ENCYCLOPEDIC TREATISE OF IFA
Ogbegreatness
EYE OFTHE SUN
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REZO: OGBEREKUNTELE ODANDE IFA MAFEREFUN OGGUN. OGBEREKUNTELE
Add IFA to the transformation of this Orisha, IFA, I am renewing.
ADIFAFUN ORUNMILA ACADEMIC CHILD OF IFA.
SUYERE: OBAIKU FATHER YERERE CHILD OBOKOYE DEATH SEWERE, ARUN
Sewere, ofo sewore, eyo sewore, berelade obenire
OBAYE.
IN THIS ODDUN, IT IS BORN:
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1.- THE POWERS OF THE BRAIN AND THE CRANIOENCEPHALIC SYSTEM.
2.- THE POWER OF THE KIYUMBA TO THE CONGO MAYOMBEROS.
3.- THE ODE.
4.- THE MOTHER OF ABITA, ARA-UNLA.
5.- OGGUN (SARABANDA).
6.- A LARGE PART OF THE SECRETS OF OZAIN.
7.- THE MALADY OF SAN VITO.
8.- GONORRHEA.
9.- TORTURE.
10.- THE MONKEY CHAIN.
11.- THE CEREMONY OF OLOKUN, WHERE THE SPIRIT OF IS CALLED
SEE YOU SOON.
12.- WHERE OZAIN LIVES WITH SHANGO.
13.- OSHUN.
14.- THE PLAGUE AND WHERE OGGUN AND OSHUN MET.
15.- ISALAYE OF ELEGBA.
16.- THE STARS WERE CREATED.
17.- HERE IT IS DETERMINED THAT IN THE CENTER OF THE RIVER LIVES A
SPIRIT CALLED BELEKUN LAYE.
18.- THIS IS WHERE THE PIGLETS ARE ROASTED.
19.- THE REASON MEN CHOOSE NIGHT FOR OFIKALE
TRUPON.
20.- ELEGBA AYE.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ODDUN:
SHOULD NOT MARRY THE WIFE OF A KNOWN PERSON. (OGBE ATE).
RESPECT THE WOMAN OF THE PERSON WHO HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOU AND
DO NOT TAKE HER HOME WITHOUT THE HUSBAND'S CONSENT.
(OGBE ATE).
IF SOMEONE ASKS YOU TO DO ANY HARM, DO NOT DO IT. (OGBE ATE).
ALWAYS HAVE A CLEAN THOUGHT. (OGBE ATE).
DO NOT DO WRONG, HE WHO DOES IT IS DOING IT TO HIMSELF; DO NOT
They can fix things with evil because nothing with evil.
IT GETS FIXED. (OGBE ATE).
IN THIS ODDUN OGBE ATE, LOOK AT THE CROWN, BUT YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO REACH IT
ZARLA.
Although I may receive Olofin, it is difficult.
He/She can work with the same and be less recognized as an obelisk.
WELL, THAT IS NOT HIS DESTINY ON EARTH.
THE FISHING ROD MUST USE SUPPORTS. SUFFER FROM PAIN.
IN THE TESTICLES. ONE SUFFERS FROM DISLOCATION OF THE BRAIN, OF
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.
IN THIS ODDUN THE EGG IS YOUR ENEMY, DO NOT EAT IT. WAS BORN THE
GONORRHEA.
FOR THIS IFA, ONE MUST GIVE AN OWUNKOAABOKU. IF ONE DOES NOT HAVE IT
TO THIS SAINT OR ORISHA, SHANGO IS TAKEN TO THE FOOT OF THE CAROB TREE
AT THREE IN THE AFTERNOON, A CHICKEN IS GIVEN CALLING ON SHANGO
YAABOKU.
IN THIS IFA ALL THE SECRETS OF OZAIN WERE BORN, AND THE
WHY DO WOMEN ONLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE A GUIDE OR
GUIDE OF OZAIN.
IN THIS ODDUN, TRAMPAAELEGBA IS NOT PUT ON AND OGGUN.
HERE THEY THREW ORUNMILA INTO THE RIVER. WHERE YOU HAVE TO PUT 21 OTA.
KEKE AND A CLUCKING ADIE IS GIVEN TO HIM.
A brake of ESHIN (horse) can be put on the OGGUN for him.
CONTROL OF THE CHILDREN. OSHUN HIDES EVERYTHING, BUT ORUN-
MILA NO.
FOR THIS ODDUN, OSHUN IS STRENGTHENED WITH FIVE STONES FROM THE RIVER; O
SEE THAT THE OSHUN OF AWO OGBE ATE SHOULD HAVE 10 OTA.
FOR THIS IFA, AKUKO IS GIVEN TO OSHUN ALONG WITH OGGUN, SINCE
THIS IS WHERE OSHUN AND OGGUN MET.
WHEN A RITUAL IS PERFORMED, IT MUST INCLUDE A STROLLER AND A
EYA TUTU; WELL THIS IFA MARKS VEHICLE ACCIDENT.
THE OGBE ATE IN THE CONSECRATIONS MUST COLLECT THE STICKS AND
HERBS THAT REMAIN ON THE MAT AND WITH THAT OMERO IS MADE
FOR BATHING.
IN THIS ODDUN, ONE MUST BE CAREFUL OF SLANDER AND GOSSIP
WOMEN.
BE CAREFUL WITH IKU, WHO COMES IN AND OUT OF HIS HOUSE; LIKE
You have to be careful with issues of justice, as
ALTHOUGH THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE HIM THE REASON, HE WILL BE IN JAIL FOR SOME TIME.
HERE THE PLAGUE WAS BORN. THE MOTHER OF ABITA (THE DEVIL) WAS BORN,
DO NOT SPOIL.
OGBE ATE receives the name of OGBEREKUNTELE, for being the great
TRAITOR.
FOR ARUN (DISEASE), ADIE MEYI DUN DUN IS GIVEN TO ORUNMI
La Y A Oshun.
YOU CANNOT LACK AN IGBI IN FRONT OF YOUR OSHUN WITH A
Choose a snail and a cover with ash aperi, for that
OSHUN GOING EATING.
AWO OGBE ATE MUST MAKE EBBO WITH BLOOMING WORMWOOD AND
Bathe with him.
HERE ALL THE POWERS OF THE BRAIN AND THE SYSTEM WERE BORN
CRANIOENCEPHALIC. AND IT WAS THE GREAT STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE BRAIN AND THE
CEREBELLUM.
HERE THE STARS WERE CREATED IN THE SKIES.
ONE MUST BE CAREFUL WITH WOMEN, IT MARKS A LITTLE OF
IMPOTENCE.
IN THIS ODDUN YOU HAVE TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR HAIR, SO THAT IT DOESN'T
TAKE IT TO WORK ON IT. EMPTY CAGES CANNOT BE KEPT
IN THE HOUSE.
WE HAVE TO GIVE OWUKO TO SARABANDA, IF HE HAS IT AND OWUNKO TO
ELEGBA must also give EGGUN BABARE a good OWUNKO.
BUMPY AT THE FOOT OF A BANANA PLANT. THE JARS ARE PICKED.
AND A INSHE OZAIN IS MOUNTED THAT LIVES IN A IRON IKOKO.
ALTHOUGH IN LIFE THE FATHER OF AWO OGBE ATE WAS NOT HIS FRIEND OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT
He will be despised; after death, he is his best protector.
One can give something to Oggun, as well as to the chicken that has been sacrificed.
AKUKO IN THE MANIGUA.
WHEN THIS IFA IS SEEN, SO THAT IT DOES NOT GET WASTED
ORUNMILA, OR THEY TAKE YOU PRISONER OR DOMINATE YOU WITH DRUGS,
IT IS TAKEN IRUKE AND WRAPPED IN ASHO PUPUA AND DELIVERED TO
THE OBINI TO BLOW OTI ON ORUNMILA. IN AN ATEFA
IT IS DONE THE SAME BUT WITHOUT THE ASHO PUPUA AND THE GODFATHER IS THE ONE WHO
BLOW THE OTI TO THE GODCHILD.
THIS IFA DETERMINES THAT IN THE CENTER OF THE RIVER LIVES A SPIRIT
BELEKUN LAYE CALL.
ABO is given to Shango and Eure to Orunmila.
ADIE CLUECA is given to ORUNMILA and OSHUN. AOGUN is given.
A standing wave.
OSUN IS BEGGED WITH CANISTEL SEEDS, EMBARRASSING,
CINNAMON POWDER AND POMEGRANATE PEEL FOR FIVE DAYS
SPRINKLING FLORIDA WATER.
IN THIS ODDUN, AGBANI (DEER) IS GIVEN TO ORUNMILA AND WITH THE
SESOS IS REQUESTED TO THE LERI. AWO OGBE ATE CANNOT LIVE WITH
DAUGHTERS OF OYA, FOR THEY DESTROY IT.
THOSE WHO ARE IN THE AWO OGBE TILE MUST WEAR THE NECKLACES OF OSHUN AND ORUNMILA.
THE EWE OF THIS ODDUN IS: SHEWEREKUEKUE (REMOVE CURSE)
KNOWN AS TOAD HERB, AXE HANDLE, FINE GRASS,
SPARE HER.
FOR THIS ODDUN, OGGUN IS STRENGTHENED WITH THE FOLLOWING: IGI,
YAGRUMA, YAYA, GUAYACAN, JIQUI, ACANA, QUIEBRA HACHA, AROMA,
7 IGIS IN TOTAL, BELLows, ANVIL, CHAIN, LINEAR ISHERI
IRON METER, THREE HORSESHOES.
A OGGUN CAN PUT 7 PIECES GREATER THAN THOSE HE HAS.
FOR THIS ODDUN YOU HAVE TO HAVE A ADIE DUN DUN IN THE ILE AND NOT
Let her be or leave her alone. When she puts on, with the
EGG IS CLEANED.
FOR THIS IFA, 16 SMALL STONES ARE PLACED.
THE IFA IS GIVEN A BANKRUPTCY AX. ALSO IN FRONT
FROM IFA, THEY PUT ON THE SHEETS OF BANKRUPTCY AXE AND THEN EBOMISI
WITH THE SAME ONES.
FOR THIS IFA TO BATHE YOU HAVE TO PREPARE THE WATER TO A
TEMPERATURE ALWAYS THE SAME, AS IF EVERY DAY IT BATHES WITH WATER
AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES, SICKNESS OCCURS.
THIS ODDUN ALSO MAKES A MEAL WITH RICE AND CHICKEN
AND IT IS PUT ON THE TABLE AT MEAL TIME AND NOT EATEN, IT
Like another type of rice, after all, it is given to Oshun.
RIO.
THE ODU OF THIS ODDUN WHEN PERFORMING AN IFA, FIRST IS ANOINTED
THE BODY OF EPO AND ETA ELEGUEDE. IT LIES NAKED IN THE
MAT ON EWE IWERIYEYE, AND THEN TAKES A BATH ON DAY SI-
GUIENTE WITH EWE DUN DUN AND PAPUSAMI.
THE LAND OF OSHUN IS: IYESA MODE EKITI EFON. WHERE THE ONE THAT
THE SECRET CULT OF WITCHES WAS A WOMAN NAMED
HIS NAME WAS APENIMO, AND ONE OF HIS SONS WAS CALLED OSHUN. ALSO, HE WAS KNOWN AS
Said; EYIMOKO, WHO LEARNED WITCHCRAFT WITH OYA, IN THE
COVER EARTH. WHEN SHE DIED, SHE BECAME A RIVER. SHE
I worked with a night wizard bird called Oshoroun-
GA.
IN THIS ODDUN TO RESOLVE A LEATHER BELT IS PLACED ON THE
BELT. THE BELT IS MADE OF BULL LEATHER.
IN A PARTY, A SMALL GIFT IS GIVEN, WITH CARDBOARD GLASSES
To Elegba and he is sent to the mountain.
WHEN AWO OGBE ATE WANTS TO HAVE MANY ALEYOS, HE PUTS ON
ORUNMILA PALANQUETAS WITH OTI INSIDE AND ONE MUST TAKE A BATH WITH
GOLDEN BUTTON AND OÑI.
THE OKPELE OF OGBE ATE IS OF WOOD BREAKS AXE AND SETS TO
EAT AKUKO WITH SHANGO. AND AFTERWARDS EYA TUTU WITH OGGUN, FOR
MAY YOU NEVER TELL LIES.
A person who is sick should consult another spiritual healer.
I AM GIVING THE POWER OF THE KIYUMBA TO THE CONGO MAYOMBEROS.
PRAYERS AND GREENERY.
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REZO: DON'T FORGET TO OPEN THE DOORS FOR ME, MY WIFE,
DANCE OF THE MAIYOBA, DANCE OF THE MAIBOSHESHE. OSHUN
The wood of the forest is where the great and powerful ruler resides.
HEAVEN. HEAVEN IS FULL OF IFA FOR THE CHILD OF LIFE IN THIS WORLD OF LOVE AND BLESSINGS
LIFE BEGINS.
NETWORK: THE STORY OF ODANDE ODANDE IN THE LIFE OF ODANDE ORISHA
A place of calm. Orunmila, child of Ifa, the deity of wisdom and manifestation.
OLOFIN, ASHE OGGUN OBAYE IFA EBBO SHANGO OBA KOSO OBAYE
ORUNMILA OGBEREKUNTELE LETE OZAIN IN THE LIFE OF A PERSON KUALARA
LAYE.
LOOP: THE REASON IS THAT I HAVE NOT ENDED THE ENDLESS CHILDREN OF AWOSHE WHO ARE DISTURBING ME
AFTER CHILDREN'S EXPIRATION, REST, WORK, GO, ILA,
EFUN, OU, OBATALA MONEY MARCH.
NETWORK: OGBE DANDE ADIFAYOKO ADIFAFUN ORUNMILA IFA FOTOLUSHO
HEADING IN THE SKY.
REZO: THE EAGLE CARRIES THE KING WHO CONQUERS HIS ENEMY IN UNITY.
REZO: OKPELE EBEYEKUN WA EUMINIYO IYALORDE OWA NILORUN
SUNINIYE OGGUN, OGGUN ARERE OWO OKPELE BANIYEKUN ORUN-
MILA APALOSIÑA OWO YEKUN OWONU ODARA AWENA WEÑA
Yeekun Okpele Nishabo Iyalorde Obeyari Olorun Okpele
This is a beautiful day that Orunmila has made.
Yours is not a burden because God is with you.
Call upon the good medicine.
REZO: PRACTICE THE SORCERY OF THE GREAT SPIRIT OF WISDOM AT THE THRONE OF THE GREAT OBEYING CHILD
THEY ARE BAD ADVISORS THAT MAKE CHILDREN SUFFER
NI FAUNSODE NIFA OGBEATE TOKU ESHU BELU BELEBU OJO AWO
THE HEAVY RAIN FALLS ON THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE
AS WE SEEK DIVINITY, MAY THE LIGHT GUIDE US
HEAVEN HAS BECOME THE DIVINE SANCTUARY OF ORUNMILA.
REZO: A YOUNG GIRL'S DANCE MAKING MASQUERADE GLORIOUS
THE RED COCK TRIBE IS FOR OSANYIN YOUNG OLUBINU
OLOSA.
NETWORK: IS THE INFLUENCE OF DISEASE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CHILD,
OGBE ATE ADAPFORY IN FAYOKO OSHUN ADIFAJOKO LODAFUN
SHANGO OBANIREGUN ORUNMILA.
SUYERE: THE POWER OF OGGUN IS IN THIS WORLD, FATHER OGGUN IS IN THIS WORLD
LAYE.
SUYERE OF EGGUN: THE KINGS HAVE NOT COME, LET THEM BE CALLED FOR FADILA-
MY CHILD IS STRONG AND COURAGEOUS
FADILAMA, EVERYONE IS BEAUTIFUL, EVERYONE IS BEAUTIFUL
THEY HAVE COME TO MEET YOU.
THE SPIRIT OF THE DECEASED: THE SPIRIT OF THE DECEASED IS SENDING THEIR MESSAGE
THE EGG IS FRESH.
SUYERE: OBOIKUN FATHER DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD FALL INTO THE HANDS OF DEATH, MAY SHE LIVE LONG
WE ARE GOING TO GET YOUR THINGS READY FOR YOU TO PICK UP
YE.
THE GREAT ONE IS THE POWER OF THE INCANTATION OF THE SPIRIT OF THE HOUSE
OGGUN OKPELE.
DRIVING CAR: EJU NIKOO O NANKO ESOFA MIKUO OMANKO AFA YOIBE
MEDI LETE.
Works of Ogbe Ate.
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EWE DEL ODDUN: SHEWEREKUEKUE (REMOVE CURSE), KNOWN AS
TOAD GRASS.
FOR MAMU: IVY, HIMO OSHUN.
FOR THE PRODUCTION: GOOD GRAPES.
FOR THE STOMACH: GANDUL.
REINFORCEMENT OF OGGUN:
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IGI, YAGRUMA, YAYA, GUAYAKAN, JIQUI, ACAPA, QUIEBRA HACHA,
AROMA, 7 IGI IN TORAL, FUELLO, YUNKO, CHAIN, ISHERI OF
RAILWAY LINE META, THREE HORSESHOES. 7 ARE PLACED ON OGGUN
LARGER PARTS THAN THOSE YOU HAVE.
TO SOLVE BRAIN DISEASE PROBLEMS:
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OSHUN SITS DOWN TO EAT WITH ORUNMILA, ADIE MEYI DUN
DUN, THEN THEY ARE ROASTED AND ONE IS PUT ON OSHUN AND THE OTHER ON
ORUNMILA. AFTERWARD IT IS TAKEN WHERE IFA SAYS.
INSHE OZAIN:
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THIS IS IT, ALL THE CHARMS, THE BODY HAS COME TO THE SPIRIT, TO THE OWNER, FIVE-
YAS, EKU, EYA, EPO, AWADO, ORI, EFUN, ARIDA, ANUN, OBI
MOTIWAO, OBI KOLA, OBI EDUN, OSUN NABURU.
INSHE OZAIN:
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21 IGI, LERI OF THE EYE OF MEYI, OF ETU, OF GUNUGUN, SMALL ENEMY,
ELEGUEDE, 7 ATARE, 3 PEONIAS, INLE ILE IBU, INLE ARADA
LIMAYAS, 7 ATARE OGUMA, EKU, EYA, EPO, OBI MOTAWAO, OBI
EDUN. LIKE EYELE META WITH OGGUN, AFTER OUYEN OF ETU. BE
They ran in green, black, black, and yellow accounts. TAM-
WELL LIKE EYA TUTU WITH OGGUN.
OPARALDO:
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EYA TUTU, ADIE FUN FUN, THREE CLASSES OF BASILS, THE ASHO
RITUALS, EWE: THE THREE BASIL, ABERIKUNLO AND CAROB.
ON THE FLOOR INSIDE THE CIRCLE IS PAINTED OSHE TURA, OGBE ATE,
OTURA NIKO AND OTURA SHE.
IN THE ASHO DUN DUN THE ATENA OF THE EGGUN CORRESPONDING.
ONE BEGINS BY ASKING FOR THE BLESSING FROM THE MOM.
THIS OPARALDO GOES TO THE RIVER. IT MUST PICK UP SWEATY CLOTHES IN
STRAPS THAT TIE TO THE LEGS OF THE ADIE. CLEAN WITH
ASHO FUN FUN AND IS LEFT ASIDE TO WRAP THE OPARALDO. A
This ash is placed on the head, given, tender coconut water, and ointment.
AFTER THE INTERESTED PARTY TAKES A BATH WITH A LITTLE OF OMIERO FROM
OPARALDO SPRINKLES A LITTLE FRESH COCONUT WATER OVER HIMSELF.
AT THE FEET OF THE GUARDIAN ANGEL OF THE INTERESTED PARTY OR OF THE OSHA THAT
HE WENT OUT TO DEFEND HIM IN THE OSODE, A LAMP IS PUT ON HIM WITH
ORI Y WARA MALU SUYERE DEL OPERALDO: BELEKUN LELEO OLODUMARE
Belekun Leleo, Father Olofin, Ayara, we are here to receive our good chicken.
OLODUMARE BELEKUN LELEO OLODUMARE.
OPARALDO:
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OSIADIE DUN DUN, EYELE DUN DUN, OBI, ITANA MEYI, FREIDERA DE
MUD, THEY ARE MALU, OTI, OÑI, ADIE MEYI, EKU, EYA, EPO, AWADO,
THE RITUAL ASHES, HERB: CAROB, ABERIKUNLO, BASIL,
ATIPONLA, OTHER INGREDIENTS OF THE OPARALDOS. GO TO PIE OF
A cord plant or an atiponla plant, and that's where it is given.
AN EYELET TO THE OVAL.
THE OMERO OF EWE ATIPONLA IS PREPARED SEPARATELY SO THAT
THE INTERESTED PARTY OF THE OPPOSITE SIDE WASHES HIS HANDS, FACE, NECK,
JOINTS OF THE ARMS AND LEGS.
THE OPARALDO IS DONE AS USUAL. WHEN
IT'S THE TURN OF THE ANIMALS, FIRST WITH THE OSIADIE AND
THEN WITH THE EYELE SINGING: OPARALDO SOMO, OPARALDO
ALADO, THIS IS THE WAY TO KNOW THE TRUTH, THE TRUTH THAT EXISTS.
WHEN THIS OPARALDO TAKES ITS DESTINATION THERE A
EYELE AND IT IS SUNG:
BOTH PARENTS SHOULD GIVE THEIR CHILDREN A GOOD UPBRINGING, A GOOD EDUCATION,
Sewere is mine, the person who made me is my father.
RIKIN ELENI OBOKOYE.
OPARALDO:
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A hen clucking, a drum, a small bear, a little hen, the
ASHO RITUALS, A OTA, EWE: CAROB TREE, SCARES DEATH
BASIL, WONDER, SHEWEREKUEKUE, ATIPONLA, OTHER INGRE-
TEETH OF THE OPARALDOS.
THIS OPARALDO IS FOR ASHELU UNLO. IT IS PLACED INSIDE THE CIRCU-
THE THING OF EFUN A BIG BOW OF YARAKO AND INSIDE THE HOUSE
LIGHT A ITALIAN. THAT BOND AT THE START OF THE HANGING WAS
PASS TO THE INTERESTED PERSON BY THE HEAD AND TAKE THEM OUT BY THE FEET AND
IT IS CUT INTO FOUR PIECES AND PUT INSIDE THE IKOKO OF
OPARALDO.
TO HEAL THE LUNGS:
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LIVER AND HEART JUICE OF BEEF, WATERcRESS, LIVER OIL
COD. TAKE ONCE A DAY.
TO HEAL EXTERNAL ULCERS:
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WE TAKE KNOWLEDGE OF MANGO BARK AND DAGAME ROOT.
KOFIBORI: WITH EYA BO (PARGO).
SECRET OF THE EÑI ADIE:
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A child is taken and wrapped in paper and then
WOMEN CLEANSE THEIR BELLIES AT THE FEET OF OSHUN AND
DICE: 'OSHUN, LET THE HEN LAY EGGS AND HATCH CHICKENS,'
THIS WOMAN HAS HER SON SAFE AND SOUND.
FOOD OF BELEKUN LAYE:
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A time with Taro, a time with Yam soup, and it is given to him/her
GIVE THREE FUN FUN. THEY ARE COOKING AND ARE PLACED ON TOP
OF EACH IGBA. THE THIRD IGBA IS WITH OKRA SOUP AND
PUMPKIN. WHEN CALLED, THE FOLLOWING SINGER IS SUNG:
EYE EYE EGGUN NILORUN AWO NI NA SA EGGUN BELEKUN NILORUN.
KOLEFEBO LAIKEKE:
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A pancake is a goodbye. They are buried at the foot of Aragba and they
THE EYE OF PICHON DE GUNUGUN AND OF ETU, ARE COOKED WITH
OSHINSHIN AND ARE PLACED AT THE FOOT OF ARAGBA AND CALL ON ORUN LAYE
WITH A BELL. A OIL LAMP IS LIT.
VARIOUS TYPES OF IGI AND A LITTLE OF BRIGHT LIGHT AND TOUCHING THE
CENCERRO IS SUNG THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTION:
BILLIONS OF SUNS IN THE WORLD, BILLIONS OF SUNS IN THE WORLD.
WHEN THE AWO HAS AN ARAYE PREPARE NINE CANDLESTICKS OF
BANANA CLUSTER AND THEY LIGHT THEM WITH ITANA MESS TO OGGUN AND TO
LIFE IS A JOURNEY.
IYEFA OF THE OGBE ATE:
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I WANT SEEDS OF ELEGUIDE, SEEDS OF COLORADO MAMEY,
CINNAMON, AND THE ADIMU THAT WAS OFFERED TO OGGUN.
It is in the hands of God that everything is created and distributed.
FOR MAMU'S HEALTH:
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TOBACCO WILL BE TAKEN BOILED, AND A VINE OF COCHINEAL, ALSO
IT CAN BE USED FOR CLEANSING BATHS.
WORK TO PROSPER
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Elegba can make a good with a pig.
A trench is opened or a pipe or drain is given at the foot of a
OUTDOORS, HE GIVES EYERBALE TO ELEGBA, TO THE DITCH OR TO THE PIPE
There are 15 cups that are placed around Elegba. One is placed.
Recipient with water and a little water is poured into each jicacle.
RA. THE ELEDE IS SACRIFICED TO ELEGBA, TO THE DITCH OR TO THE PIPE
AND AT 3 JUGS. THE PIG DOES NOT OPEN.
THE CUPS ARE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN AND PLACED FROM LARGEST TO SMALLEST AND
WITH A YAMAO STICK, THE EDGE OF THE WATER CONTAINER IS TOUCHED
SINGING DREAMS OF ELEGBA. THEN A AKUKO IS GIVEN.
WORK OF OGBE UNTIL OSHUN:
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FIVE METAL INSTRUMENTS ARE PLACED ON OSHU
YELLOW, THAT ARE MOUNTED ON A CROWN, BUT BEFORE WASHING-
WITH OMIERO, THEY GO THROUGH THE BOARD.
WORK OF OGBE ATE:
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THREE EYA KEKE ARE HARVESTED, THE GUTS ARE REMOVED AND THEY ARE FILLED.
WITH BICARBONATE AND ASH. THEY ARE PLACED AT THE FRONT DOOR
TO THE SHORE. THE OTHER DAY, IF THEY ARE THERE, ONE TAKES YOU TO THE RIVER, TO
OSHUN. ANOTHER TO THE MANIGUA, TO OGGUN. AND THE OTHER FOR THE LERI.
Ogbé Ate Okpele:
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IT IS MADE OF METAL THAT MAKES NOISE. IT IS WASHED WITH LEAVES OF
QUIEBRA HACHA, CAÑA BRAVA, FLOR DE AGUA, HIGO, ALACRANCILLO,
ROPENSARAGUEY, FINE GRASS, HEN'S FOOT, OROSUN, IMO OF
OSHUN, ROMERILLO, MELONCILLO.
To this man, an eye is given, the okpele is washed, the
MORUMBA TO ALL THE EGGUN AND WE PRAY:
OKPELE EBEYEKUN WA EUNINIKE IYALODE OWA NILORUN SUMINIYE
OGGUN OGGUN ARERE MONEY OF THE DEVIL BANIYEKUN ORUNMILA APALOSIÑA
OWO
THE TOTAL WEALTH OF OUR HUMANITY REPRESENTS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT
O Lord, I obey you, protect me and guide me in the way of my ancestors.
THE CELEBRATION IS HAPPENING IN THE EVENING AT THE BIG HOUSE
The year has come to offer great blessings and good fortune.
THE OKPELE IS PLACED ON TOP OF OGGUN AND EYERBALE IS GIVEN TO HIM
EYELE WITH OSHUN. COME ADIE MEYI AND YOU WILL GIVE A COLD WING.
WHEN EYE OF EYA TUTU IS GIVEN, IT IS SUNG:
EYE EYA LORIDEO OGGUN ALAGUEDE OGGUN LAYBA NILEO OGGUN OKPELE.
THE ADIE OPENS AND THE OKPELE GETS INSIDE OÑIGAN.
LAVA LATER AND IT GOES INSIDE OSHUN AND IS SENT TO THE RIVER. TO
JUST LIKE EJIOGBE, IT HAS AN OKPELE ON ITS NECK.
WORK FOR ARAYE:
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NINE BANANA TREE CANDLESTICKS ARE PREPARED AND THEY
They light with a candle to Eggun and to Orun Lade.
WHEN AWO OGBE ATE IS ABOUT TO DO AN IFA:
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IF BEFORE DOING THE IFA YOUR BODY WITH EPO, ETA
ELEDE. HE LIES NAKED ON THE MAT ON EWE IWEREYEYE.
THEN HE BATHES THE NEXT DAY WITH EWE DUN DUN AND PAPUSAMI.
THE BUCKLE MUST BE MADE TO PREPARE A LEATHER BELT:
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A leather belt, a chain, a piece of hemp.
WITH THOSE THREE THINGS A BRAID IS WOVEN, YOU GO TO THE MANIGUA OR
TO THE MOUNTAIN CARRYING THE BRAID, EKU, EYA, EPO, AWADO, OÑI, THREE
ONE CENT COINS, IYEFA OF OGBE ATE. A SEEKING OTA.
ABOUT THE APPROXIMATE SIZE OF AN EÑI ADIE, WHICH IS ATTACHED TO A
FROM THE TIPS OF THE BRAID.
THE BRAID WITH THE OTA IS ADDED THOSE INGREDIENTS AND IS
CALL YOUR ODDUN IFA, THEN MAKE HER DRAG HERSELF ON THE
ANOTHER POINT IS TAKEN OUT OF THE FOREST OR WILDERNESS AND TAKEN FOR THE
HOUSE IS PLACED TO OGGUN AND A CHICKEN IS GIVEN AFTERWARDS
HAVE IT WASHED WITH OMIERO OF OGBE ATE: HANDLE OF THE AXE, ATI-
Put it on and cold snow. After three days, the belt is washed again.
FOR OGBE TO USE THERE.
THE CROSS OF OGBE ATE:
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A cross is made to the size of the person and in the
ARM JOINT IS LOADED WITH ERU, OBI KOLA, OSUN
NABURU, LAUGHING SKELETONS, LAUGHING
EGGUN MOKEKERE, MODUN MODUN GUNUGUN, 16 LEAVES IGA, ROOT OF
ARAGBA, LAND OF ILE OKE.
THE CROSS IS WASHED WITH OMIERO OF IFA AND EATS EIGHT FUN FUN EYELES.
THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH IS PAINTED IN THE PATIO OF THE
NEXT ATHENA OF IFA: OSHE TURA, OGBE ATE, OKANA ATE,
OKANA SA, OTURA SHE. ON THIS ALTAR THE CROSS LIES DOWN AND
At twelve o'clock in the day, its Odu of Ifá is prayed.
SLEEP IN SHORTS ABOUT THE CROSS. THAT DAY ONE DOES NOT GO OUT TO THE
STREET. AT SIX IN THE AFTERNOON, THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS REQUESTED TO
HAVE DETERMINED IFA.
THIS IS DONE BECAUSE AWO OGBE ATE WAS BORN ON A SUNDAY OF RESU-
CORRECTION.
EBBO: CHICKEN, THREE COWS, THREE PIGS, GOAT, TWO SHEEP, ONE-
I have made a promise, I will fulfill my duty, I will rise to greatness, this is my journey.
MEAT AND STUFFING FOR THE SOUP, ALL INGREDIENTS, A LOT OF MONEY.
EBBO: CHICKEN, THIRD STAGE, PIG, LARGE ANIMAL (VENISON)
DO), INSIDE TIGER, EWEFA, EKU, EYA, EPO, ASHO ARAE,
DRESSES, HOW ARE YOU.
EBBO: SHASHARA GIVING BIRTH, EYA TUTU, AICORDIE, 16 OTA KEKE, ASHO
ARAE, LAND OF A SNAIL, OMI ATI INLE ILE IBU, EKU,
MOTHER, FATHER, SISTER, BROTHER.
EBBO: JIO JIO, EYA TUTU KEKE, QUIMBOMBO, INSHU (YAM), OIL,
A multitude of wealth.
THREE DAYS BEFORE THIS EBBO, THE FOLLOWING WILL BE DONE: THE FOLLOWING WILL BE TAKEN
THE TWO EYA TUTU KEKE AND THEY WILL BE ASKING SHANGO AND HE GOES
DISMANTLING, TAKING OUT THE TONGUE, EYES, AND FINS. HE
LET THE QUIMBOMBO BE TAKEN THAT WILL ALSO FALL APART AND
ASKING SHANGO. THE SAME WILL BE DONE WITH THE YAM.
AFTER ALL THAT DISORDER, IT WILL START COOKING, DOING
A ball with EPO, and it is placed on top of Shango with Ori. It
HE BEGS SHANGO AGAIN. AFTER THREE DAYS, HE MAKES THE EBBO,
Giving the JIO JIO to Elegba and realizing it; that JIO JIO
GO INSIDE THE EBBO.
THIS OFFERING GOES TO THE SAVANNA WHERE THERE IS A TREE, PRAYERS WILL BE SAID
THE FOLLOWING ODDUN: OGBE ATE, ODI BARA AND ODI YEKUN.
ELEGBA OF THE OGBE DIVINATION.
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ESHU LAROYE OBARENKE:
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THIS ESHU IS MOUNTED WITH A CHINESE BARE OTA, GROUND AND
TRASH COLLECTED IN A WHIRLWIND, ILEKAN, ATITAN
FROM THE FOUR CORNERS, EWE: FINE GRASS, GARRO, LITTLE DOLL.
IT WILL BE PUT 11 ATARES, ERU, OBI KOLA, OBI MOTIWAO, EKU, EYA,
AWADO, ORI, OÑI, IKORDIE AND THREE SNAILS FOR THE EYES AND THE
MOUTH. KNIFE WITH THE IKORDIE AND RITUAL COUNTS.
OTHERS:
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AWO OGBE ATE CANNOT LIVE WITH THE DAUGHTERS OF OYA BECAUSE IT
DESTROY.
- FOR THIS IFA IN UNTEFA 21 OTA KEKE ARE PUT AND IF IT IS
IKOFAFUN CAN PROVIDE 16 SMALL SUPPLY.
THE IFA WILL ALSO BE GIVEN THE AXE OF BANKRUPTCY.
DICE IFA:
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ORUNMILA hides everything, but OSHUN does not. They...
THEY ARE PURSUING. BE CAREFUL OR YOU WILL LOSE YOUR MIND IN A
QUESTION THAT YOU MUST HAVE. YOU THINK OF CARRYING OUT A
TRIP. YOU WILL ENCOUNTER DIFFICULTIES DUE TO
A woman, who is the head or is the one who governs. They are going to
THERE ARE MANY CONVERSATIONS AND HANDRAISINGS; THAT
WOMAN WANTS TO RULE OVER MEN. ORUNMILA AND ELEGBA
THEY ARE PURSUING AND ARE WAITING FOR YOU TO RECEIVE THEM AND THEY
THEY SAY: UNTIL WHEN DO YOU WANT THEM TO WAIT, AND THAT
IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE THEM YOU WILL HAVE LEGAL TROUBLES AND WILL END UP IN PRISON
EVEN IF YOU ARE RIGHT. DEATH IS INSIDE YOUR HOUSE.
YOU HAVE AN OPPONENT WHO WANTS TO TEST HIS STRENGTHS AGAINST YOU
And he wants to raise his hand because of a woman,
THEY ARE GOING TO RAISE A SLANDER AGAINST HIM, BUT IT WILL NOT AFFECT HIM.
NOTHING. IN HIS HOUSE THERE IS A PERSON WHO IS DRYING;
WELL THERE IS A BOY WHO IS VERY RUDE. HIS WIFE WANTS
IR AND YOU HAVE TO BLESS HER. SHE DOESN'T LIKE IT
NONE OF THIS. YOU YOURSELF WILL UNRAVEL YOUR THINGS; THERE IS A
A tall and thin person who wants to confuse him.
YOU LIKE TO THROW STONES. TAKE CARE OF YOUR ELEGBA. DON'T LEAVE
SLEEP AT NOBODY'S HOME, DON'T LET THAT PERSON...
DEATH SUDDENLY AND BRING JUSTICE TO HIM. YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH A
BIG SCARE; YOU HAVE A HARD MOUTH AND SAY YOU FEEL
TIREDNESS. YOU MUST HAVE A SON WHO WILL BE A GREATER BABALAWO
THAT YOU ARE A SON OF OBATALA, AT SEVEN YEARS OLD YOU WILL HAVE TO
DO IFA, BECAUSE IT CAN DIE. ONE DIED ON YOU
GODMOTHER AND SHE HAS NOT BEEN ORDERED TO HAVE A MASS; THERE IS ONE IN HER HOUSE
CHIVAAMARRADA THAT YOU HAVE TO BRING FOR THE ROGATION; IF NOT
THREE PEOPLE IN YOUR HOUSE WILL GO CRAZY. YOU WILL NOT
Worry nothing more than about Shango, but you have to respect
THE OTHER SAINTS. YOU HAVE TO GIVE A BIG FISH TO
YOUR HEAD SO THAT YOU CAN GET OUT OF YOUR MATTERS WELL. TELL HIM
TO YOUR WIFE, BE CAREFUL WITH HER MOUTH; BECAUSE SHE SPEAKS
A LOT AND VERY BAD, AND THEY CAN TEAR OUT HIS TONGUE WITH THE
HEAD. USETD WANTS TO MANAGE OR LEARN TO MANAGE, IN ADDITION
WHO IN YOUR FAMILY DRIVES OR IS A DRIVER, WHO HAS
CAUTION. YOU MUST DRINK GANDUL WATER FOR THE STOMACH.
YOU HAVE TO PUT A HORSE HALTER ON YOUR OGGUN FOR HIM
CONTROL YOUR CHILDREN. ATTEND TO THE SPIRIT OF THEIR FATHER IF IT IS
DECEASED, AS IT WILL BE YOUR GREATEST PROTECTION. IT HAS TO BE
ALWAYS GIVING SOMETHING TO OSUN AND ORUNMILA.
PROVERBS:
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It is flattened.
2.- DIVIDES THE CROWN, BUT DOES NOT REACH IT.
3.- THE GODMOTHER BUYS A NEW BROOM.
4.- THE TONGUE LOST ITS HEAD.
There is no tongue that God does not punish in life.
6.- WHILE THE FOOD IS NOT COOKED, IT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN OFF THE FIRE
TO EAT.
A hardworking man is rarely in need.
8.- HE WHO CAN DO SOMETHING BETTER THAN WHAT HE DOES AND DOES NOT
HACE IS THE BIGGEST OF THE LAZY ONES.
9.- HE WHO HAS HIS ARMS AND DOES NOT WORK IS THE FATHER OF THE
Laziness.
Relation of Stories or Patakin of Ogbe Ate.
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1.- HERE WAS BORN FROM THAT OZAIN LIVES WITH SHANGO.
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EBBO: AYAPA, AKUKO MEYI, OTA, ALL YOUR TENUYEN.
PATAKIN:
HERE WAS BORN THAT OZAIN LIVES WITH SHANGO. IT WAS WHEN ONCE
IN THE LAND OF YEWA LIVED AN ASIWERE WHO WAS THE SON OF ARONI. A
HE TOOK A LOT OF LIVING MATTER AND PUT IT IN A CONTAINER,
BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE SUCH A HUGE SPELL THAT THE GUIRO
IT BUZZED AND BUZZED LIKE A BEEHIVE THAT ASIWERE
HORRIFIED I TAKE HIM TO THE LAKE AND THERE I THROW HIM; BUT
IT TURNED OUT THAT WHEN THE WATER ENTERED THE GOURD, IT RECEIVED A
NEW ASHE AND IT WAS RISING TO THE SURFACE AND WHEN IT REACHED THE SURFACE-
HE SPOKE LIKE A PERSON.
One day when Shango had a great war, he looked at Orunmila.
AND THIS ODDUN OF IFA CAME OUT WHERE EBBO MARKED WITH ODDU
ARA, YOU ARE MINE, A CHILD, EVERYWHERE IS YOURS AND THE MONEY OF MERILOGUN.
ORUNMILA TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD TO PUT THE EBBO IN THE LAGOON.
SHANGO DID AS HE WAS TOLD, BUT WHEN HE ARRIVED HE SAW THE
GUIRO THAT FLOYED AND SPOKE LIKE A PERSON AND I CALL IT WITH
A prayer and the gourd was towards the shore and there he put the
He went inside and gave her a hummingbird, a colibri, and a ayapa.
THEN HE TOOK OZAIN AND SINCE THEN OZAIN HAS LIVED WITH
SHANGO.
NOTE: OZAIN MUST BE RECEIVED IN THIS SIGN.
NOTA CLARIFYING: ASIWERE IN YORUBA MEANS CRAZY OR
SICK PERSON OF THE HEAD, DEMENTED.
2.- THE GREAT TRAITOR.
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Rezo: The environment has been free from any interference regarding the activities aboard.
TASHERE QUERE INLE TINWANILLE PAYA WE INTIVAAKUELE
THE BOYS ARE PLAYING WITH THE SMALL DRUM UNDER THE TREE-
Hail to Yemaya, the one who brings abundance, hail to the orisha that guides us.
EBBO: COCK, BIRD, MALAGUIDI, WHITE CHALK, ORELEDO, UN
LATIGO DE OERLEDO, MALU DECORATED WITH OPOLOPO AYE,
ALL PLACES, A LOT OF MONEY.
SUYERE: THOU SHALT NOT FORGET MY NAME OR MY DIVINITY FOR THE SOUL SHALL REJOICE
IFA EJIOGBE brings good fortune.
INSHE: AFTER THE EBBO, EKUTE IS KILLED INSIDE A JAR
WITH THE WHIP AND LET IT TO YEMAYA OR LET IT THERE TO WHAT
IT DIES. THE NEXT DAY IT TAKES EVERYTHING TO THE SEA
AND THE JAR BREAKS SINGING:
THE HIGH POSITION OF YOU IS NOT YOUR FAULT
EVERYTHING
THE LERI EKUTE IS TAKEN, ADIE, AKUKO, EKUN, THIS IS THE WAY OF DEATH-
TA OKUN, ARRECIFE WITH ERO, OBI KOLA, OSUN, ARISA
ODDUN AND THE MALAGUIDI IS LOADED WITH ALL THIS. THIS LIVES
TOGETHER WITH ELEGBA AND ONLY EAT IN CASE OF WANTING OFO LERI
TOKU FOR HAVING BETRAYED THE AWO. THIS IS MALAGUIDI
Like a scruffy hen.
PATTERN:
ON EARTH GUERE FUN LIVED TWO AWOSES WHO WERE JIMAGUAS AND
BOTH HAD THE SAME SIGN WHICH WAS OGBE ATE.
One of them was named Obedande and the other Kunté and they
THEY DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO THE WORSHIP OF IFA AND OZAIN HAVING MANY AHIJA-
TWO FOR THEIR DIVINATORY QUALITY.
OBEDANDE WAS THE MOST FAMOUS, THIS CAUSED ENVY
GROWING IN THE HEART OF OBERU KUNTELE AND IT WAS THE SAME
CONJURING IN HIS MIND A BETRAYAL AGAINST HIS BROTHER.
At dinner, he entrusted all his secrets and preparations to his...
BROTHER, EVEN WHERE HE KEPT HIS IFA, AND THE BROTHER
RELYING ON HIS TRUST, AS HE HAD THE AUTHORITY TO
TO TRANSFORM INTO A MOUSE OR A MAN, AS NEEDED, AND
TAKING THE ASPECT OF EKUTE WAS INTRODUCED IN THE ILE OF HIS
BROTHER.
HEADING TO WHERE THE IFA WAS STORED, HE WAS CHANGING THE
I took for others who were off and threw them into the river
TO HARM HIM.
YALORDE WHO WAS THAT DAY FEEDING HIS LERI IN
LORD IBU WHEN SHE SAW THE IKINES FALL SHE PICKED THEM UP AND
I KEEP.
OBEDANDE STARTED TO LOSE HIS MIND BECAUSE HIS IFA WAS EMPTY.
THIS LIVED WITH YEMAYA, WHO DREAMED OF THE OGGUN OF BABARE
IFA obeyed and told him what was happening, which in turn...
Yemaya told Obatala and he cried for the betrayal of his
BROTHER.
Yemaya took Oberu Kuntelé to the shore of the sea with her.
PRETEXT TO REVEAL A GREAT SECRET, WHEN THEY ARRIVED THIS
I STARTED TO SING:
THE AGED ONES HAVE RETURNED TO THE HOUSE OF OCEAN'S GATE.
UPON HEARING WHERE HIS BETRAYAL WAS DISCOVERED, HE TRIED TO
ESCAPING USING AN EKUTE, BUT YEMAYA GAVE HER A SLAP-
I GAZE AND I DROWN IT IN THE SEA AND THEN IN FRONT OF ORUN AND
OLOFIN cut the hair and kept it to make an ABOTEKUN.
WHAT IS THE ABORAN THAT THIS OBEDIENCE HOLDS AND I CARRY THIS WITH
GO TO OSHUN'S HOUSE TO SEEK THE IKINES THAT SHE HAD
SAVED SO THAT I COULD RECOVER SOME OF HIS PRESTIGE
AND THE POWER OF HIS MIND.
NOTE:
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IN THIS IFA THE UNFOLDING OF HUMAN PSYCHE WAS BORN.
THIS IFA INDICATES AND SPEAKS OF OBEDENDE AND THE UNFOLDING OF
HIS PERSONALITY, DELIRIUM. HE BETRAYS HIS OWN IDEALS AS
OBEDANCE AND OBERU KUNTELE ARE THE SAME, SINCE THE JIMAGUAS
THEY ARE ONE SPIRIT, WITH TWO TRUE AND DIFFERENT BODIES
AND THAT'S WHY WHEN ONE OF THE IBEYIS DIES, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A
DOLL LOADED WITH THE PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES OF THE DECEASED AND HE
IT SERVES AS PROTECTION AND GUARD FOR THE IBEYI THAT REMAINS. THIS ABORAN
MALAGUIDI IS CALLED ABOTEKUN.
THE WORD OBERU KUNTELE MEANS ONE WHO HAS THE FIGURE OF
MOUSE.
3.- THE MAL DE SAN VITO WAS BORN.
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PATAKIN:
WHEN THE ODDUN STARTED BY MANDATE OF OLOFIN, THE CONS-
HUMAN TRADING, IN THE WORK SHIFT OF OGBE ATE
THIS IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH BABA EJIOGBE, WHO CREATED THE HEAD OF
BODY, I CREATE A TOOL THAT WOULD HELP THE BRAIN TO DIRECT
THE BODY, THIS WAS THE CEREBELLUM.
EVERYTHING STARTED TO GO WELL, BUT ONE DAY ENVY EMERGED
BETWEEN BOTH FOR SUPREMACY IN LEADING THE BODY. THEN
PEOPLE WERE FOUND SUFFERING FROM TERRIBLE CONVULSIONS.
THEN OLOFIN TOOK CARDS ON THE MATTER AND SENT TO ORUNMILA
TO WHICH HE REVIEWED THE WORK OF OGBE ATE AND THIS IS HOW HE DID IT DELI-
IMITATING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN AND THE CEREBELLUM. THIS DOES
ACHIEVEMENT MARKING KOFIBORI WITH ABOREO EJAMBA MEYI (LEATHER THE
FRONT LEGS OF THE BULL) THAT HE WILL WEAR AROUND THE
WAIST AND 16 ROOSTERS. WITH THAT I ACHIEVE THAT THE BRAIN AND THE
THE CEREBELLUM WILL ADAPT TO ITS FUNCTIONS AND THE BODY WILL FUNCTION
WITH ITS NORMAL FUNCTIONS.
4.- THE SACRIFICE OF ANIMALS BEGINS.
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PATTERN:
AT THE TIME OF THE YAM HARVEST, ODUDUWA CALLED FOR
THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF THE TOWN AND ALL THE IFA TO KNOW
THE SIGN THAT WOULD GOVERN THE NEW YEAR AND TO KNOW IF IT WAS FAVORABLE.
THEN HUMAN BEINGS WERE IMMOLATED AND NOT ANIMALS LIKE
NOW.
OGBE THE PREFERRED SON OF ODUDUWA, WAS IN CHARGE OF THE
FOODS TO GATHER THE HUMAN VICTIMS THAT WOULD BE SACRIFICED
FICADAS.
Sexual relations before marriage were not known,
ONE DAY OGBE WISHING TO EXPAND, LEFT HIS HOUSE AND THROUGH
THE ROAD SAW A STREAM THAT HAD A SMALL BRIDGE. OGBE IT
CROSS AND KEEP GOING, BUT ON THE WAY BACK, SEE A BEAUTIFUL
YOUNG GIRL NAMED IRETE, SITTING ON A LARGE BALE OF
CORN, AT THE FOOT OF A TREE, WHICH DID NOT DARE TO CROSS IT
BRIDGE, SO HE ASKED OGBE FOR HELP. HE RESPONDS
THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE DUE TO HAVING MY HANDS FULL; IN THE
ON THE RIGHT A OSUN AND ON THE LEFT A FUN FUN IRUKE. HOW AM I GOING
TO CARRY THE LOAD?, HE SAID, BUT HE THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND AGREED TO CARRY IT.
ON THEIR BACKS AND SO I CROSSED THE BRIDGE.
IRETE I invite you to go to your house that was your father's, there you
GOD GAVE DRINK AND FOOD AND WHEN EVERYONE LAY DOWN, OGBE
Excited by the drink, it was where I took her flower, (missing word)
SEEING IN THAT CONTACT.
WHEN THEY REALIZED IN THE HOUSE, THEY ASKED WHOSE IT WAS
SHE WAS PREGNANT, BUT SHE DID NOT SAY IT. SHE HAD A BEAUTIFUL CHILD WHO
SHE GREW UP QUICKLY. SHE WOULD THROW IT ON HER BACK AND IT
I took him to the market where the boy was freely stealing.
OF EVERYTHING AND MAKING A GREAT SCANDAL. IRETE WAS VERY HAPPY
WELL, YOUR SON REPRESENTED THREE YEARS WHILE ONLY BEING ONE.
ONCE HE TOOK A LARGE PIECE OF CLOTH AND TIED IT AROUND A FOOT
TO HIS STOOL, FOR ONLY THEN WOULD HE BE CALM.
One day Oduduwa sent to call Ogbè and said to him: I am going to celebrate-
THROW A PARTY, I WANT EVERYONE TO ATTEND; AND HE GAVE SEVEN
MONEY TO BUY EVERYTHING NECESSARY FOR THE EBBO.
OGBE ARRIVES AT THE MARKET AND DOES NOT SEE ANYONE; BUT HE DISCOVERS THE CHILD
NEXT TO THE STOOL, HE DOES NOT RECOGNIZE IRETE AND ASKS HIM IF
SELL THE CHILD; SHE WHO DID RECOGNIZE HIM, TELLS HIM YES, THAT
HE SELLS IT. THEN HE ASKS HIM FOR THE PRICE AND THE NAME OF THE
CHILD, AND SHE ANSWERS HIM: I WILL GO AND SEVEN PESOS. THE ASTONISHED
FROM THE PRICE COINCIDENCE, REQUEST A DISCOUNT THAT SHE DOES NOT MAKE,
BUT UPON SEEING THE CHILD'S SUPERIOR CONDITIONS, HE ACCEPTED.
SHE POINTS IT OUT TO HIM, WHISPERING IN A LOW VOICE: THIS ONE THAT
I SELL YOU, IT'S YOUR FATHER AND HE INDICATES THAT HE SINGS ALONG THE WAY
FOR IT TO RECOGNIZE IT.
OGE AND THE CHILD DISTANCE THEMSELVES, SHE LEAVING HER MERCHANDISE BEHIND.
OTHER MERCHANTS, CONTINUE.
ESHU IS A BIG THING
ESHU IS THE TRICKSTER
IFA OGBE MEYI IRETE.
(IF HE KILLS ME, IT'S NOT RIGHT,
IF HE SELLS ME, IT'S NOT RIGHT
WELL IFA OGBE BROUGHT ME INTO THE WORLD WITH IRETE).
THE CHILD REPEATS ITS SONG UPON ENTERING THE HOUSE OF ODUDUWA. ALL
THE POPULATION AND THE IFA UNDERSTOOD IT. ODUDUWA TELLS A
OGBE: THE CHILD SAYS IT IS YOURS. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?
THE TOAD REMAINS SILENT, THE CHILD CONTINUES SINGING. THE OTHERS
IFA SAYS IT IS TRUE, THAT HE WILL LET GO OF THEIR HANDS FOR HE
HE COULD NOT KILL HIS OWN SON.
AT THAT MOMENT IRETE ENTERS ODUDUWA'S HOUSE, AS SHE DOES NOT
AT THAT TIME, THAT LAND WAS NOT INVITED. ODUDUWA SHOUTED: WHAT
ARE YOU COMING HERE? SHE ANSWERED HIM: I FOLLOWED MY SON,
I AM A MERCHANT, WHAT THE BOY SINGS IS TRUE. AND I TOLD HIM THE
OF THE BRIDGE AND ALL ITS MISFORTUNE AND TRAGEDY. ODUDUWA THEN
WE WERE GOING TO TAKE THE CHILD FOR EBBO, BUT HOW IS IT
SON OF OGBE, WE CANNOT SACRIFICE HIM, WE WILL CONSULT IFA
TO KNOW WHAT TO DO.
IFA VINO WITH OGBE ATE AND SAID THAT INSTEAD OF THE CHILD, HE WOULD ACCEPT
Pleasantly goats, doves, hens, etc. What I did
BRING ODUDUWA TO MAKE THE EBBO.
IT HAS BEEN SINCE THEN THAT HUMANS ARE NOT IMMOLATED TO THE
IFA, AND IF TO ANIMALS.
5.- WHERE ODE WAS BORN.
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PATAKIN:
In the city of Ketu lived Okuti, who was the wife of Ogun.
ALAGUEDE HAD THREE CHILDREN: AÑAGUI, AKORO, AND IGBO.
IGBO had long hair and curls like a ram.
AÑAGUI LIVED IN THE REEFS AND HAD TWO FACES.
AKORO was very ugly and worked in the fields.
A AÑAGUI SHE LEFT HIM IN THE REEFS BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT TO
LEAVE FROM THERE. ONE DAY SHE GOES HOME FROM ORUNMILA TO SEE THE
LUCK OF HIS OTHER TWO CHILDREN, AND HE GOT OYEKUN BIRETE,
WHERE ORUNMILA TOLD HIM THAT ONE OF HIS CHILDREN WOULD BE A HUNTER;
BUT IF HE HUNTED AT NIGHT UNDER THE FULL MOON, OSAIYIN WOULD ENCHANT HIM
I would leave and could not return home.
Yemaya returned home and told Igbo, but he did not
He listened and went out to hunt on a full moon.
ALL THE HUNTERS ON THE MOUNTAIN GATHERED AROUND A
BIG IROKO AND FROM THERE THEY DEPARTED. IN THE MOUNTAIN, IGBO WAS FOUND.
WITH OSAIYIN WHO LOVES HIM WITH HIS LEAVES AND PUTS HIM TO SLEEP-
HE HAS ALL THE HUNTING AND DOES NOT KNOW WHERE HE IS. WHEN HE
AWAKEN HAS BECOME ODE (THE ENCHANTED), WITHOUT KNOWING
NOTHING MORE THAN WHAT HAPPENS IN THE WORLD OF THE LIVING.
WHEN THE HUNT ENDED, THE HUNTERS GATHERED TOGETHER
AND THEY CALLED OUT WITH THEIR HUNTING HORNS IN VAIN, FOR THE
NO RETURN.
AKORO BECAME VERY RESTLESS WHEN THE HUNTERS TOLD HIM TO
OKUTI THAT HER SON HAD NOT RETURNED; YEMAYA KNEW IMMEDIATELY
WHAT HAD HAPPENED. AKORO DECIDED TO GO SEARCH FOR HIS BROTHER
And he went to his father's blacksmith shop and forged seven tools.
(PICO, SPADE, AXE, SPEAR, KNIFE, SICKLE AND MACHETE), IT
HE TURNED HIS BACKS AND WENT TO THE HILLS, OPENED A
PATH AND SONG:
Ogun Nikote Bowale
MARIWO LOARE
AKORO NIKOTO BOWALE
MARIWAO LOARE.
AND HE ENCOUNTERED ODE COVERED IN ANIMAL FEATHERS
HUNTED ARAN POPO, I THREW IT ON HIS BACK AND RETURNED WITH
THE WHERE OKUTI. THIS ONE DID NOT WANT TO ACCEPT IT AND TOLD HIM THAT FOR
DISOBEDIENT WAS NOT WORTHY OF HIS MOTHER'S LOVE AND HIS
FATHER.
AKORO DIJO: IF YOU CANNOT RECEIVE IGBO, DO NOT ME
RECEIVE MY TAMPOCO, I AM GOING WITH HIM TO THE MOUNTAINS, AND IN THE
I sang on the way:
EVERYONE IS TO BE RESPECTED
Nile tone is very beautiful
THE NOSE OF A CHILD
THE MUSIC IS PLAYING
ALL YOUR SECRETS
MARIWAO OBOGDE OBOGDE
THE PLAGUE AND MURMURING EVERYWHERE.
And so he stayed to live with Igbo.
6.- THE CRUCIFIX: (TORTURE WAS BORN).
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NETWORK: THE GREAT RIVER OF THE BRAIN THAT CONNECTS THE WORLD IN SIX KINGS-
THE CHILDREN OF BAD SPIRITS SHOULD NOT BE INHERITED
THE HOUSE OF THE ELDERS IS GREAT, THE HOUSE OF THE YOUNG ONES IS STRONG.
THE RAIDERS DO NOT KEEP THEIR GREED LIKE A THIEF WITH A SHOVEL
OK I WILL DO IT FOR YOU IN THE NAME OF THE LIGHT
ORUN KAFEREFUN ORUNMILA.
EBBO: A CROSS, TWO CANDLES, TWO EYELE, ARI, EFUN, YOUR DUN DUN
Eleri Alakoso, Obi, other ingredients, a lot of money.
SUYERE: LAMI LAMI THE COLOR OF THE PATH OF DEATH IS SHAPING THE DESTINY
BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.
PATAKIN:
OGBEDANDE WAS AN AWO IFA WHO WAS ALSO THE CHIEF OF THE
AGBONI, HE HAD GREAT WISDOM, BUT HE HAD THE FLAW THAT HE WAS
SOME LEFT TO REGISTER WITH YOUR ORACLE.
THERE WERE GREAT WIZARD ENEMIES WHO WISHED TO KNOW THE
SECRETS OF IFA AND OGBONI AND KNOWING THAT OGBE ATE WAS VERY
CONFIDENT, THEY SET A TRAP FOR HIM AND TORTURED HIM IN A
WOOD TO OBTAIN THE SECRET OF IFA AND OGBONI; BUT THE
I was dying without revealing the secret.
HIS CHILDREN, UPON SEEING THAT, MADE OSODE FOR HIM AND HIS IFA CAME OUT
SAYING THAT HE HAD GAINED THE POWER OF THE MARTYROLOGY AND IT
THEY PERFORMED THE EBBO SO THAT THERE WOULD BE NO WITCHCRAFT POWER IN IT
WORLD ABLE TO SPEAK THE SPIRIT OF ITS BRAIN AFTER
Hobby.
WHEN PUTTING THE EBBO, IT FELL UNDER ALakoso AND LANDED ON THE SHOULDER OF
OGBE ATE Y SAID: OLOFIN COMMANDS TO FREE YOU SO THAT YOU CAN GO
WITH IT, AND WITH A STING HE ENDED THE TORTURE OF OGBE ATE AND
HE ATE HIS BRAIN AND SO WHEN THEY LOWERED HIM FROM THE WOOD,
WITCHES COULD NOT USE THEIR AGBARI TO ENSLAVE HIM.
HIS CHILDREN BURIED HIM AND TOOK THAT WOODEN STICK FOR IT
CLARIFY THE SPIRIT OF OGBE ATE AND REACH THE POWER. EACH
SEE THAT A LEADER WAS ELECTED IN THE LAND OF OGBE ATE
TOWARDS THE CEREMONY AT THAT CROSS.
NOTE: THAT CROSS CARRIES A SECRET IN THE JOINT OF
THE ARMS.
7.- WHEN THE OKUNI DID NOT WORK.
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ORUNMILA TOLD THE OKUNI TO MAKE EBBO SO THAT THE
WOMEN continued to work for them; but they didn't.
CASE. THE WOMEN WERE TIRED OF WORKING AND WANTED
LEAVING THEIR HOME AND RETURNING TO THE BOSOM OF THEIR FAMILIES FOR HIM
EXCESS OF WORK AND SLAVERY.
ORUNMILA SENT FOR THEM AND MADE EBBO FOR THEM NOT TO
JOB MARKET. THREE DAYS AFTER THAT, WOMEN
They fell ill with leg pain, rheumatism, and weakness, being unable to walk.
NAR.
WHEN THE MEN COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS AND THEY WERE TOLD: YOU-
GIVEN TO THE FEET OF ORUNMILA TO FALL ILL. THEY SENT
TO SEARCH FOR OLUO OSAYIN, THAT IS ONISHEGUN, HE SAID NO
THERE WAS A NOVELTY, THAT THEY WERE CURED, SO THAT THE ACRO-MEN
LET'S GET TO WORK FOREVER AND THAT WAY THE
Women could go for a drive and rest.
NOTE:
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THIS IFA FOR INTORI ARUN LOOKS GOOD; BUT AFTER FOR DES-
Obedient, throw eye from the mouth and otoku without remedy of the
LUNGS, LIVER, AND HEART.
Here, wild verbena is taken and mixed with oil.
TO EAT AND IT IS TAKEN EVERY MORNING. ORUNMILA CAN CHOOSE
ANOTHER OIL THAT IS NOT FOR EATING; ALL REMEDIES ARE
They can use it for IFA; the disease here is called
CORDOSILOSIS. FOR INTERNAL ULCERS, IT IS TAKEN LIKE WATER.
COMMON, IGI BARK OF CAUAJANI FROM THE FOUR SIDES, BARK
MANGO AND DAGAME ROOT. ALL THESE REMEDIES ARE USEFUL FOR
THE SAME DISEASE.
8.- BECAUSE ELEGBA DOES NOT EAT BIG GOAT.
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PATAKIN:
ON THIS ROAD, THE WIFE OF A MAYOMBERO WENT TO REGISTER WITH
ORUNMILA. THE HUSBAND FOLLOWING HIS WIFE'S STEPS IS
I present at the house of Orunmila and ask about this.
ORUNMILA HAD IT HIDDEN BEHIND THE DOOR. UPON TELLING HIM
WHEN HE WAS NOT THERE, THE MAYOMBERO ASKED ORUNMILA TO
REGISTER, AND THIS ONE MADE OSODE, TELLING HIM THAT HE HAD TO
DO EBBO WITH THREE MICE. THEN THE MAYOMBERO TOOK OUT OF
THE MOUTH OF THE THREE MICE; ORUNMILA TOLD HIM TO CATCH THEM AND
One of them went to hide behind the door, where the
MAYOMBERO DISCOVERED HIS WIFE. IMMEDIATELY HE HEADED TO
ORUNMILA AND I INSULTED HIM, SLAPPING HIM.
ORUNMILA CURSED HIM SAYING THAT HE WOULD BECOME A
GOAT.
A few days later, Orunmila registered with Olofin and told him that
I had to give a goat, but when giving that goat I had
WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE YOUR MOUTH TIED.
THEN THEY CAUGHT THE GOAT IN THE MOUNTAINS, WHICH WAS THE MAYOMBE-
RO, WHO HAD HIS MOUTH TIED AND WAS BEGGING ORUNMILA WITH
THE EYES, BUT ORUNMILA DOES NOT FORGIVE IT, AND THEY GAVE THE GOAT
TO THE SAINTS FINISHING THE MAYOMBERO.
THE BIG GOAT TRANSFIGURED LIKE A GHOST, AND THIS IS
THE REASON WHY ELEGBA DOES NOT EAT BIG GOAT.
9.- THE ELEGBA OF THE SNAIL WAS BORN.
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PATAKIN:
ORUNMILA HAD A WIFE, NAMED AYE (SNAIL) AND
IN THE ABSENCE OF ORUNMILA, SHE WENT OUT TO THE PATIO EVERY DAY
AND I SAW ELEGBA WHO LIVED ON A STONE, WHO HAD A
EXAGGERATED CREATION.
ONE DAY, ADMIRING THIS, SHE COULD NOT HELP BUT TELL HIM
ELEGBA: YOU HAVE A CREATION. THIS ONE NEITHER FALTERED, NOR MOVED,
BUT YOU RESPONDED: YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE ME LIKE THIS, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FORNICATE
WITH ME. SHE LIFTED HER SKIRT AND SURRENDERED TO ELEGBA. AND
THIS HAPPENED EVERY DAY.
ORUNMILA BECAME OSODE AND CAME OUT OGBE ATE. MAKING EBBO: TWO
ROOSTERS, MAHOGANY RIBBON AND PUTTING IT TOGETHER. BUT WHEN
HE WAS RETURNING TO HIS ILE, AFTER THROWING THE EBBO, HE SURPRISED HIM
INSULT.
MAKING HEART, AGAINST THE EVIL FORTUNE, DECIDES NOT TO
TO DISMISS ELEGBA, FOR HE WAS THE MESSENGER OF OLOFIN AND HE
I needed it because it provided him with gossip.
CLIENTS.
THEN I AUTHORIZE YOU TO LIVE ON AYE, YOUR WIFE, THE ONE WHO
GIVE TO ELEGBA.
NOTE: SINCE THEN IT IS THAT ELEGBA, THE SAME LIVES ON OTA,
WHAT ABOUT AYE.
10.- ORUNMILA ALWAYS DOES SOMETHING FOR WOMEN.
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EBBO: ADIE MEYI CLUECA, 16 OTA LELE, CHICKEN, WATER OF THE BODY, I HAVE-
ESTRAS, SACO, EKU, EYA, OTI, ASHO ARAE, ASHO APERI
BIG FUN, LOTS OF MONEY.
PATAKIN:
THERE WERE TWO LANDS DIVIDED BY A RIVER, ONE WAS OF WARRIORS
AND THE OTHERS WERE PEACEFUL.
THE NATIVES OF THE WARRIOR PART ASKED HIM FOR FOOD.
KING OF THE PEACEFUL TOWN, TWO BAGS OF RICE AND ONE OF BEANS
THE, LARD AND OTHER THINGS. THE KING OF THE PACIFIC PART
I CONTEND THAT THAT WAS IMPOSSIBLE, THAT WHAT WAS THERE WAS NOT
NOT ONLY HIM, BUT ALL THE OTHERS. THE WARRIOR KING, UPON SEEING
THE OTHER'S RESPONSE, HE SENT TO SAY THAT IF HE DID NOT GIVE IT TO HIM
TO THE GOOD ONES, I WOULD GIVE IT TO THE BAD ONES AND I DECLARE THE WAR-
RRA.
THE INHABITANTS OF THE PEACEFUL EARTH UPON HEARING THOSE AMENITIES
They got scared and decided to go see Orunmila, since
THEY DID NOT HAVE WEAPONS TO DEFEND THEMSSELVES, AS THE INHABITANTS
FROM THE PACIFIC VILLAGE WERE ALL WOMEN (OBINI), AND THE ONES FROM
GUERRERO TOWN WERE MEN (OKUNI). WHEN THEY LEFT HEADING
They encountered the house of Orunmila on the road and they harass him.
RON; BUT HE SAID HE HAD NOTHING TO LOOK AT THEM, DESPITE
THAT HE, FOR THE WOMEN, WOULD DO ANYTHING. THEY GAVE HIM
THEY ASKED ME TO DO SOMETHING QUICKLY BECAUSE THEY WERE IN DANGER
OF DEATH.
QUICKLY ORUNMILA GATHERED 16 STONES, TELLING THEM THAT THERE WAS
WHAT TO GIVE TWO ADIE TO OSHUN TO BE ABLE TO RESOLVE THIS SITUATION
CION AND THEY ANSWERED HIM THAT IN THAT AREA, THERE WAS NONE.
NO ONE HAS, BUT ONE OF THEM WENT AHEAD AND ASKED
ORUNMILA COULD BE TWO THAT SHE HAD IN HER HOUSE, BUT
THAT THEY WERE LAYING EGGS AND ORUNMILA TOLD HIM YES, THAT THEY
CARD
As soon as the two arrived, they were given to Oshun.
THE RIVER AND THIS ONE GOT SO FURIOUS THAT THE RIVER STARTED TO
OVERFLOW IN THE LAND OF THE WARRIORS WHICH IS LOCATED
WORK BELOW THAT OF THE OBINI AND MANY DROWNED,
OTHER TIRED ONES AND IN DISORDER GAVE THEMSELVES TO THE OTHER TOWN
IN ORDER TO LIVE AND THUS, THEY WERE ABLE TO BEAT THE OBINI, THE
WAR ON THE OKUNI.
NOTE: WHEN OSHUN IS GIVEN TO ADIE, IT IS SAID THAT IT IS GIVEN TO HER
GIVE IN NAME OF THE PERSON ONE WANTS TO BEAT
THE WAR, SO THAT IT CAN GET FURIOUS.
11.- THE SHADOW.
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KING: ONE WHO JUDGES AND RULES HIS PEOPLE WITH WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING WILL PROSPER.
OPARALDO: TO SEE YOUR EYE, TO OPEN YOUR EYE, TO FIND THE TRUTH.
THE OPARALDO GOES IN A CACTUS BUSH AND THIS ONE HAS
GIVE A EYELET AND PUT A ITALIAN ON IT. THE OPARALDO
It can also go in a atiponla bush.
NOTE:
THE CHARACTER OF THIS STORY IS THE FATHER OF THE SHADOW THAT
IT IS CALLED OBO IKUN AND THE SHADOW IS CALLED OBO KOYE. THE PLACE
WHERE THE EVENTS TAKE PLACE IS THE YANSAN EARTH.
PATAKIN:
IT WAS A SHADOW THAT WAS BORN IN EGGUN MEYI BUT IT CAME OUT TO
THE EARTH YANSAN SENT BY HER FATHER OBO IKUN. WHEN SHE ARRIVED
In the land of Earth where Oberekuntele lived, there was an Osidie.
A powerful force gives everything that was delivered to OGBE
I drank and sang to you:
The spirit of the ancestors protects the land.
THEN I GIVE THE ASHE TO OGBE ATE AND HE IN TURN GAVE IT
A girl, a piece of string, and she started to sing:
YES THE GOOD SEASON HAS ARRIVED FOR EVERYONE.
OBO KOYE TOLD HIM THAT SHE WOULD ALWAYS BE WITH HIM, BUT THAT
HE DIDN'T KNOW WHO SHE WAS, NOR HER FATHER WHO HAD
ORDERED TO ACCOMPANY HIM AND HIS NAME WAS OBO IKUN. OGBE ATE
IT WAS THE AWO WHO LIVED ON THE EARTH IGEBEYE AND THE WHOLE WORLD
I was going to meet with him because he solved all the things that
THEY SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE TO SOLVE. SOMETIMES I WOULD SEND TO DO IT
THINGS TO YOUR CLIENTS WITHOUT CONSULTING IFA, BUT LIKE THE
INFLUENCE OF OBO KOYE ACCOMPANIED HIM, EVERYTHING HE DID
He/She was doing well.
ONE DAY OGBE ATE STARTED TO DREAM ABOUT OBO IKUN THE FATHER OF THE
SHADOW, WHO TOLD YOU THAT YOU HAD TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO IFA BECAUSE
THE LUCK HE HAD FOR OBO KOYE COULD BE LOST. WHEN
OGBE ATE LIFTED AT FOUR IN THE MORNING FELT TWO
TIMES THEY SANG TO HIM:
EYEGUEO ORUNLAYE EYEGUEO ORUNLAYE.
THEN HE GOT UP AND BECAME OSODE AND SAW THIS IFA
SIGN WITH: I WILL GO TO TIMBELARE ON THE ROAD, ONISHESI.
ACCOMPANYING WITH: OSIADIE OKAN, SWEET BREAD OKAN, LEAVES OF ATIPONLA,
ITANA, OTI, ETC. WHEN OGBE ATE FINISHED, THE OSODE TURNED
As he lay down, that is how the shadow appeared to him, that is Obo Koye.
HE SAID: THAT'S FOR ME BECAUSE I'M HUNGRY AND I WANT TO KEEP GOING
HELPING YOU, ALSO WHEN YOU GO TO KILL THE EYELE YOU HAVE TO
CALL ME WELL TO ME AND TO MY FATHER OBO IKUN, SINGING TO HIM LIKE THIS:
THE CHILD OF A FATHER WHO NEVER DIES IS PROSPEROUS, GOOD HEALTH, GOOD FORTUNE,
AKOBA SEWERE, OFO SEWERE, EYO SEWERE, INA SEWERE, FITIBO
SEWERE BERELADE ABEÑIRE OBO KOYE OFODOÑI RIKUN.
WHEN I FINISHED THIS OPERATION, I WENT OUT ON THE ROAD AND HEARD A VOICE
WHAT DID HE SAY: BEND DOWN AND PICK UP THE ELAGOGO WHEN YOU GREET IFA
FOR THE OSHAS RING THE BELL AND TELL THEM EVERYTHING YOU
IF YOU WANT, I WILL KEEP ACCOMPANYING YOU, AS LONG AS YOU COMPLY
WITH ME AND WITH IFA.
SUSPICIOUS OGBE TOOK HIS EKUELE AND ASKED IFA IF
IT WAS TRUE EVERYTHING HE HAD TOLD HIM AND THE INFLUENCE CAME
I ordered OBO KOYE to make a supplication with: 5
PUMPKINS, 5 SHEEP OF OSHUN, 5 LERI OF EYA TUTU, 5 AKARAS,
OÑI, ASHO YELLOW, EYA, EKU, EPO, ALL BEADS,
AYE SHELL, GROUND SNAIL, ADIE MEYI DUN DUN THAT IS
TO ORUNMILA AND OSHUN. AFTERWARDS, IT IS COOKED AND A
ON TOP OF ORUNMILA AND ANOTHER ON TOP OF OSHUN AND THE NEXT DAY IT
THEY TAKE TO THE RIVER AND SING TO HIM AND HE IS CALLED WITH THE
TINKERBELL AND WHEN HE RETURNS FROM VOTING THE EBBO TAKES A BATH
WITH GOLD BUTTON AND OÑI AND 16 PULLERS ARE PLACED ON IFA
WITH OÑI.
OGBE ATE asked Ifa if it was true that he had to do it.
THIS EBBO AND THIS ONE SAID YES. WHEN OGBE ATE WENT OUT TO VOTE
THE EBBO OBO WAS GOING AND WAS SINGING:
BERELEKUN EBBO, EBBO BERELEKUN.
AND HE FELT A VOICE INSIDE THE FIELD TELLING HIM: EBBO ADA
FELEBO, EBBO ADA FELEBO.
UPON RETURNING, THEY PLACED THE PALANQUETAS ON ORUNMILA AND BEGAN.
ON ARRIVAL, THEY DID NOT EVEN LOOK AT ME AND ALL THINGS.
THE SALIAN WAS GOOD BECAUSE OBO KOYE RESOLVED IT.
12.- THE SAFE'S PATH.
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REZO: AWO OWOLABI ADIFAFUN OGBE ATE BEBEWA ORONIBOSHE OWO
The spirits of the dead, Elegba of life and death, open the way for the offerings to the spirits.
OSHUN OGBE ATE, OGBE DANDE OSHUN THE MIGHTY POWER OF LIFE, LIFE
THE SPIRIT OF THE LAND IS BLESSING THE CHILD OF THE PEOPLE
I have a lot of joy, I offer to Elegba, I thank you
OSHUN.
EBBO: CHICKEN, MY DOG (AFUERI), MY CAT, MY PARROT, ELE-
GUEDE, YES OKAN, ASHO AKUERI, MANY OÑI, EKU, EYA
AWADO, 5 RED MATES, A BULLSEYE, RAMON WOOD,
UGLY CHICKEN, ALL THE PAST, MANY HANDS.
PATAKIN:
IN THE LAND OF OWO OSHE LIVED OWOLABI WHO WAS ALWAYS
STARTLED BECAUSE HE HAD NO TRUE FRIENDS, AS HE ONLY
THEY WERE TREATED FOR THE WELL-BEING THAT HE HAD PROVIDED
OSHUN, whenever they arrived was to try to steal from him.
HIS, HE WAS ALWAYS HIDING HIS MONEY SO THAT NOT
THEY WILL STEAL IT BY FEEDING OSHUN OSHINSHIN WITH FODDER
WITH IDO (SHRIMP) AND OPOLOPO OÑI. HE WOULD START TO WALK
EVERY DAY AND I BROUGHT A YEN TO OSHUN WITH THE OSHINSHIN,
I called him to eat and sang to him:
ORUNA OSHUN OWOLADO IFA ODOWILAYE CHILD OF OGBE ATE IFA IS A TURN.
THEN OSHUN GAVE HIM WEALTH AND HE PLACED IT IN THE ALCAN-
CIA THAT ALWAYS CARRIED WITH HIM, THAT WAS ATERI EGGUN WHERE
HE KEPT ALL HIS WEALTH. AND SO IN THE LAND OWO OSHE THE
PEOPLE WERE LATE BECAUSE THE OWO WAS NOT RUNNING.
One day Awo Owolabi was making his food by the river, in
THEN ELEGBA ARRIVED AND SAID TO HIM: OSHUN IS THE OWNER OF WEALTH,
BUT SHE IS NOT HAPPY WITH THE LIFE YOU LEAD, WALKING
BECAUSE OF THE MISTRUST THAT EVERYONE YOU HAVE MAKES YOU HAVE
HELPED. THEN AWO OWOLABI SAID: EVERYONE LOVES ME
STEAL MY WEALTH AND ONLY EGGUN WHO HELPS ME TO
KEEP IT. ELEGBA THE CONTEXT: SO HERE I BRING YOU A
SECRET SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WALK SO MUCH AND ALWAYS
HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT AND DON'T LET THEM STEAL YOUR MONEY. ELEGBA
I took out an aye, handed it to him and said: this is called aye iku.
Come with me to the land of Abe Bonle where Ozain lives,
BY MANDATE OF OSHUN FOR HIM TO CONSACRATE THAT POWER.
THEY SET OUT ON THEIR WAY AND CARRIED TWO CARMELITE ROBES AND TWO
APARO AND IBAN PLAYING AGOGO AND SINGING TO OZAIN:
OZAIN, I HAVE MY MONEY TO SHOW
OWOLABI AWO OGBE ATE AYARE
THE THING THAT IS HERE.
OZAIN WHO HEARD THE SONG MET THEM AND SAID: NOW
OSHUN HAD TALKED TO ME ABOUT THE WORRY SHE HAD ABOUT YOU.
AND I WILL HELP YOU TO SETTLE DOWN AND THAT YOU
WEALTH SERVES YOU, THEN AS A GIVER OF LIGHT AND TRUTH
FROM EATING APARO MEYI AND OZAIN SAID TO HIM: GIVE ME THE AYE THAT ELEGBA
I GAVE YOU TO CONSECRATE YOU. OZAIN TOOK A BRANCH, THREE MATES
RED, A BULL'S EYE AND HE SAID: CRUSH THIS AND ADD IT
ALL THE SANDS OF THE RIVERS YOU HAVE VISITED AND OF ALL THE
LANDS YOU HAVE WALKED. AND HE TOOK THE ATERI EGGUN, HE TOOK IT OUT
ALL THE OWO AND MACHACO THE GUNUGUN AND HE SAID: THROW ALL THIS OUT
IN THE AYE WITH ASHO, ORUN, OBI KOLA, AND AIRA (WHERE I TAKE OUT A
VALERIAN ROOT), ADD THE ROOT AND NOW MARK OGBE ATE,
YOU PRAY FOR IT AND YOU PUT IT HERE AND COVER THE SECRET.
THEN ELEGBA TOOK AN ELEGUEDE AND SAID TO HIM: THIS WILL BE YOUR
PIGGY BANK, HERE YOU ARE GOING TO PUT THE SECRET.
OSHUN ARRIVED AND GOT VERY HAPPY AND GAVE OPOLOPO OÑI TO
I CHOSE IT WITH THE SECRET INSIDE AND THEN AWO OWOLABI GAVE IT
GOD GAVE THE TWO CARMELITE EYES TO OSHUN ALONG WITH THE SECRET AND
SANG:
Those who are served by Oshun
OWOLABI OMONIFA GOOD LIFE.
THEN OSHUN TOOK ASHO AKUERI OFF HER HEAD AND COVERED IT
AND HE SAID: YOU PUT THIS SECRET NEXT TO YOUR IFA AND YOU
GREET EVERY DAY LIKE THIS:
OSUN MONEY IS THE PERSON OF WEALTH, THE PERSON OF GREATNESS, THE PERSON OF PROSPERITY, THE PERSON OF WEALTH
IF YOU HEAR THIS.
THEN OSHUN TOOK THE MONEY, UNRAVELED IT, AND SAID: OF
THIS PART HAS TO BE SAVED AND THE OTHER HAS TO CIRCULATE
IN THE WORLD FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE AND EAT. WHEN
ELEGBA, THE POWDER REVEALS THE SECRET, YOU CARRY THE ELEGUEDE WITH OÑI.
YOU CALL OZAIN. THEN YOU PUT IT BACK IN
SECRET IN ANOTHER AND THIS WAY YOU WON'T LACK MONEY AND NO ONE WILL
FORGET ABOUT YOUR WEALTH AND YOUR LUCK, AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO LIVE WITH
TRANQUILITY. OTHERS, EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT LOYAL TO YOU, MAY
LIVE IN PEACE.
THANKS TO OSHUN THE MONEY THAT OGBE ATE HAD TIED UP
BEGAN TO CIRCULATE IN THE WORLD AND THE PEOPLE OF HIS LAND DID NOT
I step over more miseries.
13.- THE PLAGUE WAS BORN AND OGGUN AND OSUN MET.
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NETWORK: THE HEAD IS NOT AS STRONG AS THE BODY INCREASES THE HEAD IS NOT AS STRONG AS THE CHILDREN
Wade Ogbe Ate Odoferi Adifayoko Oshun, Adifayoko Oggun
Lodafun Shango Barabye Regun Orunmila.
EBBO: HEN, EASTERN GROUND, THREE TRAILERS, ONE OWNER,
EWEFA, EKU, EYA, AWADO, EPO, MANY MONEY.
PATAKIN:
THE EARTH IS YELLOW
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OSHUN AND OGGUN VIVIAN IN THE ADIFIRI EARTH AND THEY HAD A
CONTRACT TO TAKE CARE OF THAT LAND SO THAT NO ONE
They will visit and as the deer pass by, they will kill them and them
THE MONDONGOS WILL BE KEPT IN THE BRUSH AND THE SLUDGE
They will be thrown in the Ilé Ibu so that the plague will spread and no one
I could have gotten there, but Aronu was visiting everyone.
THE LANDS OF ADIFIRI AND I COULD NOT ENTER BECAUSE OF DEATH,
THE PLAGUE AND DISEASES PREVENTED IT. AT THAT MOMENT
SHANGO TOLD ORUNMILA TO WAIT A MOMENT AND PULLED OUT
THE SHEEP IS OURS, INE, AND UPON SEEING THE CANDLE AND ORUNMILA WITH A
MOUSE IN HAND RAN OUT AGUEDAÑE, THEN DOWN
I CONFIRM THAT I SAW AGUEDAÑE WHO RAN AWAY IN A FRIGHTENED MANNER.
SHOT IN THE ILE IBU AND THERE IT WAS LOST.
SHANGO TOLD ORUNMILA TO MAKE EBBO AND GAVE HIM
I am giving my clothes that were worn, Orunmila made an offering,
THEN SHANGO STARTED TO BURN THE TIGER'S SKIN AND ORUNMI-
HE LET GO OF THE ECHO, THE ECHO STARTED TO EAT THE ROTTEN
SHANGO BURNING THE ROTTEN ANIMALS, BUT OSHUN HAD
HUNGER AND WHAT OGGUN BROUGHT TO EAT WAS WHAT EKUTE
I ate and that food made her sick in the stomach and in the blood.
THAT HE WAS INTOXICATED AND EVERYTHING MADE HIM SICK. THEN OGGUN THAT
I had nothing to take him to eat, I took EKUTE and when he...
HE TOOK IT TO OSHUN, THIS ONE CURSED IT: YOUR BLOOD WILL BE BAD AND
EVERYTHING YOU EAT WILL HAVE A PEST, AND YOU WILL HAVE TO EAT TO
BLOW. WHEN OSHUN WAS AT THE CEREMONY, ORUNMILA ARRIVED.
WITH SHANGO, THIS ONE WAS PRESENTED TO HIM AND THEN HID AWAY
SENDING ORDER TO LEAVE, THIS ONE WAS DIRTY AND SHANGO
I AM IN LOVE WITH HER, THEN ORUNMILA TOLD SHANGO, THIS IS NOT
IT IS WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR, TAKE OMO IBU AND WE ARE WALKING AND WHEN
IBAN WALKING, SHANGO TOOK FIVE LEAVES OF OBATALA AND GAVE IT TO HIM
I hand over Omo Ibu to Oba so that he could bathe, then
ORUNMILA TOLD OBA THAT SHE WAS A VERY BRAVE OBINI
THAT I HAD TO GO LIVE WITH OLOKUN, THAT SHE THERE
IT WOULD BE VERY GREAT, THEN I HAND OVER THE AGADA I WAS CARRYING
SHANGO and EKUTE's MASK and she follows ORUNMI's orders
LA.
WHEN OBA ARRIVED AT THE ILE OF OLOKUN, HE FOUND THAT HE HAD
PROBLEMS WITH OLUO NENE WHO WAS THROWING EGGUN, THEN
THE KING LEFT WITH THE EKUTE MASK AND THE AGADA IN HAND AND
WHEN HE SAW HER, HE GOT SCARED AND THEN THE WAR ENDED.
What Olokun had.
OBA WAS HAPPY TO SEE ORUNMILA, HE FOUND HIM WITH OGGUN AND
They followed until they reached where Oshun was, this from the fright that it.
I have when Oggun takes the Ekute, he lost his speech. Tam-
GOOD YELLOW PARTY OF THE CANDLE OF SHANGO. WHEN EGGUN ARRIVED IT
SHOOTING INTO THE RIVER ALONG WITH OSHUN, THEN ORUNMILA STARTED TO
ROGAR together with SHANGO and OPAAWANI and OSHUN went up.
WITH OGGUN. ORUNMILA SAID THAT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK
THERE WAS A NEED TO GROW UP WITH A HEN AND GIVE BLOOD IN THE MOUTH. ORUN-
Mila said the guilty one was Owunko who was a mayombero.
Shango went out to look for this one with a branch of plum, and when
HE SAW IT, PUT IT IN HIS MOUTH, AND TIED IT SO IT WOULDN'T
HE WILL SPEAK AND NOT DELIVER ASHANGO, HE PUT IT IN HIS HEAD
OWUNKO SIGUARAYA AND ASHIBATE. WHEN SHANGO CAME WITH HIM, FROM
THE JOY THAT RECEIVED VIANDO THE NICE GOAT SPOKE OGGUN
And Oshun and then Shango Opaaowunko A Ogun and Oshun
TOGETHER I GAVE THE HEAD TO ORUNMILA AND HE MADE EBBO
SANG:
HOLD ON HOLD ON PUNINA ORI ADE HOLD ON I WILL NOT FORGET YOU
ADERERE ATEREME KUBAFOBAO.
AND DANCING SHANGO, OSHUN AND OGGUN ACCORDING TO IBA DOING THE EBBO.
ORUNMILA, OSHUN TOLD ORUNMILA THAT IN HIS LAND NEVER
MORE COULD LIVE AN OWUNKO BECAUSE EVERY TIME SHE ARRIVED
SHE WOULD EAT IT AND THAT SHE WOULD BE IN HIS DEFENSE AS WELL
WITH SHANGO AND OGGUN AND THAT IT WOULD ALWAYS DANCE THE HEAD OF EVERYONE
HIS ENEMIES. THEN SHANGO GAVE IROFA TO ORUNMILA AND
HE TOLD HER THAT HE WOULD ACCOMPANY HER TO HELP IN THE DIFFERENT LANDS,
And when they were on the road to Orunmila, the food ran out.
And he told him that the only thing left for him was Awani and Orunmila.
I found it very tasty and I thanked Oshun, but
WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON EARTH, THE ONLY THING THERE WAS TO EAT
THE CHICKEN OF SHANGO GAVE TO OSHUN AND TO OGGUN THE CHICKEN BECAUSE
I WAS HUNGRY.
THERE THEY MET OZAIN, WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH OSHUN AND
HE STARTED TO THROW A PARTY. OZAIN TOLD OSHUN THAT HE WAS GOING TO
THROW A PARTY WITH ILU BATA THAT HE WAS GOING TO LIKE A LOT. OSHUN
HE WENT TO THE PARTY AND WHEN HE ARRIVED, OZAIN WAS DANCING:
KURU KURU WEDO MARIWO OZAIN
OZAIN SAID MARIWO.
THEN OZAIN WANTED TO DECLARE WAR ON ORUNMILA, SHANGO
GOD REALIZED THIS AND CALLED ORUNMILA'S ATTENTION TO IT. THIS
HE DID EBBO WITH: OSIADIE SHARARA, EYA TUTU, IKORDIE, ALL OTI
AND OTHER INGREDIENTS. ORUNMILA FINISHED HIS EBBO AND CALLED TO
OSHUN TO PROVIDE DRINK TO OZAIN. HE WAS VERY
HAPPY, SINGING, MOMENT THAT OSHUN TOOK ADVANTAGE OF TO GIVE
OTI. OZAIN got drunk, wine SHANGO and took out an eye and
I COVER IT WITH OYU OF EJ TUTU, ORUNMILA TOOK OUT THE ASHE THAT IS
THE LANGUAGE AND WHEN HE PUT SHANGO THE EYA TUTU IN THIS WAY
ORUNMILA defeated OZAIN.
NOTE: WHEN OSHUN EATS GOAT, ORUNMILA SPEAKS AND NOT THE SHELL
14.- THE MANATEE.
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NETWORK: FUNDING FOR THE YOUNG WOMEN'S GROUP TO SUPPORT GHOSTS WITHOUT SLEEPING BY THE RIVER
Happiness brings prosperity to those who are devoted to it.
EBBO: THIS IS MY STORY, THIS IS MY TRUTH, 16 DAYS, IT IS TIME TO MANIFEST, EVERYTHING
PATAKIN:
IT WAS A SHADOW THAT WAS BORN IN EGGUN MEYI BUT IT CAME OUT TO
THE EARTH YANSAN SENT BY HER FATHER OBO IKUN. WHEN SHE ARRIVED
In the land of Earth where Oberekuntele lived, there was an Osidie.
A powerful force gives everything that was delivered to OGBE
I drank and sang to you:
The spirit of the ancestors protects the land.
THEN I GIVE THE ASHE TO OGBE ATE AND HE IN TURN GAVE IT
A girl, a piece of string, and she started to sing:
YES THE GOOD SEASON HAS ARRIVED FOR EVERYONE.
OBO KOYE TOLD HIM THAT SHE WOULD ALWAYS BE WITH HIM, BUT THAT
HE DIDN'T KNOW WHO SHE WAS, NOR HER FATHER WHO HAD
ORDERED TO ACCOMPANY HIM AND HIS NAME WAS OBO IKUN. OGBE ATE
IT WAS THE AWO WHO LIVED ON THE EARTH IGEBEYE AND THE WHOLE WORLD
I was going to meet with him because he solved all the things that
THEY SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE TO SOLVE. SOMETIMES I WOULD SEND TO DO IT
THINGS TO YOUR CLIENTS WITHOUT CONSULTING IFA, BUT LIKE THE
INFLUENCE OF OBO KOYE ACCOMPANIED HIM, EVERYTHING HE DID
He/She was doing well.
ONE DAY OGBE ATE STARTED TO DREAM ABOUT OBO IKUN THE FATHER OF THE
SHADOW, WHO TOLD YOU THAT YOU HAD TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO IFA BECAUSE
THE LUCK HE HAD FOR OBO KOYE COULD BE LOST. WHEN
OGBE ATE LIFTED AT FOUR IN THE MORNING FELT TWO
TIMES THEY SANG TO HIM:
AT THAT MOMENT SHE HAD GIVEN BIRTH TO TWO CREATURES OF EFE AKARO,
WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY STARTED TO PRAY UPON HEARING EFE AKARO
THAT PRAYER THAT SAID:
The sky is the limit for those who strive towards greatness.
OLOKUN HAS COME TO BE IN CONTROL.
HE GOT UP AND REMEMBERED THAT HE WAS THE SPIRIT OF OBA EGUNGUN
OLOKUN said goodbye to Atole, returning to the sea. Upon seeing himself
ABANDONED BY THAT OKUNI, THE ATOLE WAS DISTURBED.
BRAIN AND THE MOUNT HER SPIRITUAL GUIDE, WHERE SHE WENT EVERYWHERE
THE DAYS BY THE SEASIDE TO CRY FOR HIS LOVE, AND THE OBA OF
KING, WHO WAS HIS FATHER, UPON SEEING THAT THE TWO SONS OF ATOLE AND
EFE AKARO HAD DIED BECAUSE THE MOTHER DID NOT ATTEND TO THEM,
HE WENT TO SEE OGBE DANDE, WHO TOLD HIM: TO SAVE HIS
LIMPING DAUGHTER OF THE TWO SONS OF ATOLE EGGUN, AND WITH THE
OTA OKUNADURA AND ALL THE TREES AND ALL THE ANIMALS OF OKUN
MONTARA A SECRET OF AGANA ERI, WHICH WILL ALLOW HIS DAUGHTER
TO RECOVER HIS SECRET AGAIN, FOR HIS LERI HAS GONE TO
OKUN FUND TOGETHER WITH EFE.
OGBE DANDE prepared the secret of AGANA ERI where he could worship.
THE GREAT POWER OF OLOKUN AND THUS TRANQUILITY RETURNED TO THE SOUL
FROM ATOL AND ITS SPIRITUAL POWER STABILIZED.
NOTE:
IN THIS ODDUN AND BY THIS WAY, IFA POINTS OUT THE REASON WHY THE
MEN AND WOMEN CHOOSE THE NIGHT TO PARTY.
In addition to the consecration of Olokun, which is called with a
GOLD OF 101 PIECES WHICH ARE: 3 ODU-ARA, ONE BUOY, THREE PROP-
THE GREAT ONES, 3 MEDIUM PROPELLERS, FOR THE SPIRIT TO COME
FROM THE EFE AKARO. IT ALSO POINTS OUT WHY OLOKUN AGAN ERI EXISTS.
WHAT TO SEE WITH THE SPIRITUAL POWER OF WOMEN.
ATOLE: IT IS A SECRET NAME OF YEMAYA ON EARTH EGBATO.
15.- THE MOTHER OF ABITA.
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NETWORK: RICH IN IFA THROUGH ORUNMILA, ORUNMILA WE
NEW PRAYER ORUNMILA ABEYI ORUN SEWA ORUNMILA OZAINS CHILD
The beautiful shed of the good medicine is a place of divination, where the soul receives guidance.
ORUNMILA CHILD OF OBINI ALABONI ETINIWA OZAIN OSEU LEYE
YUBIWA OSHUN.
EBBO: FISHING NET, IT IS A NET, I ARRIVED, WHAT I SAY, IT IS HEAVY,
A TITAN OF SHILEKUN FROM THE FOUR CORNERS, AN EÑI ADIE
WHAT IS REMOVED FROM THE SHELL, FIRST ASK OSHUN WITH
OÑI, EPO, 7 GRAINS OF CORN, 5 CENTS, A BAN-COLLAR
DERA, WHICH IS WASHED WITH OMIERO, GOES INSIDE THE EBBO,
EWE OROZUN, HENO DE ESHUN, GOLD BUTTON, SAFFRON, ROME-
RILLO.
OPARALDO:
A LITTLE TOUCH, A FUN FUN, THREE CLASSES OF BASIL, IN THE
THIS TUTU IS WRITTEN THE SIGN OF OGBE ATE WITH PLASTER. THIS
OPARALDO IS DONE AT DAWN. THE BLESSING IS REQUESTED FROM THE
MOTHER.
SUYERE OF THE OPARALDO:
BELEKUN LELEO OLORDUMARE BELEKUN LELEO, FATHER OF OLOFIN AYARA
THOSE WHO WORSHIP THE GREAT GOD WILL REAP THE BLESSINGS OF THE LORD
DUMARE.
THE LOAD OSUN WITH SEVEN MAJOR PIECES AND SEVEN CLASSES OF
PALOS. THIS OPARALDO MUST BE TAKEN TO THE RIVER, IT MUST EAT CLOTHES
USED AND SWEATED. TIED TO THE HEN'S LEG, CLEANED
WITH WHITE CLOTH AND COVERING THE OPARALDO, EFUN IS SPRINKLED, ORI,
Coconut water, OTI, a 'itana' is lit in the name of
OLOFIN, GIVE HIM OBI, THEN BATHE WITH COCONUT WATER, HE
HE MAKES A LAMP WITH ERI, EFUN, GURA AT THE BASE OF ALL
SANTOS, STICKS AND LEAVES OF BROKEN AXE AT THE FOOT OF IFA.
EBOMISI WITH THE AXE BANKRUPTCY SHEETS THAT WERE PUT ON
AND PUT A BREAKING AXE STICK. HERE IS THE SECRET
OF A EGG COVERED WITH YELLOW CLOTH. OSHUN ACCORDING TO THE ADIE
PUT EGG AND CHICKEN HOUSE SO THAT THIS PERSON DOES WELL.
PATAKIN:
In the land of Mayoni, there lived an Obini who was the mother.
SHE LIVED, BUT DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE, SHE HAD
I HAD A SON WITH OZAIN NAMED AWOYENI IFA, BUT
SHE DIDN'T WANT OZAIN TO KNOW THAT HE WAS HER SON, BECAUSE
PREVIOUSLY SHE HAD BEEN OBOÑU AND OZAIN MAMU AND TO THE
THREE MONTHS ABORTION. OZAIN TOOK THE SECRET OF THAT OMOKEKERE,
HE WAS BORN AND WAS GIVEN THE NAME OMO OBEYI OZAIN. OZAIN TOOK
MORE STRENGTH AND THE MOTHER COULD NOT SEE OZAIN, BECAUSE THIS WITH
HIS GREAT KNOWLEDGE HAD TAKEN AWAY PART OF HIS
FORCES TO MAKE YOUR COMMAND ON THE EARTH MIWA.
OZAIN was constantly calling upon the Great Power of Orun Laye, which
SHE WAS A POWERFUL SHADOW OF A WOMAN COMING OUT OF THE RIVER, BUT
NOTHING MORE THAN I SAW HIS SHADOW, AND HE SAW ANOTHER SHADOW THAT WAS
A pot from which smoke came out every now and then that was
OTUBON (GUNPOWDER) THAT SHE WORKED WITH; BUT OZAIN EACH
He left as soon as he arrived there because he was afraid of power.
SHE AND SHE ACCOMPANIED OZAIN IN HIS SONGS WHEN HE
I SAID: BELEKUN IS NOT AS GOOD AS IT IS IN BELEKUN EGGUN
Muna belekun laye.
THE SHADOW ANSWERED HIM: SEWA GUELEYE EGUN IS THE COMMANDER OF GOD
THE UNLO EGGUN ABORAN UNLO EGGUN UNLO OZAIN ABORAN UNLO.
ONE DAY OZAIN SENT TO LOOK FOR BELEKUN LAYE AT THE CENTER OF THE RIVER
AND I INVITE YOU TO A MEAL WITH A CUP OF OKRA, ANOTHER
WITH OSHINSHIN, ANOTHER WITH YAM BROTH, A PUMPKIN AND HE GAVE IT
THREE EYELE DUN DUN, THESE ARE COOKED AND PUT ONE ON EACH
JICARA, WHILE THEY WALKED THEY SANG:
EYELE EGGUN EGGUN BEKUN NILORUN OWAÑO NARE EGGUN BELEKUN
NO GOD.
OSUN STARTED TALKING WITH ORUN LAYE AND ASKED HIM WHY
SHE WAS LIKE THAT AND IF ONE DAY OZAIN WENT WHERE SHE WAS NOT
HE WILL DELIVER THE SECRET OF THE KOBELEFO (THE IKOKO) AND THIS ONE SAID TO HER
BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID OF HER AND IF ONE DAY SHE GAVE THAT UP
THE SECRET OF OZAIN HAD TO DISAPPEAR. OSHUN GAVE IT TO HIM.
OTA KEKE AND TOLD HER TO PUT HER BEHIND HIS SECRET TO
THAT EVERY TIME OZAIN WAS GOING TO MAKE A FOUNDATION OR RESOLUTION-
SEE SOMETHING I WOULD HAVE TO TELL HER AND NOT BE SCARED, WHEN
I arrived, I give you a goodbye to eat so that you always need me.
HE CAME OUT ON THE ROAD AND FOUND WHAT THEY HAD TOLD HIM.
One day Oshun was working at dusk, and Ozain came to her
HE APPEARED AND AFTER SHE SAW HIM SHE SAID: HERE YOU HAVE THE
KOBILEFO SECRET, I WILL NEVER GO WITH THIS AGAIN. AND IT BEGAN
TO BLEED AND HIDE AND SO THAT YOU HAVE MORE
YOU NEED TO SEE ORUN LAYE WHO WILL INDICATE SOMETHING TO YOU.
OZAIN IMMEDIATELY BURIED KOBELEFO AT THE FOOT OF ARAGBA AND GAVE HIM
JIO JIO, HUMMING THIS, COOK THIS FOOD WITH OSHINSHIN AND
SHE PLACED IT AT THE FOOT OF ARAGBA AND BEGAN TO CALL ORUN LAYE WITH
A CENSER AND A OIL LAMP, VARIOUS TYPES OF STICKS,
BRIGHT LIGHT AND STARTED TO RING THE BELL AND SANG:
THE SUN IS SHINING ON EARTH THE SUN IS SHINING ON EARTH.
At that moment, Oggun appeared where Ozain was and gave him
I ASK WHO HE WAS CALLING AND HE TOLD ME IT WAS ORUN LAYE.
AT THE MOMENT THEY PRESENTED EYE MEYI WHO WERE THE MESSENGERS OF
LIFE OR RUN AND THAT'S WHY THEY DIDN'T GET ALONG AND LEFT FOR THE
LAND OF ORUN LAYE.
OGGUN FOLLOWED THEM, WHEN THEY ARRIVED THEY KNELT BEFORE THIS, ORUN
I give Laye to Ozain two eya and to Oggun two eya as well.
LAND FROM ALL PARTS, LERI OF EYA, OF OLOGBO AND TO OZAIN
THE FANGS. OZAIN AND OGGUN STOOD AT THE FOOT OF A TREE
OF AROMA PLAYING WITH STEEL LIMAYAS AND THEY TOOK IT TO THE FOOT
OF THE WORLD. HE KNEELED AND BEGGED FOR THE
BLESSING TO HIS FATHER, THIS HE CONSECRATED ALONG WITH OZAIN AND OGGUN
AND HE SAID TO HIM: YOU WILL HAVE MY GREAT POWER AND OZAIN AND HE
CAST THE WAR THAT WAS BETWEEN OZAIN AND ORUN LAYE.
HERE BORN THE REASON NINE banana stems ARE TAKEN WHEN
THE AWO HAS AN ENEMY AND MAKES A LAMP AND ASKS EGGUN AND
LIFE IS A JOURNEY.
INSHE OZAIN:
21 IGI, TWO LERI OF EYA, ETU GUNGUN MADE AFOCHE, ETA KEKE,
ILEKE, ELEGUEDE, 7 ATARE, PEONIA META, INLE IBU, LIMAYAS,
BIRD CHASE, THREE BIRDS, 7 ATARE GUMA.
THE EYELE ARE GIVEN TO EGGUN, THEN ALWAYS UNITE ETU. GO
COVERED WITH GREEN, BLACK, AND YELLOW BEADS. EAT GRASS.
THIS IS YOUR TIME.
16.- WHERE THE MONKEY CHAIN IS BORN AND THE PIGLETS ARE ROASTED.
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NOTE: HERE PORK IS GIVEN TO ELEGBA.
OJIDI (THE MONKEY) WAS A VERY KIND AND INNOCENT KING, WITHOUT
EMBARGO, I WAS ALWAYS CHAINED. THE OJIDI MONKEY AND ELEDE
(THE PIG) THEY WERE GREAT FRIENDS, SO MUCH SO THAT THEY WENT TOGETHER TO
PICK UP THE FOOD FROM THE MARKET.
ONE DAY OJIDI WANTS TO GO WITH IFA, HE TAKES TEN PESOS AND WANTS
LET THEM TELL YOU HOW TO COLLECT MORE AT THE MARKET
Sweets that the pig. Ogbe Ate came out, marking Ebbo
WITH A SILVER CHAIN, WHICH HE DID NOT DO. I CHOSE FOR HIS
PART, IT WAS FOR IFA FOR THE SAME REASON, LEAVING THE SAME SIGN.
REQUESTING FOR THE EBBO FOUR CHICKENS, FOUR DOVES, $8.00;
BUT HE/SHE DID NOT DO IT EITHER.
BOTH MET IN THE MARKET AND WHILE PICKING UP THE DELICACIES
THEY FORMED SUCH A DISPUTE THAT CAUGHT OLOFIN'S ATTENTION
WHO SENT THEM TO LIGHT UP. WHEN INTERROGATED, THEY EXPRESSED
HIS ARGUMENTS; THEN I ORDERED TO CHAIN THE MONKEY, AND TO
I sent the pig to the pens. The piglet got a
ENORMOUS HEARTED AND BROUGHT ALL HIS LITTLE ONES.
THE NEXT DAY THE KING SENT TO CALL OJIDI AND THE PIGLET,
BUT SINCE THE MONKEY WAS IN PRISON, ONLY THE PIG CAME AND HIS
CHILDREN. OLOFIN TOLD THEM: WHEN THEY ARE GROWN, HE WILL SELL THEM.
RAS.
OLOFIN WAS VISITED BY STRANGE, ESHU, BUT HE HAD NOTHING
WHAT TO OFFER. IFA ADVISES YOU TO TAKE ONE OF THE
Small piglets that were starting to grow, will be killed,
I will roast it and offer it to Eshu. Olofin said; thanks to the
LECHON, STAY WELL WITH ESHU, AND THE MONKEY WILL REMAIN CHAINED.
THEREFORE, EVER SINCE, DESPITE BEING INNOCENT, THE MONKEY
LIVE CHAINED WHEN IN CAPTIVITY.
17.- WHEN THE BODY WAS IN A STATE OF DISARRAY.
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WHEN THE ODUNS BEGAN BY MANDATE OF OLOFIN THE CONS-
INTRODUCTION OF THE HUMAN BEING, IN THE WORK SHIFT OF OGBE ATE,
THIS HAD A DISCUSSION WITH BABA EJIOGBE, AS THIS LAST ONE
I HAD CREATED THE BRAIN INSIDE THE LERI, FOR WHAT
HE WOULD DIRECT THE BODY, BUT THE BRAIN DID NOT FULLY COMPLY
YOUR MISSION. THEN OGEB ATE CREATED THE CEREBELLUM SO THAT
IT WILL HELP THE BRAIN TO DIRECT THE BODY.
AT THE BEGINNING EVERYTHING WENT WELL, BUT ONE DAY IT CAME UP
ENVY AND BECAUSE OF THIS, THE STRUGGLE TO OBTAIN THE SUPREME
ABSOLUTE CIA TO DIRECT THE BODY BETWEEN THE BRAIN AND THE
CEREBELLUM, FOR WHICH REASON THE BODY WAS IN A STATE OF DISARRAY,
SUFFERING FROM TERRIBLE CONVULSIONS.
Knowing about this problem, Olofin intervened in the matter and
I SEND TO ORUNMILA TO REVIEW THE WORK OF OGBE ATE, AND THIS
HE DID IT, DELIMITING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN AND THE
CEREBELLUM. THIS WAS DONE BY ORUNMILA MARKING KOFIBRE WITH ABOREO
AND EYAMBA MEYI (HIDE OF THE FRONT LEGS OF THE BULL) AND THAT
IT WILL BE HUNG AROUND THE WAIST AND DEDILOGUN AKUKO. AND
WITH THIS I ACHIEVE THAT THE BRAIN AND THE CEREBELLUM ADJUST IN
HIS FUNCTIONS, AND THIS WAY THE BODY WILL MARCH WELL.
18.- THE BOY WHO FELL ASLEEP.
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PATAKIN:
IT WAS A TOWN LIKE MANY THAT ROSE BEFORE THE SUN CAME UP
RA THE SUN TO ASK HIM, BUT THERE WAS A BOY WHO ALWAYS
HE FELL ASLEEP, AND THOSE WHO WOKE UP EARLY ASKED
FOR HIM.
One day the people woke up, gathered, and went to see
OLUFUN TO LODGE COMPLAINTS THAT THEY WOULD GET UP
EARLY AND NOTHING WAS SOLVED AND THE BOY DIDN'T EVEN GET UP
NI PEDIA AND HE WAS THE ONE WHO RESOLVED. OLOFIN ASKED THEM: WHO IS IT
THE ONE WHO SOLVES FOR YOU. THEY ANSWERED: FOR US
THE BOY. OLOFIN TOLD THEM, THEN WHAT ARE THEY COMPLAINING ABOUT.
19.- WHEN THE KING EXILED THE WOMEN FOR BEING LIARS.
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PATIENT:
ONCE ORUNMILA WAS IN THE RIVER BECAUSE HE WENT TO GIVE IT
EATING A BIG FISH AT A IFA. UPON ARRIVING AT THE RIVER AND POSITIONING ONESELF
AT THE TIME OF THE CEREMONY, THE WOMEN WHO WERE THERE BEGAN-
THEY STARTED TO FORM A GREAT UPROAR, SAYING THAT ORUNMILA
I wanted to poison the water.
They went and reported him to the king, and he ordered that he be taken.
DIERAN.
WHEN ORUNMILA ARRIVED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE KING, HE ASKED HIM
IF IT WAS TRUE WHAT HE DID IN THE RIVER, ORUNMILA GAVE HIM
I contest that he was only feeding his IFA.
THEN THE KING THREW THE WOMEN OUT FOR BEING LIARS AND GAVE
THE FREEDOM TO ORUNMILA.
20.- WHEN OGBE ATE BOTO TO ORUNMILA TO THE RIVER.
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REZO: OGBE DANDE, ADIFAYOKO ADIFAFUN ORUNMILA IFA ADIFAFUN
YALORDE.
EBBO: A HEN THAT CACKLES, 16 DAYS, CHICKEN, EYE, 5 PULLETS
MADE WITH DIFFERENT HERBS, OTHER INGREDIENTS, OPOLO-
PO OWO.
PATAKIN:
ORUNMILA GAVE HIS CHILD DIFFERENT THINGS EVERY DAY
TO SUSTAIN HIM IN A WAR AND NOT LET HIM DIE; BUT OGBE
AFTER SO MANY REQUESTS, ONE DAY WHEN ORUNMILA ASKED HIM FOR A
SHE SAID: IF YOU WANT HER, GO GET HER AND THROW IT TO ORUNMILA
IN THE RIVER.
THEN ESHU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY AND SLANDERED OGBE
I was telling people that OGBE had thrown "a
THINGS TO THE RIVER TO POISON THEM. THIS REACHED THE EARS OF
THE SOLDIERS WHO INFORMED THE KING, WHO ORDERED TO ARREST
The OGBE ATE.
BEING IMPRISONED OGBE ATE, I THINK AND RECONSIDER AND WITH 16 OTAS
HE PUT A TEFAR, IMPLORING FORGIVENESS FROM ORUNMILA. THE CUSTODIANS
THEY SAW HIM AND TOLD THE KING THAT 'THE PRISONER WAS A FORTUNE TELLER.'
Before King Ogbe, I foretold that when he lay down,
I was playing on the bed and got scared and that I had a hen.
CLUECA. WHAT EBBO DID EBBO HAVE TO DO WITH HER. HE DID THE EBBO.
AND HE OBTAINED HIS FREEDOM.
THE KING ASKED OGBE ATE what the reason had been for
HE SAID HE HAD BEEN DETAINED AND HE ANSWERED THAT THEY HAD
RAISED A FALSE WITNESS.
WHEN OGBE ATE BOTO TO ORUNMILA, AT THAT MOMENT THE WOMEN
They were washing in the river and Babalú-Ayé was washing himself.
WOUNDS. OGBE ATE HAD TO GIVE A PARGO TO THE HEAD. THE
OLD BABALU-AYE SUFFERED A COLLAPSE AND DIED, BEING ACCUSED
GROVE ATE TO HIS DEATH. WHILE HE WAS IN PRISON, HE ASKED FOR A JAR OF
WATER AND BREAD TO QUENCH THIRST AND HUNGER; WITH THAT HE MADE
EBBO ON EARTH AND WITH 16 STONES BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE A BOARD AND
HE MANAGED TO GET OUT OF JAIL AND IT WAS PROVEN THAT THE OLD MAN
BABALU-AYE HAD DIED OF OLD AGE AND NOT OF WITCHCRAFT.
HERE TWO HENS ARE GIVEN TO OSHUN, THEY ARE PREPARED ROASTED AND
FROM THE RIVER.
NOTE: 16 different things are added to ORUNMILA, OLELE,
FACE BUNS, ETC.
21.- WHEN OSHUN NEGLECTED HER HUSBAND FOR THE SON.
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STORY:
ON THIS PATH OSHUN HAD A SON WITH OZAIN, A TIME CAME
THAT SHE NO LONGER ATTENDED TO OZAIN LIKE BEFORE, FOR ONLY
LIVED TO TAKE CARE OF HER SON. SEEING OZAIN NEGLECTED BY
HIS WIFE BECAUSE OF HIS SON, SICKENED HIM IN THE WOMB.
CAUSING AN ACUTE CONSTIPATION.
OSHUN, UPON SEEING THE SUFFERINGS OF HER SON, TOOK HIM TO
ORUNMILA AND IN THE OSODE THIS IFA CAME OUT. ORUNMILA PRE-
GUNTO A OSHUN: Who do you not attend to now just like before?
SHE ANSWERED HIM: TO MY HUSBAND OZAIN. ORUNMILA TOLD HIM; THEN
HE IS CONSIDERED ABANDONED BY YOU, AT THE SAME TIME HE IS JEALOUS.
FROM THE TREATMENT THAT YOU GIVE TO YOUR CHILD, AND FOR HIM TO BECOME
TO GET WELL, YOU HAVE TO RETURN TO YOUR
HUSBAND LIKE BEFORE, SO THAT HE GIVES HIS SON THE MEDICINE
Appropriate for curing it.
THAT'S HOW OSHUN DID IT AND UPON SEEING OZAIN BEING CARED FOR AGAIN
FOR HIS WIFE, HE MADE HIS SON OMIERO OF EWE MAZOR DRINK
QUILLA, CUNDIAMOR AND SEA WATER AND IT CURES HIS CONSTIPATION.
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