT SEE THROUGH A BLACK HANDKERCHIEF WHEN THE NIGHT IS BLACK.
2.- LIFE DOES NOT CHANGE JUST LIKE IYA ALAGUEMA WILL NEVER DRESS IN A SINGLE COLOR.
3.- A HUGE CAIMAN CANNOT PICK THE THORNY CLUSTER FROM THE IKINES PLANT AND
Eat it.
4.- OYEKUN is good but don't abuse it.
5.- SMOKE IS THE GLORY OF FIRE, LIGHTNING THE GLORY OF RAIN AND A GREAT CLOTH THE
GLORY OF EGGUN.
6.- SECRETS CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO WOMEN BECAUSE THEY BREAK THEM
Oaths.
The sun warms the face of the one who collects honey.
8.- THE SUN WARMS THE FARMER'S BOTTOM, BUT IT CANNOT WARM HIS FACE NOR HIM
BOTTOM OF THE DIVINER WHO ATTENDS TO HIS CLIENTELE AT HIS HOME, WHICH SHOWS THAT LIFE
THE DIVINATION, NO MATTER HOW BAD IT IS, IS BETTER THAN THAT OF THE HONEY COLLECTOR AND THAN THAT OF
LABRADOR.
RELATION OF STORIES OR PATAKINES OF OYEKUN MEYI
1.- THE TOOL SELLER.
PATAKIN:
ON THIS PATH THERE WAS A MAN WHO WAS THE SON OF SHANGO AND WAS DEDICATED TO MANUFACTURING
PARTS OF SAINT. THIS SON OF SHANGO WAS VERY FUNNY AND WAS ALWAYS AT A PARTY IN
FESTIVAL, FOR WHICH REASON HE WAS VERY INFORMAL WITH THOSE WHO WERE SENT TO CARRY OUT THE
WORKS. THE SAINTS WERE OLOKUN, DADA, AND ABANARI. PEOPLE GAVE THEM MONEY.
ADVANCED BECAUSE THEY TRUSTED HIM, SINCE HE WAS A TRUE MASTER AT DOING
TOOLS. HE LIVED CONFIDENTLY AND THE WORK WAS PILING UP AND WHEN HE WOULD START
I was working late into the night to catch up on what I had delayed.

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NOT HAVING FINISHED, HE COLLECTED AND LEFT FOR THE PARTIES, RETURNING HOME AT DAWN.
WHERE HE/SHE LAY DOWN TO SLEEP.
One day the word spread through the town, until it reached their ears the complaints.
ABOUT HIS INFORMALITY, HE THEN DECIDED TO BRING IN A TRAINEE TO HELP HIM.
PEOPLE CONTINUED TO COMPLAIN.
ONE DAY A PERSON CAME TO TAKE A FAN WHICH HAD A FIXED DATE, BUT THE
TOOLS WERE NOT FINISHED, THE APPRENTICE RECEIVED THE MESSAGES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME
AT THAT TIME I RECEIVED REPRIMANDS FROM EACH CLIENT WHERE THE APPRENTICE COULD NOT WAKE UP THE SON OF
SHANGO.
THE DAY CAME WHEN THE APPRENTICE GOT TIRED OF FIGHTING WITH PEOPLE BECAUSE OF HIS MASTER, AND
TOLD THIS ONE THAT HE WAS NOT WILLING TO TAKE THE REPRIMANDS ANYMORE, THEN THE TEACHER
HE/FHE REPRISED IT.
THE APPRENTICE LEFT AND SET UP A TOOL BUSINESS WITHOUT BEING A WORKER. THE BUSINESS WENT WELL FOR HIM
WELL; WHILE THE SON OF SHANGO STARTED TO GO WRONG SINCE THE DISSATISFIED PEOPLE NO
THEY SENT HIM TO DO THE WORK. HE GOT SICK AND WENT TO SEE ORUNMILA, AS HE THOUGHT
WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO HIM WAS BECAUSE THE APPRENTICE WAS DOING WITCHCRAFT.
ORUNMILA EXAMINED HIM AND TOLD HIM THAT EVERYTHING THAT WAS HAPPENING TO HIM WAS DUE TO THE BAD
PROPAGANDA THAT HAD BEEN MADE AGAINST HIM, ALONG WITH BAD TONGUES AND EVIL EYES ON HIM,
WHAT WOULD EBBO DO TO FEEL GOOD HEALTHWISE, BUT NOT TO PROSPER IN IT.
Santo Tool Business.

2.- THE REASON OYEKUN TAKES CARE OF THE NIGHT.

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PATAKIN:
ON THIS PATH WHEN ORAGUN CREATED THE WORLD, IN DARKNESS HE CALLED OYEKUN AND SAID TO HIM:
I WILL GIVE YOU CLARITY, YOU WILL OPEN THE DOORS OF LIGHT AND LEAVE THEM OPEN
"SO THAT THE LIGHT REACHES ALL THE CREATURES OF THE WORLD." I RECOMMEND TO OYEKUN NOT.
TO NEVER DRINK AND MADE HIM A GUARDIAN OF THE LIGHT AND THE CLARITY OF THE DAY.
HE WAS BUSY WITH HIS BROTHER EJIOGBE, ONE DAY THEY ORGANIZED A FEAST
TO CELEBRATE THAT OLOFIN WAS GOING TO GIVE ABSOLUTE POWER TO OYEKUN.
OYEKUN invites everyone to drink, even to get drunk, he put on his cap
HE WAS UP TO HIS EARS AND FELL ASLEEP. EJIOGBE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO WHERE OLOFIN WAS
Taking advantage of the fact that he did not see well, he made himself the owner of absolute power, leaving Oyekun.
FOR HIS NEGLIGENCE AND FORGETTING OF THE WARNINGS REDUCED TO BE A SERVANT OF EJIOGBE.
One day Ejiogbe says to Olofin: 'Oyekun is my brother, due to the offense committed it ...
THEY HAVE REDUCED HER TO A SERVANT, COULD YOU GIVE HER A JOB?”. OLOFIN SAID: SINCE YOU
YOU ARE THE GUARDIAN OF THE DAY; HE WILL BE THE ONE OF THE NIGHT, THAT IS WHY SINCE THAT DAY OYEKUN COMMANDS THE
NIGHT.
3.- WHERE TO FEED EGGUN AND IKU.
EBBO: A GOAT, A CUP, LOVE IT AND EPO.
PATAKIN:
MERCADO TAKES HIS LITTLE DAUGHTER ALEUBA WITH THE MISSION OF BUYING HER A FISH. UPON ARRIVING, IN
IN THE WHOLE MARKET THERE WAS ONLY ONE FISH AND IN FRONT OF THE SELLER THERE WAS ONE
OLD WOMAN, WHO WAS THE MOTHER OF KUKETE (DEATH), WHOSE DAUGHTER HAD SENT AS WELL
TO THE MARKET TO BUY A FISH.
ALEUBA RIPPED THE FISH THAT THE OLD WOMAN HAD BOUGHT FROM HER HANDS AND IN A FORM
REBEL ESCAPED WITH HIM AND WENT TO SEE HER FATHER AND TOLD HIM WHAT SHE HAD DONE TO
SATISFY YOUR MOTHER. SPOILED: IFA SAID, TODAY YOU HAVE BROKEN MY HOUSE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE
DISPUTED WITH THE MOTHER OF DEATH. THEN ORUNMILA MADE OSODE AND CAME OUT OYEKUN MEYI.
MARKING THE INDICATED EBBO, THEN THE GOAT IS SLAUGHTERED, THE BLOOD SPILLED IN THE CUP
AND I PULL SOME HAIRS FROM THE ANIMAL. THE GOAT IS COOKED AND THE AMALA AND EPO PASTE
I GET READY. I MIX THE PASTA AND A BIT OF THE COOKED MEAT WITH THE BLOOD, AND IMMEDIATELY
I PLACE THE JICARA IN FRONT OF HIS PORTAL. KUKETE CAME TO AVENGE, BINDING ORUNMILA, THE

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Insult made to your mother, but the look of the content of the bowl pleased him and he ate.
Ravenously getting filled up, she walked away forgetting her revenge.
4.- EFE THE MANATEE.
PATAKIN:
ON THIS PATH IN THE RIVER LIVED A GREAT ANIMAL WHICH HAD HALF A BODY OF A MAN AND
HALF BODY OF A FISH, WHICH WAS CALLED EFE. WHEN PEOPLE FOUND OUT ABOUT
THEY WERE TERRIFIED AND WENT TO SEE ORUNMILA AND THEY RECEIVED THE ODDUN OYEKUN MEYI,
WHERE ORUNMILA TOLD THEM THAT IFA SAID THAT TO CAPTURE THAT GHOST ONE HAD TO WAIT
TO WHAT HE WOULD RISE FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA TO THE SURFACE TO EAT GRASS, ALSO THAT THEN TO
SUS OFA (HARPONS) HAD TO BE TIED WITH AN OZAIN OR MAGIC TO BE ABLE TO CATCH IT.
LET HIS MEAT BE EATEN BUT HIS BONES SHALL ONLY BE USED AS OBJECTS OF WORSHIP
OF OLOKUN; THAT THIS WAS A MAN WHO HAD BEEN BORN IN ENJILLE BUT WHO HAD BEEN A KING
DE LEON, WHERE HIS CHILDREN LIVED, WHO WAS THE OWNER OF AKARE AND SONUGAGGA AND WHO WAS THE SAME
OLOKUN, FOR HE WAS THE OWNER OF THE GUELEDDI THAT THE MANDIGAS CALLED MA AND THE HAUSSU
ADJON.ASI THEY DID IT THE AGUADO AND PREPARED THE ADE OF OLOKUN.
5.- THE FUNERAL HONORS WERE BORN.
NETWORK: LET US BREAK THE CHAINS OF THE MASTER OF WISDOM WHO WAITS FOR RUNMILA'S CALL
THEY HAVE COLLECTED THE ONE HEAVY ITEM THAT IS IN FRONT OF THE OLD MAN WHO LIVES IN THE VILLAGE
THE LAND BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL GARDEN SINGS TO THE OCEAN OF SPIRITS AND EMBRACES PROSPERITY
OSHEUNLO EGGUN ADIFAFUN CHILD OF OLOKUN AWO KAFEREFUN EGGUN.
EBBO:16 ABO, EKU IGNI (WOOD FROM DRY TREE), ASHO FUN FUN MASK, SPIDER WEB, A
MACHETE, ALL OPTIONS.
SUYERE: FATHER, I AM EZEKIEL, I AM HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE ANCESTORS.

PATAKIN:
IN THIS PATH OSHEIWOMO WAS THE SON OF A GREAT DECEASED BABALAWO, WHO WAS THE HEAD OF THE
OGBONI. THIS SON DECIDES THAT WHEN THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH IS FULFILLED
FATHER TO PERFORM THE FUNERAL CEREMONIES THAT SHOULD BE OFFERED TO THE DECEASED EGUNS.
FOR THAT HE WENT TO CONSULT WITH THE GREAT ORUNMILA, WHO SAW THIS IFA.
IN THE CONVERSATION HE SAID: "DO YOU THINK TO PAY THE FUNERAL HOMAGE TO THE SPIRIT OF YOUR
FATHER, BUT AS HE WAS ANEGO OGBONI YOU HAVE TO SACRIFICE 16 ABO, STARTING 16
DAYS BEFORE THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH, GIVING THE SPIRIT ONE FOR EACH DAY.
OSHEIWOMO DIJO: "WHAT AM I GOING TO DO ABOUT THAT, THE MONEY MY FATHER LEFT ME IS FOR ME, NOT FOR
SPEND IT ON THAT, THAT HE THINKS HE'S A THOUSAND. AND HE DIDN'T DO THE EBBO.
THE INDICATED ANNIVERSARY DAY ARRIVED, STARTING WITH THE MASK DANCE OF THE
Good day. The servant of Osheiwomo mounted on an Egungun and danced to the beat of the drum and showed it off.
ON THE BOARD SUPPORTED BY TWO CASHEW WOOD POSTS, ONE OF THEM WAS
COVERED BY A STRANGE BRANCH OF MARIWO.
THE BABARE OF OSHEIWOMO IN THE HEAD OF THE EGUNGUN WHEN DESCENDING FROM THE STAGE AND PASSING NEAR THE
COLUMN THAT HAD THE ARIWO BRANCH GOT TANGLED IN IT THE CLOTH WITH WHICH IT COVERED HER
HEAD.
DESPITE HIS EFFORTS HE COULD NOT FREE HIMSELF, HE REMAINED BOUND, HE JUMPED, HE LEAPT AND
TOWARDS ALL SORTS OF EFFORTS AND COULD NOT LET GO AND MANY FELL ON HIM
SPIDERS.
OSHEIWOMO WHEN HE SAW IT, HE TOOK A MACHETE AND CUT THE BRANCH THAT WAS HOLDING HIM, AND SLOWLY THE
SPIDERS FALL ON THE KGUAGUA THAT EMBODIED HIS BABARE; THEN OSHEIWOMO ...
HE RISES AND RETURNS TO TOUCH HIS ILE BUT BABARE'S EGUNGUN TAKES HIM BY THE ARM AND
DICE: "MY SON, YOU HAVE SEEN DEATH, THAT BRANCH YOU CUT WAS ONLY A
METAMORPHOSIS THAT ASHIKUELU PERFORMED TO AVENGE IFA FOR YOUR LACK OF RESPECT AND I BEFORE
OF HUMILIATION I PREFER THAT YOU COME WITH ME TO THE KINGDOM OF THE EGUNGUN,
OBBA ERA IKU ALASHE ONA AND THE DIVINER WAS NOT BABA OYEKUN MEYI.
THE BABARE EGUNGUN SANG AS THEY TOOK HIM AWAY:
FATHER, DO NOT LET THE SPIRIT OF THE DEAD AFFECT YOU
YOU HAVE TO GO WITH HIM.

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NOTE: HERE IS WHERE OYEKUN MEYI IS THE BABALAWO OF THE LAND OF THE EGUNGUN.
6.- WRITING WAS BORN IN THE WORLD.
REZO: FATHER OYEKUN MEYI FATHER OLOFIN OYU INLE EGBA IS THE ONE WHO HAS COME TO SHANGO'S HOME CHILD
ABBA AYE OWO ORINDILUGUN BEWA OYEKU IFA SHANGO ATEFA ODDUN IFA OKUE DARA ORUNMILA NI
The IFA says, 'Father, open the way for Shango to reign, the king of the heavens, let the earth and the seas be calm for me to proceed.'

KUELELE FATHER OF OLOFIN ORUNMILA AYOYE ORUN WATER BARGABANI LEGUN.

EBBO: (THIS IS ALWAYS DONE IN AN IFA). A LOT OF EPO, A LOT OF EFUN, A LOT OF OSUN, ADIE
OKAN, EYELE OKAN, EKU, EYA, AWADO, ASHO FUN FUN, ASHO PUPUA, OTI, MARIWO, OPOLOPO OWO,
THIS IS YOUR TIME.

NOTE: BEFORE STARTING THE EBBO, THE JICARA IS WRITTEN INSIDE WITH THE SIGN OYEKUN, THIS
IT IS DONE WITH EFUN, OSUN, AND BLOOD OF ALL ANIMALS, IT IS GIVEN EYERBALE TO THE EBBO
CALLING ON SHANGO AND OLOFIN. ONE DOES NOT QUESTION THE DESTINY, IT ALWAYS GOES TO A PALM.
PATIKIN:
OLOFIN HAD BEEN TOLD THAT IN THE LAND OF AGBA NIYERUN THERE WAS AN AWO NAMED
OGBA AKUELELE WHO WAS THE SON OF SHANGO. ONE DAY OLOFIN ARRIVED IN THAT LAND AND UPON ARRIVING HE
I found the complete opposite of what they had told me, for the people of that place.
THEY ONLY UNDERSTOOD EACH OTHER BY SIGNS, THEY SPOKE VERY POORLY AND WROTE ON THE GROUND, BUT THAT ONE
WRITING DID NOT HELP HIM TO UNDERSTAND OR COMMUNICATE BECAUSE WHEN THE WIND BLEW
The writing was being taken.
OLOFIN WHO WAS SEARCHING FOR A GREAT SECRET WAS VERY UPSET ABOUT WHAT HE FOUND
SEEN IN THE LAND OF ABBA NIYERUN AND LEFT FROM THERE, ON THE WAY HE WAS SINGING:
FATHER, MAY YOU LIVE LONG IN THE NAME OF THE CHILD, YARE AFITEKU, WHO IS A CHILD OF YAYENIOLOFIN OFITEKU.

OLOFIN ARRIVED ON EARTH AND FOUND THAT THE PEOPLE

THOSE WHO LIVED THERE WERE EGUNS, THEY HAD THE HABIT OF MAKING THEIR WRITINGS IN THE
STONES, BUT THE WATERS CAME AND WASHED THEM AWAY.
OLOFIN CONTINUED DISGUSTED AND WENT HOME ALWAYS WITH THE THOUGHT THAT ONE DAY
I would find a way for there to be a great writing that would allow for making
CONSECRATIONS AND THAT HUMANS LEARNED TO WRITE IN THE WORLD SO THAT
WILLS EXISTED. ONE DAY OLOFIN AT TWELVE IN THE DAY TOOK AN EYELE, CLEANED IT AND
OBORI, THEN HE LAY DOWN TO SLEEP BUT VERY SAD AND WORRIED BECAUSE IN THAT WORLD
THE SCRIPTURES AND THE TESTAMENTS DID NOT EXIST AND THERE WAS NO CONFIRMATION OF ADA. OLOFIN SE
HE MADE ME DREAM THAT HE HAD TO GO TO THE BOWA OYEKUN LAND WHERE HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO
FIND WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE FUNDAMENTALS OF IFA AND OF
The next day, Olofin set out walking to a land, but distrustful of it.
WHAT WAS HAPPENING I WAS TAKING THE AWO MEDILOGUN SO THAT IT WOULD ACCOMPANY ME, ON THE WAY
IBAN TOLLING BELLS AND OLOFIN WAS PRAYING THE FOLLOWING SUYERE:
AWO DIRE AWO AWO LAYE NIYE AWI DIRE AWO LAYE NIYE FATHER OF HEAVEN.
SHANGO WHO WAS ON EARTH BOWA OYEKUN HEARD OLOFIN AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO
TOUCH ASHERE AND PREPARE A JICARA WITH EFUN AND ANOTHER WITH OSUN; WHEN OLOFIN ARRIVED
SHANGO THE DIOMOFORIBALE AND ASKED HIM: “MY FATHER, TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT?” OLOFIN
THE CONTEXT: WHAT I WANT I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND EITHER ON THE PATH OR IN THE WORLD;
SHANGO SAID: STAY TO SLEEP HERE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW YOU WILL HAVE EVERYTHING.
WHEN OLOFIN WAS COMING DOWN THE ROAD BEFORE REACHING THE LAND OF BOWA OYEKUN, HE ORDERED A
AWO MEDILOGUN WHO CAME WITH THE ONE WHO HID AMONG THE PALMS THAT WERE THERE
SO THAT SHANGO WOULD NOT KNOW THAT HE WAS ACCOMPANYING HIM.
OLOFIN, ACCESSING SHANGO'S REQUEST, STAYED TO SLEEP THERE THAT NIGHT. FOR THE
At dawn, Shango rose and from a fallen palm that he had, he took out a piece of
TABLE AND HID IT IN THE HOUSE. WHEN OLOFIN AWOKE AT 4:00 A.M., SHANGO APPROACHED HIM
I present and I pointed at him and said: Here you have one of the things you need for him.
I bring the rest that you need with this other hand, but first I am going to
TO CONSECRATE AKUELELE AND TOGETHER OLOFIN AND SHANGO WERE CONSECRATED. EVERYTHING THAT SHANGO
I was doing something that had Olofin very worried and also very excited.

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THIS BABA OLOFIN, SAID SHANGO, WILL BE USED FOR THE GREAT CONSECRATIONS OF AN ATEFA AND
WITHOUT THIS YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE. THIS IS A GREAT SECRET WHICH YOU WILL HAVE HIDDEN;
OLOFIN listened to everything SHANGO said, but despite that, he was not happy.
THEN SHANGO BEGAN TO CALL:
FATHER ORDERS IFA TO DELIVER IFA ORDERS AWO TO DELIVER SHANGOBI OLOFIN IFA ORDERS ORDUN
ORDARA.
SHANGO KNEELS DOWN SAYING TO OLOFIN HOLDING A STICK IN HIS HAND
MARIWO SAID TO OLOFIN: YOU WILL NOW VERIFY THE REASON YOU WILL HAVE EVERYTHING THAT
YOU NEED AND THIS THAT I AM GOING TO WRITE HERE WILL HAVE THE MEANING OF YOURSELF. SHANGO ACT
THEN HE MADE 16 CROSSES ALONG AND ADDED: NOW I AM GOING TO MAKE THE HOLY SCRIPTURE AND
I started to eat and every time I took out an odd one I painted it inside one of the
CROSSES I HAD MADE BEFORE AND AS I WAS CALLING EACH ODDUN I WAS
LEAVING AN ODDUN FROM EACH PALM AND SHANGO PUTTING THE NAME UNTIL SO 16 CAME OUT
FIRST. THIS IS HOW WRITING BEGAN IN THE WORLD WITH FIRMNESS AND SECURITY TO
THE GOOD AND THE BAD. OLOFIN GAVE HIS BLESSING TO SHANGO AND TOLD HIM YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE
WHAT TO BE WITH ME AND SHANGO THEN HE ADDED: I WANT YOU FOR CONFIRMATIONS TO ME
GRANT ONE THING AND IT IS THE FOLLOWING, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ATHENA IT WAS WRITTEN TO THE
RIGHT OSHE TURA ON THE LEFT AT THE END OF WRITING OKANA WILL PAINT THE LEFT SIDE AND
I STARTED PAINTING THE STICKS WITH OSUN, JUST LIKE IN THE CENTER OF THE CERITOS. THEN
OLOFIN ASKED HIM WHAT HE MEANT BY THAT, AND HE TOLD HIM FOR US IT WILL BE A
SECRET BUT FOR HUMANS IN GENERAL MEANS THAT THE FIRST INK WAS PUPA; OLOFIN
THE CONTEXT IS GOOD, THEN SHANGO LINKED THE OFUN WITH THE OSUN AND WHEN HE GAVE IT
EYERBALE became black. Here the black ink was born. OLOFIN added: THIS INK
It will be more correct for human beings, the other will be for us.
NOTE: ANYONE WITH THIS SIGN IS A PERSON WHO SPEAKS VERY FAST AND OFTEN.
THE WORD WILL BE ENRICHED.
7.- THE OBEDIENT ONES WERE SAVED.
EBBO: THIS IS GOOD, IT IS GOOD, THE THINGS ARE SWEET, THE CUTLASS IS GOOD, THE DRUMS ARE GOOD, THE HAWK IS GOOD, THE OIL
MEYI, AWADO, $12.60.
PATAKIN:
ORUNMILA TOLD THE TREES TO MAKE EBBO FOR A BAD THING THAT WAS COMING. THE
MOST OF THE TREES DID NOT PAY ATTENTION TO HIM, ONLY THE JOBO, THE MARPACIFICO AND THE
CIPRES, THEY OBEYED AND MADE THE EBBO. Shortly thereafter, a storm of water presented itself and
I PULLED UP THE TREES; ALL THOSE WHO DID THE EBBO WERE SAVED.
8.- WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE WANTED TO KNOW MORE THAN THE TEACHERS.
SPLENDOR.
ONCE UPON A TIME, THE BOYS WORKED WITH THE OLD MEN ON THE CONSTRUCTIONS OF THE ILE,
UNTIL ONE DAY CAME WHEN THE KIDS THOUGHT THEY KNEW ENOUGH AND HOW
They were earning little money, so they decided to separate and do the work on their own.
THEY STARTED TO DO CHEAPER WORK. BUT IT HAPPENED THAT WHEN IT RAINED, THE WORKS
THEY FELL TO THE GROUND; THERE WERE SO MANY PROTESTS THAT THEY REACHED THE EARS OF OLOFIN, IN
WHEREVER I CALL SOME AND OTHERS. OLOFIN ORDERED THAT EACH ONE SHOULD MAKE AN ILE,
THE BOYS ARE MAKING A BAD IMPRESSION. OLOFIN ASKED THE ELDERS WHAT THAT CONSISTED OF, AND
THEY ANSWERED HIM THAT THE BOYS WERE PUTTING ALL THE TILES FACE UP INSTEAD OF
DO IT, ONE FACE DOWN AND THE OTHER FACE UP, TO FORM THE CHANNEL. SINCE THEN THE
OLD PEOPLE ARE THE ONES WHO AUTHORIZE THE YOUNG MEN AS WORKERS.
9.- THE BROTHERS.
REZO: I am your father, the one who brings forth the good deeds for you. I will take care of your needs.

SUYERE: "EYO PAPA FOCHO WAO SATORI ABORENSE BOBOIKU PAKOLEPA ATORI".
PATAKIN:
EYIDE AND BAREKOKO WERE TWO BROTHERS; BAREKOKO WAS THE YOUNGEST AND TOOK TO HIS HOUSE
BROTHER A WOMAN WHO WAS A LADY, WITH WHOM HE WAS GOING TO MARRY, BUT HE NEEDED MONEY AND
FOR THIS REASON I TAKE HER, HAVING HER THERE FOR SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS, WHILE I FIXED EVERYTHING.

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WHEN HE WENT TO GET HER, EYIDE TOLD HIM THAT SHE DID NOT WANT TO MARRY HIM. BAREKOKO I DON'T KNOW
AGREEING WITH WHAT HIS BROTHER AND HIS GIRLFRIEND TOLD HIM; HE WENT TO THE ILE OF ORUNMILA SO THAT HE
CLARIFY THE MYSTERY AND KNOW WHAT HAD TO BE DONE. ORUNMILA SAW THIS IFA AND TOLD EBBO
EYEILE gave them to SHANGO. Shortly thereafter, there was a fire at EYIDE's house and the one who was
BAREKOKO'S GIRLFRIEND HAD TO FLEE WITH A CHILD SHE HAD GIVEN BIRTH TO FROM EYIDE.
He had a relationship with the girl, and he was hiding everything. But Shango.
HE DISCOVERED THE MYSTERY AND BAREKOKO FOUND OUT EVERYTHING AND MARRIED ANOTHER. NOT LONG AFTER
EYIDE BOTO TO THE WOMAN WITH THE CHILD AND HAD TO GO TO THE FEET OF BAREKOKO BECAUSE SHE SAW HERSELF VERY
MAL.
NOTE: THIS PART IS TAKEN ACCORDING TO WHAT THE IFA SAYS; IF OSORBO COMES, IT CAN BE A
TRAP WITH A FEMALE OR WITH ANY OTHER THING. IF IT COMES FORE IT TURNS BACK AND IS
Everything returns good with Osorbo. Indicates betrayals, epidemics.
SHANGO and OLOKUN must be given AGBO. The SUYERE is repeated for 9 days.
10.- THE KNOWLEDGE OF FISH IN THE WORLD.
REZO: THE CELEBRATION THAT WILL BRING JOY TO EVERY HEART AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME TOGETHER.
O great spirit, let the essence of death be upon the mighty, let Shango descend upon us, let the lord of the earth grace us.

UMBO is a good time for Shango, the child of Omolurun, Kaferefun and Oleyekaferefun.
OLOFIN.
EBBO:ONE ISSUE, MANY, THINGS, ALL GOOD, THINGS TO SAY, ALL WAYS, MANY MONEY.
THE INSHE OF THIS IFA IS A AGBORAN IN THE SHAPE OF EYA TUTO THAT IS LOADED WITH LERI OF
EYA ORO, LERI DE EYA BO, PALO MORURO, ERU, OBI, KOLA, OSUN, AIRA. SE LAVA, COME AND LIVE WITH
SHANGO WHO WAS THE ONE WHO HAD THE ASHE TO MAKE THE FISH KNOWN IN THE WORLD TO SAVE
TO HUMANITY.

ON THIS PATH, HUMANITY WAS FACING GREAT PROBLEMS AND WORK IN THE WORLD;
THEY HAD NO HEALTH OR FOOD, TUBERCULOSIS WAS WREAKING HAVOC ON THE POPULATION AS WELL AS
GASTROENTERITIS AND ALL KINDS OF INTESTINAL DEFICIENCIES PREVENTED THE PROGRESS OF THE
NEW BONE AND LITTLE BONE; THE BONES HAD NO STRENGTH AND HUMAN BEINGS LIVED IN THIS
EPOCA GATHERED NEAR WATERBODIES, BOTH FRESH AND SALT AS GREAT
MONSTERS INHABITED THE LANDS AND MADE LIFE IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE FIRST INHABITANTS.
FINALLY, HUMAN BEINGS SUFFERED A LOT SINCE ALL THEIR PROBLEMS WERE DUE TO THE
SCARCITY OF A FOOD THAT WAS SUFFICIENTLY NUTRITIVE TO SUSTAIN THE
HUMAN NEEDS. THOSE WHO WERE LED AT THAT TIME BY THE IMOLES
THAT AFTER THEY BECAME ORISHAS, THEY STARTED TO BEG HIM, LED BY THESE IMOLES
TO OLOFIN SO THAT HE MAY HAVE MERCY ON HIS CHILDREN.
SHANGO HAD THE VIRTUE OF BEING HEARD IN HIS PRAYERS BY OLOFIN, AND HE TOLD HIM THAT
He offered humanity a food that was not even known on Earth, the river and the
MARCH. THIS WAS THE EYA TUTU, WHERE OLOFIN GAVE SHANGO AN AGBORAN OF THAT CREATURE
SO THAT HE COULD KEEP IT AND WITH IT ACHIEVE THE PERPETUATION OF MAINTENANCE OF THE
HUMANITY OF THE CHILDREN OF OLOFIN.
THEN ALL KINDS OF EYA TUTU CAME TO THE EARTH IN THE FORM OF RAIN WHERE THE
HUMANITY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TASTE ITS FLESHES THAT OVER TIME CONTRIBUTED TO
STRENGTHENING THEIR BONES AND BRAINS WITH WHICH THEY COULD MAKE PROGRESS IN THEIR LIVES AND
REACH THE POSITIONS THAT OLOFIN DESIGNATED FOR HUMAN BEINGS IN CREATION.
AMONG THESE FISH, THERE WERE TWO THAT STOOD OUT FOR BEING THE CONTAINERS OF THE
CLOSE SECRETS OF THE PRIMITIVE RELIGION OF HUMAN BEINGS, ETHOS WERE: EYA BO
(THE PARGO) AND EYA GOLD (THE GUABINA).
WHILE THESE FISH ALL THE OTHERS WERE MULTIPLYING IN THE DIFFERENT
WATERS BOTH SALTY AND SWEET, CREATED BY THEM WITH THE WILL OF OLOFIN AND
THANKS TO SHANGO, A VERY IMPORTANT FOOD SOURCE FOR HUMANITY. NOTE: THIS
IFA INDICATES DECALCIFICATION OR OR THESIS AND ULCERS DUE TO AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY. SPEAK
ALSO THE PYORRHEA. STOMACH AND BLOOD INFECTIONS. RECOMMENDS FISH SOUP

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THE HEN AND EATING YAM EATING YAM AS A FOOD OF GENERAL ORDER. IN THIS IFA WAS
WHERE FISH WAS FIRST KNOWN IN THE WORLD.
11.- I was born to guess with a glass of water.
REZO: AYAYA OMONIFUN AFON BALE BELELE IROKI ADIFAFUN AWOYENI OMOLUNI ORUN OSHUN
THESE ARE THE SIGNS FOR THE BABY OF THE OGBONI WHO HAS REFUSED THE LEFT WATER AND THE ERI OF THE NEW ATUKESHU KAKARA OFFERING.
The priests of Ifa in the presence of Oshun, the beautiful queen, Obalu, the master of the world, Orunmila, the divine scholar, the serene Oshun.
The one who knows the earth knows the one who knows the heavens.

EBBO:FIVE SMALL POTS OF DIFFERENT SIZES, TWO ADIE AKUERI, TWO ADIE DUN DUN, TWO
A RAVEN, TWO EYES, A STICK, A LITTLE HOUSE, EVERYWHERE, A LOT OF MONEY.

ON THE EARTH ORUN NILE LIVED OSHUN AWOYEMI, WHO WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WHO HAD
MANY SUITORS.
SHE WORKED ON THE SPIRITUAL WORK AND HEALED ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THAT LAND AND NOT
He/she accepted none of the requirements of his/her suitors despite them being so
POWERFUL LIKE ESHU.
One day she went to Orunmila's house because her lovers were very impudent and
THIS IFA CAME OUT WHERE IT SAID THAT SHE HAD TO MAKE EBBO TO ESHU SO THAT SHE WOULD NOT SUFFER
AN ACCIDENT IN HIS LIFE. OSHUN TOLD ORUNLA: ESHU IS MY ENEMY, I DO NOT WANT EITHER
TREAT HIM, AND HE DID NOT DO EBBOSHURE AND MARRIED SHANGO, AND ESHU PREPARED TO TAKE REVENGE
AFOSHE OGU AND WHEN SHE WALKED BY, HE THREW IT IN HER FACE AND LEFT HER BLIND.
OSHUN HAD HAD MANY CHILDREN WITH SHANGO, SO MANY THAT THEY NO LONGER FIT IN THE HOUSE AND THESE
They kicked her out when they saw her blind; Shango abandoned her and she had to go back home.
OF ORUNMILA. WHEN HE ARRIVED, OBALUAYE (SAINT LAZARUS) WAS THERE, AND ORUNMILA TOLD HIM: FOR NOT
PAY ATTENTION TO ALL THAT MISFORTUNE, YOU HAVE TO PERFORM THE EBBO SHURE FOR ESHU AND
THEN SHE OBEYED AND IMPROVED BUT SHE NO LONGER HAD THE SAME VISION BECAUSE SHE ONLY
SHE WAS ENVELOPED IN SPIRIT. TAKEN BY THE ARMS BY ORUNMILA AND OBALUAYE, THEY TOOK HER TO THEIR HOUSE.
WHEN HER CHILDREN SAW HER ARRIVE LIKE THIS BETWEEN TWO POWERFUL AWOSES THEY
THEY REPENTED AND THREW THEMSELVES ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS. SHE FORGAVE THEM BUT TOLD THEM: AS I HAVE
I HAVE TO WORK ON THE SPIRITUAL WORK AND I HAVE TO WALK WITH THIS COPPER STAFF BECAUSE OF
MY VIEW, I DO NOT WANT TO LIVE WITH YOU, I AM GOING TO LIVE SEPARATELY WHERE ORUNMILA ALWAYS DOES
OBALUAYE WILL BE MY COMPANY WITH MY FIVE OWADO.
ORUNMILA and OBALUAYE gave you their blessing and said, from now on you are OSHUN.
AWOYEMI AYABA AWOMI (OSHUN THE ONE WHO DIVINES THROUGH WATER). SEEING OSHUN EVEN THOUGH BLIND
THROUGH A GLASS OF WATER, GUESSING PEOPLE LIKE BEFORE.
NOTE: HERE WAS BORN THE DIVINATION OR LOOKING WITH A GLASS OF WATER. THIS IS OSHUN
It carries in the small jars a piece of charity (mineral), a coral, an amber, a jet.
A day of happiness, Osun, I am your servant, bring joy, fullness of the home. Live between Orunmila and San Lazaro, be.
HE PLACES IN FRONT OF HIM A LARGE CUP OF RIVER WATER, BLESSED WATER, WELL WATER, WHICH IS THE
SPIRITUAL CLARITY WITH A STONE OF ALUM INSIDE.
NOTE: THE ANIMALS OF THE EBBO ARE: THE AKUKO FOR ESHU AND SAINT LAZARUS, THE ADIE DUN DUN
FOR ORUNMILA, THE AKUERI FOR OSHUN. A SHURE EBBO IS OFFERED TO ESHU.

12.- THE ANNIHILATION OF FISH.

REZO: I have come to call upon you to rise and awaken the spirit of endurance within you for the sake of your own progress.

WHERE THE OLDER PEOPLE'S CLASS OF CHILDREN WORKS TO RESOLVE ISSUES

HOW DO THE ENEMIES OF THE BODY THAT BECOME THE CHILD OF THE STREET AT THE FOOT OF THE POLE BE CONTROLLED
The sun shines brightly as we gather together to celebrate the rich culture and traditions of our people.
THE PLACE OF THE INITIATORY RITUAL IS IMPORTANT BUT ONLY WHEN IT IS TIME FOR THE ASCENSION OF THE CHILD AND THE CHILD OF A FRIEND IN THE CHILD OF THE HEAD

THE GREAT DRUM OF THE ASHE OF ESHU HAS OPENED THE WAY FOR THE CHILD OF EYA TO COME UNTIL IT ENGAGES.
THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD KNOW THIS.
EBBO:AKUKO, EYA TUTO, FANGO DEL RIO, UN PEDAZO DE RED, GUATACA, MACHETE, UN GUIRO
OVAL, ISHU, ALL PARTS, MANY MONEY.

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PATAKIN:
AWO OYE was called ORUNMILA on the land of LALE ODO and the IEMPRE when the light of day came out.
TOWARDS CEREMONIES IN THAT LAND OF FISHES AND THEY SAID THAT FOR THEM IT CAME OUT THE
LIGHT OF THE DAY BEFORE ANYONE. AWO OYE SAW THIS SIGN TO THE KING OF FISHES, WHICH
HE WAS THE OWNER OF THE BED OF THE SEA AND OF THE RIVER; THE OBA OF THE FISH AND HIS CHILDREN MADE THE EBBO
THAT ORUNMILA MARCO AND THEY HAD MANY CHILDREN AND
THEY SPREAD ACROSS ALL THE SEAS AND RIVERS OF THE WORLD, BUT THE WOMAN OF THE OBA OF THE TUTU
HE DID NOT WANT TO MAKE THE OTHER EBBO THAT ORUNMILA SENT TO FREE THEM FROM THE BEINGS
HUMANS WHO WERE BEGINNING TO POPULATE THE PLANET.
SHE DID NOT DO THE EBBO BECAUSE SHE SAID IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO HAVE ENEMIES, BECAUSE
SHE LOOKED AT HER CHILDREN SAFE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RIVER. SHE TOOK AWO OYE LIKE A SCAMMER.
AND LIKE A LIAR. THEN SHE LOOKED UP AT THE SKY FILLED WITH RESPECT, AS IF HER CHILDREN
NEVER WERE GOING TO DIE.
It happened that when human beings developed, they took hoes,
MACHETES AND AN OVAL GUITAR DAMMED THE RIVER AND STARTED TO DRAIN WATER.
WHEN THERE WAS NO WATER LEFT, THEY ENCOUNTERED THE CHILDREN OF THE FISH IN THE RIVER BED AND
THE HUMAN BEINGS TOOK THEM, THEN ESHU AND SHANGO ARRIVED AND UPON SEEING THAT THE
Men had cooked fish, they told them:
Cook it with that thing and eat it because it is great food and this was a
COMMANDMENT FOR MEN.
NOTE: THIS WAS WHERE ESHU PREVENTED THE COMPLETE ANNIHILATION OF ALL SPECIES OF
FISH ON LAND.
13.- THE POTTERS.
REZO: OKUNI KIAGE KEKO MAMU OMI LOWO INLE SHISHE MANU OMO INSHE ILE LODAFUN ORUNMILA
THE VICTORY OF THE STRONG WILL BE OVER THE WEAK.

EBBO: A hoe, courage, an eye, a spirit, a water deity, clay, a bird, numerous
OWO.
NOTE: THE GOAT AND THE OSIADIE ARE FOR ELEGBA, THE GUA TACA THAT IS PLACED FOR ELEGBA MUST BE
A small one like that of Oggun.
PATAKIN:
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD, MEN HAD NO CONTAINER TO COLLECT WATER,
THEY THOUGHT THAT THEIR HANDS WERE NOT ENOUGH AND TOOK A TREE, BUT THEY SAW THAT
HE COULDN'T HOLD BACK THERE AND COULD. THE LEAVES OF THE TREES WERE JUST AS UNCOMFORTABLE.
Since they did not know anything, they went to see Orunmila and he showed them this Ifa and he ...
I INDICATE THE EBBO THAT THEY MADE, ORUNMILA TOLD THEM: TAKE THE EBBO TO THE BANK OF THE RIVER,
HERE YOU WILL MAKE A JORO JORO (HOLLOW) 25 STEPS FROM THE SHORE THAT IS PROPORTIONAL TO
YOUR SIZES. THEY DID EVERYTHING TO THE LETTER AND WHILE THEY DUG THEY SANG THE
YOU WILL FOLLOW:
IFA BEWA ISHEDA
OZAIN IS IN TENSION
THIS IS A GREAT POSSIBILITY
THEY MADE THE HOLE OF THE REQUIRED DEPTH, SO THAT A MAN COULD FIT IN IT.
FOUND THEY FOUND A VERY WET LETTER THAT WAS THE CLAY THEY DID NOT KNOW, IT
THEY ASKED WHAT KIND OF CLAY IT WOULD BE AND THEY MADE A VESSEL WITH IT, THEY LET IT DRY
AND THEY FILLED IT WITH WATER AND SAW THAT IT DID NOT COME OUT AND SAID: 'THE WORD OF IFA IS HOLY.'
They took a lot of clay and made the walls of their houses and vessels to collect water.
THEY NOTICED THAT OVER TIME THE VESSELS SUCKED UP WATER AND TOOK IT TO ORUNMILA AND
HE TOLD THEM: YOU LACK A SECRET, BRING ME DRY STRAW AND LEAVE ME A VESSEL, OR PITCHER.
ORUNMILA AMONTONED THE DRY STRAW AND PUT THE JAR THERE, SETTING FIRE TO THE STRAW AND THEM
HE SAID TO COME BACK IN THREE DAYS TO TEACH THEM THE SECRET. THE FIRE WAS
COOKING THE CLAY, WHEN THEY ARRIVED ORUNMILA TOOK THE JAR THAT WAS HARD AND
IT SOUNDED GOOD. THEY FILLED IT WITH WATER AND SAW THAT THE WATER REMAINED INTACT, ORUNMILA INSTRUCTED TO
THE MEN IN THE SECRETS OF THE ALPHABET. ELEGBA SAID: “THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE NOT EVEN IN THE

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LAND, NOT EVEN IN WATER HAVE THEY MADE EBBO, THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH FIRE TO
LET IT SERVE, THIS IS THE GREAT SECRET OF OYEKUN MEYI.
THEN THE MEN SANG TO HIS IFA:
OFUNMAWA IMARE OKUNI
THIS IS MY FATHER'S PAYMENT
THIS IS MY FATHER'S FAITH.
AND WHO GAVE MEN THE WIT 'OYEKUN MEYI THE FATHER OF THE WORLD'.
NOTE: ALL THE POTTERY CULTURES BORN HERE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMANITY.
THIS ODDUN WAS FROM THE GROUP THAT, ON THE COMMISSION OF OLODUMARE, BUILT THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE HUMAN BEING.
14.- THE BOYS WHO DRESSED ALIKE.
PATAKIN:
THERE WERE TWO BOYS WHO ALWAYS DRESSED ALIKE WHEREVER THEY WENT, AND IN EVERY
THE PARTYGOERS WOULD GET DRUNK AND THAT'S HOW THEY WENT TO BED. ONE DAY IT HAPPENED THAT ONE OF
THEY DIE AND SEND FOR EGGUN BECAUSE HE WAS THE GRAVEDIGGER SO THAT
I picked up the one who had died; but since he also liked the OTI, he got drunk.
AND UPON ARRIVING AT THE HOUSE I CARRIED THE ONE WHO WAS DRUNK ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT I CARRIED THE LIVING ONE
LEAVING THE DEAD.
NOTE: THIS MEANS TO BE CAREFUL AS THEY MAY GIVE YOU A BAD [THING] BY MISTAKE.
It can be a blow or it may not be pleased.
15.- HOW ORANIYAN FORMED THE EARTH.
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EBBO: A QUIET, A WAKE WAKE, SILVER CHAIN, CUP WITH WATER AND REEF.
NOTE: IT DOES NOT CONTAIN EITHER MALANGA LEAVES OR EKO, BECAUSE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD THERE WERE NONE.
PLANTS.
THE JIO JIO IS TIED TO THE CHAIN AND STARTS TO SCRAPE THE LAND AND THE REEF THAT GOES
INSIDE A GOURD WITH SEA WATER AND THE JIO JIO IS GIVEN TO THE PERSON WHO IS DOING IT
THE HEBBO SO THAT IT CAN BE ENDURED AND DOES NOT DIE BUT GROWS. THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT IN THE BEGINNING
FROM THE WORLD THERE WAS NO LAND AND OLOKUN TOOK A CHAIN AND TIED IT TO THE JIO JIO SO THAT IT WOULD GO
RUNNING AND THAT'S HOW THE EARTH EMERGED. THE CHAIN REPRESENTS THE UNION BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH
AND THIS IS A RESULT OF THE CHICKEN DIGGING BEFORE EATING AND THIS CHAIN IS THE SAME AS
OTURA MEYI ELEGBA SHORT WHEN A PART OF THE SEA CAME TO STEAL FROM THE LAND THAT IS WHY
SING:
“WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU, EVERYONE REMEMBERS YOU.”
SACRIFICE:
A ORANIYAN, OLOFIN MADE HIM COME TO EARTH BECAUSE 15 OF HIS BROTHERS HAD ALREADY COME.
AND THEY HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO FORM THE EARTH AND HIS FATHER OLOYO GAVE HIM A IGBA ADO (GURO) WHERE
HE HAD MIXED EPO, OTA, AWADO, OÑI AND TOLD HIM: THIS WILL BE USEFUL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE
WHAT TO DO. AND HE GAVE 21 INKIN IFA AND A FIVE-YEAR OLD.
HE WENT TO SEE ORUNMILA, WHO SAW HIM WITH OYEKUN MEYI AND TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD TO CALL FOR
OKEJAN, WHO WAS THE ALALEYO OF AIYO. THEN ORANIYAN SET OUT ON THE PATH WHERE HE WAS GOING.
PLAYING HIS AGOGO AND SINGING:
FATHER ALAGOGO ORANIYAN THE VOICE OF SHANGO
AT THAT TIME THE EARTH WAS ONLY WATER, WHEN ORANIYAN ARRIVED ON EARTH HE KNELT DOWN
AND HE TOUCHED HIS AGOGO AND PRAYED:

FATHER OLOYU OYAMINI ORANIYAN OLODEO

FATHER OKEJAN, THE PERSON WHO IS SICK HAS DIED

BABA ELEBORO ORANIYAN, DON’T HIDE THE LIGHT.

THEN HE TOOK SOME MIXTURE FROM THE GOURD AND THREW IT INTO THE WATER AND THEN IT GOT HARD.
AND I LET THE TOAD GO AND IT STARTED TO DIG THE EARTH WHERE IT GREW AND IT WAS THIRSTY.
FOLLOWING ORUNMILA JUMPED TO THE EARTH AND TOLD ORANIYAN: THE EARTH IS NOW FIRM, YOU CAN
DESCEND HERE. THEN ORANIYAN DESCENDED WITH A CHAIN, HIS IGBA, HIS STAFF, HIS AGOGO
AND HIS IKIN IFA. THEN HE TOOK A BIG STONE AND PLANTED IT AND SAID: HERE WE WILL MAKE THE CENTER

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FROM THE EARTH AND IT WILL BE CALLED INLE ODAIYE. THEN ALL THE ORISHAS BEGAN TO DESCEND,
THE FIRST WERE ODDUA, OSHAGRIÑAN, SHANGO; ORANIYAN CONSECRATED THEM IN THE CENTER OF
THE EARTH AND I CALLED TO SHANGO, AYALORUN AND TO OSHAGRIÑAN, OBATALA, ODUDUWA, OSHABEYI AND THEM
AT THE SAME TIME THEY CROWNED HIM AND GAVE HIM THE NAME OF OBA ALA IYELUWA (LORD OF THE EARTH).
ORANIYAN WAS A HUNTER AND A BRAVE WARRIOR AND DECIDED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE LAND AND TOOK
HE LEFT IFA AND WENT TO OYEKUN MEYI WHERE HE SET OUT ON THE PATH AND WAS SINGING:
THE DEITY OF SHANGO, KING OF ALL GREAT THUNDERS.
ON THE WAY HE CAME ACROSS A GROUP OF WILD ANTS THAT BLOCKED HIS PATH AND
HE HAD TO CHANGE COURSE AND ARRIVED AT THE YANGAN LAND, HERE ALL HIS SIBLINGS
THEY ABANDONED AND CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE LAND; THEY TOOK THE TAKUA ROAD BUT THE PEOPLE FROM THERE DID NOT
THEY LET IT PASS. THEN HE ARRIVED AT THE IBARIBA LAND AND THERE HE PREPARED AN INSHE OZAIN THAT
HIS NAME WAS TOUGUN AND HE HAD THE SHAPE OF AGUEMA AND HE PUT THE LERI OF AN EYELE AND WHEN
ORANIYAN CONTINUED ON HIS WAY AND ARRIVED IN A FIRM LAND AND CALLED OLOYO AND THERE HE PUT SHANGO AND
RETURNED TO INLE IFE AND ROUND THE EARTH, THEN HE SAID TO THE PEOPLE OF INLE IFE: I AM ALREADY
I GO, EVERY TIME THEY GO TO CONSECRATE SOMEONE IN THE SECRET OF INKIN IFA, THEY HAVE TO
CALL ME AND OKEJAN AND WHEN A WAR IS APPROACHING THEY HAVE TO CALL ME IN YOUR
DEFENSE AND THEY WILL DO IT LIKE THIS:
The greatness of the father, the greatness of the firstborn, the greatness of the family, the greatness of the land has come to stay.

A time passed, and war came, and they called it Oraniyan, which was the shadow, jumped.
And he arrived at Ife and they were bleeding at the Orido; he took the Inkin Ifa and placed it on the
RIGHT WHERE IT SAID:
THE AGENDA OF THE PEOPLE PRESENTED BY THE LEADER SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY.
AFTER TO THE LEFT:
WARA WARA ADELE NIFA ORO KANSHORO NILE
HE CLOSED IT ALL AND HANDED IT OVER TO OGBE SA TO CONSECRATE THE CHILDREN OF ORUNMILA.
AFTER HE CONSECRATED IT ON THE 8TH DAY, HE COLLECTED THE REMAINS AND GAVE THEM TO IRETE KUTAN TO
LET HIM BE BURIED AND GAVE HIM THE AKUKO HE HAD AND ATE IT OKER AND OGGUN WHERE HE
SHE SANG:
LAYE LAYE LAYEMA LAYE LAYE LAFIFI
AFTER THEY COVERED THE JORO JORO, HE TOOK THE OMIERO OF EWE PAIASAMI AND EWE ATORI AND GAVE IT TO HIM
I WASHED EVERYONE'S HANDS WHILE THEY SANG:
WAWA WAWA KORI ELEGUEDE KOKO ELEGUEDE LONA AWANA WANA KORI KORI
SO NO HEAD WAS LOST FOR THE SECRET OF THE EARTH.
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