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NETWORK:
IROSO TOLDA OBATALA MOWAYENI AIYE GBOGBO ORISHA EWUNYIARA OKUN OLOKUN ORE
OSHA brings prosperity to all who seek the blessings of OLOKUN, the spirit of abundance, and ABAKUA, the guardian of wisdom, through the grace of OBATALA and LODAFUN, the giver of life.

The truth will come out.

PROVERBS:
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1.- THE EVIL LOOK FOR IT IN YOUR HOUSE.

2.- HE WHO LOOKS THROUGH A HOLE MAY HAVE HIS EYE PUT OUT.
3.- THE FUNNEL LAW, WIDE FOR YOU AND NARROW FOR OTHERS.
4.- STUBBORNNESS PRODUCES TRAGEDY.
5.- HE WHO IS BLIND CANNOT THREAD A NEEDLE.
6.- NO MATTER HOW MUCH ONE LOOKS, ONE CANNOT SEE WHAT IS BEHIND THE WALL.
7.- CURIOSITY DOES NOT TEACH US ANYTHING.
8.- THE BLIND CANNOT GO TO WAR.
9.- WAR IS WHAT NOURISHES DEATH.

IN THIS SIGN BORN:

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1.- THE JAMMING OF FIREARMS.

2.- AFFIRMATIVE, SUDDEN DEATH.
3.- THE HARVEST.
4.- THE HARVESTING OF THE GRAPE FOR WINE MAKING.

DESCRIPTION OF THE ODDUN.

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SPEAK THE SENSE OF TIME. THE CLOCKS STOPPED.

HERE AFITIBO WAS BORN: THE SUDDEN DEATH. DEATH WAS BORN FROM CARDIAC ARREST. IF THE
THE PERSON HAS TO BE OPERATED ON, THIS IS RESOLVED THROUGH OGGUN.

SPEAKS OF ENTANGLEMENTS IN TRADE MATTERS.

THE OWNER OF THIS IFA MUST HAVE 5 SILVER PESOS IN EACH HAND OF IFA.

IROSO said each time I give an AKUKO to ELEGBARA, take 3 JUJU from it.
AND PUT IT ON ELEGBA FOR 3 DAYS. THEN BURN IT AND MAKE IYE.
TO BLOW WHEN I HAVE DIFFICULTIES.

PROHIBITS CONSUMING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, AS WHEN A PERSON IS UNDER THE

EFFECT OF IT, HAS VERY HURTFUL WORDS.

WHEN OLODUMARE CREATED THE WORLD, HE LEFT OLOKUN UNDEFINED, THAT IS WHY SOME
THEY SAY SHE IS A WOMAN AND OTHERS CLAIM HE IS A MAN AND IN REALITY NOBODY
KNOW THE CERTAIN SCIENCE IF HE IS A MAN OR A WOMAN.

HERE THE HARVEST WAS BORN (THE GATHERING OF THE GRAPE AND THE MANUFACTURE
OF THE WINE).

HERE THE PERSON REMAINS IN ECSTASY, WITH A BLANK MIND.

THIS SIGN IN A OSODE COMMANDS TO SCRATCH AND HAVE GARMENTS.

A coconut with water and a piece of cloth is placed on the table.

IN THIS ODDUN YOU HAVE TO KOFIBORI BUT WALKING THROUGH THAT ROOM
KOFIBORI WITH EYELE.

TO OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES, ONE SLEEPS WITH A PUPUA LINE (RED CAP). ONE MUST
STRENGTHEN OGGUN AS HE LACKS A PIECE.

THE GODFATHER DOES NOT HAND OVER TO THE GODSON OGGUN, HE IS THE ONE WHO HAS TO
PICK UP FROM THE FLOOR.

IN THIS IFA OLOKUN STEALS THE LERI FROM OGUN WITH SEVEN CLASSES OF DRINKS
DIFFERENT.
THE PRAYER OF THIS IS THE ONE THAT IS PRAYED TO DO THE
DETACHMENT OF THE OPARALDO:

THEY ARE COMING, COMING TO THE MEETING.

HERE THE DOG WAS KILLED FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR BEING A TROUBLEMAKER AND A GOSSIPER, WELL
HE WANTED TO MAKE OGUN AND OLOFIN LOOK BAD. OGUN IS GIVEN THERE TOO.
A SHANGO.

WHEN THIS IFA IS SEEN, ANIMALS CANNOT BE KILLED IN THE HOUSE BEFORE 15
DAYS.

You cannot do favors because they will not be appreciated.

YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE SEA BECAUSE YOU CAN DROWN, OR THEY CAN.
PUSH HIM DOWN TO DROWN.

HERE OLOKUN WANTED TO TAKE ALL THE EXTENT OF THE EARTH AND OBATALA
HE MADE IT KNOWN THAT THIS COULD NOT BE, BECAUSE WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO LIVE HIS OMO.

HERE WAS THE WAR BETWEEN THE DOG AND THE RABBIT AND BOTH LIVED IN THE HOUSE
OF OBATALA.

You have to be careful of a betrayal from someone who is with you.

ONCE TWO OWLS MET, ONE WAS FROM THE SKY AND THE OTHER WAS FROM
THE EARTH. AFTER BOTH HAD BEEN TALKING A LOT, EACH PICKED UP HIS
WAY.

YOU WERE TALKING A LOT WITH A PERSON YOU MET IN YOUR

PATH. THAT PERSON IS A DEAD PERSON WALKING.

OLOFIN WAS SICK AND ORUNMILA MADE EBBO FOR HIM WITH AN AYA KEKE, AND HE
MATTER FOR OGGUN. THEN THE DISEASE STOPPED.

SAY ORUNMILA THAT THE FIGHT AGAINST INJUSTICE.

WHEN THE ALEYOS DO NOT GO TO THE HOUSE OF THE AWO AND THE OSHAS ARE CALM,
ONE GREETS THREE TIMES THE RISING SUN, THEN TO ELEGBARA, TO ORUNMILA AND TO
BGOGBO KALENO OSHA.

MEASURE THE REACH OF YOUR WORDS WHEN RESPONDING TO PEOPLE TO

THAT WAR BE AVOIDED.

EWE OF THE SIGN: WILD FIG, ALMOND, FALLEN ADAN GRAPE, YAYA, COTTON
MELONCILLO.

WORKS OF IROSO OGUNDA.

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FOR ME TO UNLOCK:
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A piece of dung is given to Elegbara and he bathes with it.
Offer sweet wine to Orunmila and Oshun.

WORK:
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A joro joro is opened and inside it, there is an igba with a charcoal.
LIT, BEHIND THE JORO JORO, IT GOES TO ELEGBA AND CLEANS ITSELF
INTERESTED IN A SAD SONG SINGING:

EPONSI LAYE EGUN ERONSI LAYE LAYE

EBBO:
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THREE KINDS OF BEANS, BEEF, THE KNIFE AND OWO THE MELLOW.

EBO TO FREE ONESELF FROM DEATH:

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A GOAT, FUZZY YAM, ALMAGRE AND PAINTED BEDSPREAD, 5 JUJU FROM THE TAIL
FROM A ROOSTER AND IT IS GIVEN TO ELEGBA, THIS IS CALLED GALLARDETE.

EBBO FOR THE PREGNANT WOMAN:

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GIVE ME, A BASKET OF JOTAS FALLING FROM THE TREE, OWO THE GIRL.

THE GOOD NEWS:

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AKUKO, ETU META, OTI, 3 SPIKES OF MALOJA, ATARE META. IT IS DONE IYEFA
AND HE/SHE BLOWS.

EBBO:
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THREE KINDS OF BEANS, BEEF, THE KNIFE, ROPE, YAM
EKU, EYA, EPO, ORI, EYELE Y $7.35.

BLESSING FOR THE SICK PERSON IN THE HOUSE:

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A puppy, a rooster, and $7.35.

PRAYERS AND THEIR MURMURS.

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REZO: ANGRY AMUBO BECAME ALLABO BECAME MUCHEREBO OMUBO OMA ANDIFA YECAN
FUN OBATALA ACHEREREBO LUGUA AUN ARAYE TIONIFE.

PRAY: ONLY MIGHTY CAN MAKE THINGS HAPPEN WITH ITS GRACE AND POWER LIKE THE LEAVES
TETE AÑIO TOTO GUELETE EMIFE ADIFAFUN CONGO APOLO UMBATI LOYOBE AYIBO
EYELE LEBO. INVOCATION OF THE GOD OF THUNDER, INVOCATION OF SHANGO.

DICE IROSO OGUNDA

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BE CAREFUL WITH A REVOLUTION, BECAUSE YOU VERY LITTLE IT

IT WAS LACKING FOR IT TO FALL INTO THE HANDS OF JUSTICE; THANK SHANGO AND
A OGGUN; DO NOT TAKE THE KNIFE IN YOUR HANDS ANYMORE, NOR DISRESPECT THE
OLDER PEOPLE, BECAUSE ONE DAY YOU'RE GOING TO END UP WITH AN OLD PERSON WHO WILL GIVE YOU A
CURSE THAT WILL REACH YOU AND YOU WILL NOT RAISE YOUR HEAD AGAIN; ALL THE BAD TO YOU.
HE BECOMES GOOD; IN HIS HOUSE THERE IS A PERSON WHO DOES EVERYTHING
IT NEVER SEEMS RIGHT TO HIM, HOW YOU HAVE TO MAKE A REQUEST TO REMOVE YOURSELF
EVERYTHING BAD, THAT UP THERE AND DISTANCE FROM IT; THERE IS A SICK PERSON IN HIS HOUSE;
BE CAREFUL, THEY ARE GOING TO BLAME YOU FOR SOMETHING AND IF THERE IS AT HOME
A PREGNANT WOMAN, TELL HER TO DO EBBO SO THAT SHE IS NOT IN DANGER; A
A person is going to invite you to baptize a child; people will
HE IS PREPARING FOR DEATH BUT GOD SAYS THAT HE DOES NOT NEED IT YET
ALLA; NO ONE CAN TAKE ON YOU; YOU HAVE TO DO OR GIVE OTI TO
OGGUN Y 2 ADIE A ORUMILA; A UD. A VERY GREAT FORTUNE COMES TO YOU WHERE YOU
A lot of money will come; you must do a favor that they will not have to
THANK YOU; YOU SPOKE A LOT WITH SOMEONE WHO WAS IN FRONT OF YOU, AND THAT
THERE WERE PEOPLE FROM ANOTHER WORLD; IN HIS HOUSE, THERE IS ONE WHO IS A SON OF OLOFIN AND
TELL HER TO ASK OSHUN TO NOT LET YOU LACK MONEY; GIVE IT TO HER
TO EAT HIS HEAD, AND ASK OSHUN EVERY DAY NOT TO
THERE IS NO NEED TO GO OUT INTO THE STREET TO SEARCH FOR ANYTHING AND IF IT IS BABALAWO THEN
DON'T DO FAVORS THAT THEY WON'T THANK YOU FOR; AND THAT OTHERS
Babalawos go to his house every day to visit him to see if he...
THEY CAN TAKE THE ALEYOS TO THEIR HOUSE.

RELATION OF STORIES OR PATAKINES OF IROSO OGUNDA.

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1.- WHEN THE BOYS DID EBBO.

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EBBO: A ROOSTER, COROJO PITA, HOOK AND OWO THE MELLO. THEN THREE ARE TAKEN.
GALLI TAILS AND TETE ARE PLACED FOR THREE DAYS ON TOP OF ELEGBA AND THEN IT IS DONE
ACHE.

PATAKIN:

OLOKUN wanted to take the land for the sea, and OBATALA made it known that
IT COULD NOT BE, BECAUSE IF THAT WAS THE CASE WHERE WOULD THEIR CHILDREN LIVE?; AND SHE SENT TO
THE BOYS OF ORUNMILA AND HE TOLD THEM THAT THEY WERE GOING TO A PLACE TO FISH
AND THEY MADE ROGATION BEFORE GOING, THEY DID IT.

OLOKUN SAW THEM AND IMMEDIATELY WENT TO WHERE ORUNMILA WAS TO GIVE THEM THE
Complaints that they were catching fish. Orunmila replied: that he did not.
I couldn't do anything because they had done Ebbo.

2.- THE RABBIT, THE DOG, AND THE WORM.

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PATAKIN:

THE RABBIT AND THE DOG LIVED IN OLOFIN'S HOUSE AND ONE TIME THE DOG STOLE
A piece of meat and she hid it under the ground.

THEN OLOFIN, NOTICING THE ABSENCE, ORDERED AN INVESTIGATION TO BE MADE

REGARDING THE THEFT OF THE MEAT AND IN IT WERE COLLECTED
FOR SUSPICION ALL CARNIVOROUS ANIMALS INCLUDING THE LION, THE TIGER
AND THE DOG.

THE LION THAT COULD NOT RAISE A FALSE WITNESS AGAINST ANY OF THESE
ANIMALS DUE TO THEIR FIERCE AND BRAVERY SAID THEY WOULD LOOK FOR THE RABBIT THAT
LIVED UNDERGROUND.

WHEN BRINGING THE RABBIT THIS MANIFESTO THAT HE ALONE DID NOT LIVE UNDER THE
LAND AND THEREFORE THEY WILL LOOK FOR OTHER ANIMALS THAT LIVED LIKE HIM.
AMONG THEM THE EARTHWORM.
WHEN THE WORM ARRIVED, IT SAID THAT IT HAD SEEN WHEN THE DOG DID
A HOLE IN THE GROUND AND A PIECE OF MEAT HAD BEEN HIDDEN.

THIS WAS FOUND AND THAT'S HOW THE WORM CLARIFIED THE SITUATION AND THE
RABBIT SAVED ITS SKIN THANKS TO THIS.

NOTE: THERE IS ALWAYS AN EYE THAT SEES YOU.

3.- THE BIRTH OF THE DISTILLED SPIRIT.

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Once, Obatala was planting grapes with the idea of

CHEER UP THE HEART OF YOUR CHILDREN.

BUT SUDDENLY THE DEVIL APPEARED TO HIM, ASKING: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?, AND
OBATALA THE CONTEXT, PLANTING A TREE THAT JOYS THE HEART OF MY
SONS. I WILL ALSO HELP YOU, SAID THE DEVIL, WAIT FOR ME I WILL RETURN
RIGHT AWAY.

THE DEVIL DISAPPEARED INTO A HOLE IN THE EARTH, RETURNING LATER

WITH AN ABO, AN ELEDE, A SHEGUELE SHEGUE.

I KILL THOSE ANIMALS NEXT TO THE NEW TREES, SO THAT THE BLOOD
IT WILL SOAK WELL INTO THE EARTH AND REACH THE ROOTS OF THE TREES
FROM GRAPE. THEN HAPPY WITH HIS WORK, HE DISAPPEARED AGAIN.

OBATALA WAS STARTLED AND NEARLY SAID IN FEAR WHILE LOOKING AT THE TREES, THAT
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE MEN WHO DRINK FROM THE LIQUID OF THESE FRUITS?
HE QUICKLY FOUND OUT, THE ANIMALS SACRIFICED ON THAT OCCASION
THEY WILL SHOW THEIR CHARACTER IN THE CONSEQUENCES OF THOSE WHO TAKE THE WINE,
PRODUCT OF THIS VINE.

THE MEN WHO DRINK THE WINE FROM THIS VINE IN SMALL QUANTITIES WILL BECOME
SWEET AND GENTLE LIKE A RAM. IF THEY TAKE MORE, THEY WILL BECOME STRONGER AND
BRAVE LIKE A LION.

IF THEY DRANK TOO MUCH, AT FIRST THEY FELT LIKE A TIGER AND THEN THEY
They were rolling on the ground like pigs and ultimately ridiculous and shameful.
LIKE A MONKEY.

4.- THE WAY OF THE DRAGONS.

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REZO; IROSO TOLDA KAFEREFUN OLOKUN, OBATALA, INLE AND OSHUMARE.

EBBO: FOR FUN, I AM MEYI, A CHICK, I AM MEYI, AKOFA, MALAGUIDI

OKUNI, BOGBO EWE, OMI LOKUN, OBI, ITANA, EKU, EYA, EPO, AWADO, OTI, ORI,
EFUN, 16 QUESTIONS, LOTS OF MONEY.

DISTRIBUTION:
ABO FUN FUN Y ETU MEYI FOR SHANGO, OLOKUN ON LAND WITH ITS INGREDIENTS,
THIS DOES BRING A STRONG OSORBO; IF THE ABO FUN IS NOT EXCLUDED
FUN. A CHICKEN AND OTHER INGREDIENTS TO OPARALDO AT THE FEET OF
OLOKUN. THIS IS THE BIRD THAT SPEAKS TO OBATALA WITH ITS INGREDIENTS.

PATAGONIA:

IN THIS PATH IT IS SAID THAT WHEN OBATALA WAS FINISHING TO MAKE

THE CREATION, SEVERAL SAINTS REMAINED UNFINISHED, SUCH AS OLOKUN,
INLE AND OSHUMARE, THEN OLOKUN PRESENTED HIMSELF AND OBATALA SAID
THAT HE HAD ALREADY FINISHED HIS CREATIVE WORK. OLOKUN HIM
RESPONDING: I CANNOT STAY LIKE THIS, YOU HAVE TO DEFINE WHAT I
OBATALA ANSWERED ME, I CANNOT STOP FOR MUCH LONGER, I HAVE TO
CONTINUE TO FINISH.

THEN OLOKUN FURIOUSLY ASKED: DEFINITELY YOU

YOU ARE GOING TO LEAVE ME LIKE THIS, TO WHAT OBATALA ANSWERED: TO IBAN ESHU, LIKE THIS
YOU WILL STAY.

OLOKUN WHO WAS THE LEADER OF A GREAT ARMY DECLARED WAR ON

OBATALA, WHO ALSO HAD HIS ARMY, BUT MUCH LARGER THAN
THE OF OLOKUN.
THIS IS HOW THEY STARTED TO WAR, THE FIGHT WAS TERRIBLE, IT LASTED SEVERAL
MONTHS, BUT FINALLY THE ARMY OF OBATALA WAS DEFEATING THAT OF OLOKUN.

THE MOMENT CAME WHEN OLOKUN, SEEING HIMSELF LOST BY THE PUSH
ENEMY ARMY ROLLER, REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE A FRIEND WHO
CALL SHANGO AND SEND HIM A MESSAGE, ASKING FOR HELP.

SHANGO POSSESSOR OF THE DRAGONS, WHO AT THIS TIME STILL DID NOT POSSESS
THE CANDLE, FOR WHAT SHANGO SENT TO OLOKUN WAS THE CANDLE.

WHEN THE CANDLE REACHED OLOKUN, HE GAVE THOSE BEASTS THIS

MATERIA AND THUS CHARGED AGAINST THE ARMY OF OBATALA AND THIS BEGAN TO
RETREAT, NOT WITHOUT FIRST WAGING HARD BATTLES, SINCE HE WAS POWERFUL
IN MATERIALS AND MEN.

BUT THE DEVASTATION OF THE DRAGONS WAS SUCH THAT THE ARMY OF OBATALA
I was losing ground by the day until the capitulation arrived.

WHEN THEY WERE FACE TO FACE, OBATALA SAID TO OLOKUN: "ME

YOU WON BECAUSE YOU CHEATED ME USING THOSE BEASTS FROM THE OTHER
WORLD," TO WHICH OLOKUN REPLIED: "I HAD TO DO IT BECAUSE
YOU WERE MORE POWERFUL THAN ME AND BECAUSE OF YOU LOOK AT HOW I ENDED UP.

NOTE: OLOKUN MUST BE RECEIVED.

5.- THE SUBSTITUTE.

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PATAKIN:

IN A VILLAGE A BOY WAS BORN AND IN THAT PLACE LIVED A SEER WHO SAID:
THIS CHILD WAS BORN TODAY, WHEN HE GROWS UP HE WILL MARRY THE KING'S DAUGHTER AND
WILL BE A FORTUNETELLER.

During those days, the king arrived at that village and asked what was going on.
It happened that there were so many people gathered and one person told them about the
BIRTH OF THE CHILD AND THE PROPHECY OF THE SORCERER. THE KING WHO WAS VERY EVIL
I ordered to kidnap the child, put him inside a box and threw him into the
RIO, BUT THE BOX DIDN'T SINK, GETTING CARRIED AWAY BY THE CURRENT. AFTER A WHILE
I TRIPPED IN A PLACE PARKING AND OBSTRUCTING THE PASSAGE OF THE
CURRENT. A MILLER WHO LIVED NEARBY, SEEING THAT HIS MILL HAD STOPPED
HE PEERED INTO THE RIVER AND SAW THE BOX PICKING IT UP. UPON REALIZING THAT
THERE WAS A BOY INSIDE, HE RAN OUT AND TOOK HIM TO HIS WIFE,
SHE IS VERY HAPPY ABOUT WHAT THEY BOTH AGREED TO RAISE THE CHILD.

TIME PASSED AND WHEN THE BOY TURNED 17 YEARS OLD, HE WAS ALREADY OF AGE
SUFFICIENT FOR MARRIAGE AND HAVING THE KING'S DAUGHTER AGE OF
MARRIAGE, THE KING PASSED THROUGH THE VILLAGE AGAIN WITH HIS RETINUE. TO
I called the attention of the young man in question and asked him who they were.
THEY WERE HIS PARENTS.
TO WHAT THE OLD MILLER ANSWERED BY NARRATING THE ENTIRE STORY AND
SHOWING HER THE BOX.

AT ALL THIS THE KING REALIZED THE IDENTITY OF THE BOY AND GAVE HIM
HE SAID TO THE MILLER: TAKE THIS LETTER AND GO TO THE CITY TO MARRY
MY DAUGHTER.

THE BOY TOOK THE LETTER AND HEADED TO THE CITY, ENCOUNTERING
ON THE ROAD WITH ESHU WHO I ASKED WHAT HE WAS DOING AND WHERE HE WAS GOING.
THE BOY TOLD HIM EVERYTHING SHOWING HIM THE LETTER WHERE ELEGBA IS
DIO REALIZED THAT IT WAS ALL A TRAP AS HE HANDED OVER THE LETTER TO THE
GUARDS WOULD CATCH HIM, ARREST HIM, AND KILL HIM.

ENOTNCES ELEGBA MODIFIED IT AND SAID TO HIM: NOW GO. THE BOY
HE CONTINUED HIS PATH ENCOUNTERING OGGUN WITH WHOM THE SAME THING HAPPENED
WITH ELEGBA. OGGUN, UPON READING THE LETTER SAID: THIS IS MISSING SOMETHING, AND IT
I ADD: AS SOON AS THE BOY ARRIVES AT THE PALACE, THEY WILL MARRY HIM TO ME
DAUGHTER..

As soon as the young man arrived, the preparations for the wedding began, but
THE KING WAS MISSING AND WAS SENT TO BE LOOKED FOR. ON THE WAY, THE KING...
I met with Elegba and Ogun to whom I asked what was the
SHORTER PATH TO THE PALACE, WHERE THEY REPLIED TO HIM, GO THROUGH
THIS PATH AND YOU WILL FIND A RIVER AND A MAN INSIDE A RAFT, TELL HIM
LET IT TAKE IT.

THIS MAN WHO WAS ON THE RAFT WAS FULFILLING A MISSION

THAT I COULD ONLY LEAVE IF ANOTHER MAN APPEARED, THAT'S WHY
SOON IF THE KING GOT ON THE RAFT, THIS OTHER ONE ABANDONED IT
HASTILY, THEREBY THE KING FULFILLING THE MISSION UNTIL
Another man appeared.

IN THE PALACE, AS THE KING WAS DELAYING TOO MUCH, THEY MARRIED THE BOY AND
THEY CROWNED HIM KING.