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ENCYCLOPEDIC TREATISE OF IFA

THEY ARE HERE. THEY ARE INSIDE

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NETWORK
I will go to the place where the elders gather to celebrate the wisdom of the Babalawos.
Here I am. I have come to do the work of Eshu and to honor him.

IN THIS SIGN IS BORN: IN FREE DAMAGE. THE DEFORMITY OF OZAIN.

DESCRIPTION OF THE ODDUN
Here Oya and the owl appeared on the earth to be messengers of Iku, but both
THEY GOT DISGUSTED AND THE OWL WENT THROUGH A LOT OF TROUBLE AND IN THE END HAD TO FLEE. IF YOU THINK

DISGUSTING YOURSELF WITH A PERSON, ANALYZE FIRST, DON'T LET IT BE THAT THIS SEPARATION CAUSES

YOU BE THE ONE WHO LOSES. THE OWNER OF THIS IFA MUST HAVE THREE DOGS IN HIS HOUSE AS
GUARDIANS OF THE SAME. THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE ARE MURDERED TO ROB. THROUGH THIS ODDUN IT CANNOT BE DONE.

NEGLECT PHYSICAL AILMENTS. THIS ODDUN KILLS PREGNANT WOMEN, DISTRIBUTES THE
DEATH AND SICKNESS ON EARTH, CAUSES DAMAGE FOR FREE. DOES NOT BELIEVE IN ANYONE. WHEN THIS
ODDUN OF IFA CAME TO EARTH AND SAID: "I OPEN THE DOORS OF DEATH". ENTER
THE ARARA IS THE KING OF AGASU WHO IS ORISHAOKO. THIS IS THE PATH OF THE CART DRIVER (IN
ARARA ALUJA). HE IS THE ONE WHO DRIVES THE CARRIAGE OF EGGUN TO THE CEMETERY. IT IS SAID ABOUT THIS
IFA: WHO ENTERS THE HOUSE OF THE AWO AND LEAVES WITH A DEAD BODY. THE BIRD OF THIS IFA IS THE
NIGHTINGALE. THE DEFORMITY OF OZAIN WAS BORN. THIS IFA IS FROM ITUTO. WHEN ONE LOOKS AT A PERSON
IF ARUN IS PRESENT AND THIS IFA IS SEEN, MALE ANIMALS ARE NOT SACRIFICED IN SEVEN DAYS.
NO CLASS. IT IS DONE IN LIFE WITH EVERYTHING THAT IS BROKEN IN THE HOUSE, AT THE SAME TIME AS
MAKE A CIRCLE OF ASHES, MARK THIS ODDUN AND GIVE IT A FEMALE EYELE. HERE YEWA
HE WANTED TO DESTROY THE WORLD AND TO PREVENT IT, NINE DOLLS OF ASH WERE MADE. WHEN
THIS ODDUN COMES OUT IN ATEFA, WATER IS POURED ON IFA AND A RAPID ADIE IS GIVEN TO CALM IT DOWN
THE BAD THING IS THAT THE HOUSE DOES NOT FALL APART. IN AN IFA, IT IS DETERMINED THAT ACTION MUST BE TAKEN

OKONFURUNALE GIVING TO ORUNMILA A MOTHER THAT IS VERY FAT. DO NOT EAT

NOTHING FROM THE STREET REACHES HIM. WHEN YOU GO OUT, PAY ATTENTION TO WHERE YOU STEP. ORUNMILA COMPLAINS THAT

You do not adhere to it. Talks about family separation and something lost. You got married and
I separate, the woman is mulatto and you are looking for her because she left. Because you hit her.
BECAUSE HE WAS JEALOUS OF A BLACK MAN, AND YOU WANT HER TO COME BACK. SHE IS CRYING
FOR HER AND HE IS SORRY AND IN A VERY BAD SITUATION, NOW HE IS WITHDRAWN. AT A TIME IN
YOUR HOUSE HAD MANY PARTIES. GET ALONG WITH YOUR MOM AND LISTEN TO HER ADVICE, YOU'LL BE FINE.
GOOD. YOUR CHILDREN DO NOT GET ALONG WITH YOU. AND YOU DO NOT HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO THE

DEAD BECAUSE THERE IS A EGGUN THAT SUFFERS ITS PAINS. THERE IS A SPIRIT THAT IS
IN LOVE WITH YOU AND WHEN YOU FEEL IT HE STANDS IN FRONT OF YOU
CONTEMPLATE IT. YOU MUST BE CAREFUL WITH A SPIRIT THAT CAN CAUSE YOU TO LOSE.
THE BRAIN. YOU HAVE DEATH CLINGING TO YOU AND YOU WANT TO TAKE IT AWAY AND A FAMILY SPIRIT HAS YOU
THIS IS SAVING, IT PREVENTS YOU FROM DYING. IF THAT SPIRIT IS OF A MAN, IT MUST BE GIVEN TO
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EAT AKUKO OR ABO, AND IF IT'S A WOMAN ADIE OR AGUTAN. YOU HAVE A BLACK CLOTHING AND YOU HAVE TO
OLD WITH THE SAME AND CAN'T WEAR MORE BLACK CLOTHES. DON'T GET WET WITH RAIN WATER NEITHER
TAKE COLDNESS. YOU HAVE A LOT OF SADNESS IN YOUR LIFE, GET HAPPY BECAUSE THAT
SADNESS IS CAUSED BY AN EGGUN THAT IS ATTACHED AND YOU DO NOT ATTEND TO IT. BEFORE YOU.
SHE WAS ALWAYS SINGING AND NOW SHE CRIES, SUFFERS AND IS NEUROTIC. THERE IS A BLACK MAN WITH THE
A VERY DEEP AND HOARSE VOICE THAT HAD BEEN FALLING IN LOVE WITH HER. YOU ARE A LITTLE RACIST AND SAY THAT

PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE BAD. TALK ABOUT CHEST PROBLEMS, TUBERCULOSIS, OF THE
THROAT, OF THE LEGS, IN SHORT, YOU HAVE TO TAKE GOOD CARE. YOU HAVE A SECRET IN YOUR LIFE.
TAKE CARE OF YOUR DOOR. DO NOT DISCUSS ANYTHING OF YOURS. THANK OLOFIN. BE CAREFUL WITH A
ANIMAL THAT COMES FROM THE STREET AND CAN ENTER YOUR HOUSE. DOES NOT WEAR ANYONE'S CLOTHES. THERE IS A CHILD

DISOBEDIENT. BE CAREFUL OF REPORTS THAT MAY BE MADE AGAINST YOU. YOU LIKE WITCHCRAFT. YOU
THEY SEND SPIRITS. MONEY IS KNOCKING AT THE DOOR AND IT WILL COME IN. YOU MUST CLOSE IT.
WELL THE WINDOWS AND DOORS SO THAT THIEVES DO NOT ENTER, WHO CAN KILL HIM TO
STEAL FROM THEM. RESPECT AND LOVE YOUR PARENTS. MARKS CHEST DISEASE, KIDNEY DISEASE, OF
THE LEGS.
ESHU OF THE SIGN: ESHU ALAWONA.
IT IS FROM THE ARARA EARTH. IT IS VERY POWERFUL AND ONE OF THE OLDEST, LIVES WITH SEGBOLISA (OBATALA).
IT MOUNTS ON ANOTHER MOUNTAIN WHERE IT GOES TO LOOK FOR WITH A PIPE OF ELEGUEDE. LOAD: ILEKAN, INLE
FROM NIGBE, THE FOOT OF ARAGBA, THREE INKINES, 4 SNAILS, 4 EBONIES, IVORY, EKU, EYA, EPO,
IYEFA, ERU, OBI KOLA, OBI MOTIWAO, OSUN, 7IGUI, 21 LEAVES. IT IS DECORATED WITH 7 SNAILS AND BEADS
OF ORUNMILA. LIKE A WHITE CHICKEN.
EWE OF THE SIGN: CANUTILLO, PRODIGIOUS, EUCALYPTUS AND HORSEFLY.
WORKS OF IRETE UNFA
SECRET OF THE SIGN
WELCOME ELEGBA. GIVE TWO ADIE TO OSHUN. TAKE CARE OF YOUR SPIRITUAL PROTECTIONS AND GIVE IT.
ABOUT EATING THE DEAD.
I beg so that I can go to a place
TIGER, TASK, WHITE ASH, GOOD, YARD, A POLE, GROUND, BODY, OIL.
TO KEEP EGUIN AWAY FROM THE DOOR
A dry obi is scraped and painted with Irete She, the sign is painted on the floor with efun, it is put on.
THE OBI, POWDER (ETUBON) IS SPRINKLED AROUND IT, OBI OMI TUTO IS GIVEN, AND THE ETUBON IS BURNED.
THEN THE OBI BREAKS IN THE DOOR.
THE PIECES TO DISTANCE IKU
NINE ITANAS, 9 PIECES OF ERAN MALU, 9 PIECES OF OBI, COLORFUL ASHO, A DOLL.
BARAKETE A SHANGO SIX ODU-ARA, 6 OFFERINGS WITH AMALA ILA RAW IN PASTE AND AN ODU-ARA IS PLACED
IN EACH IBA AND THERE HE IS GIVEN TO SHANGO THE EYELE HE ASKS FOR. THEN IT IS MADE ITA; AFTER GIVING
THE EYELE, 6 OIL WICKS ARE LIT,
EBBO
OSIADE, COLORFUL ASH, A BOTTLE OF RAINWATER, AN AKUKO. IT MUST BE CLEANED WITH
A pollon and a cuje, take it to a distant place and hit it with the cuje so it goes IKU.
WITH HIM.
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PRAYERS AND THEIR GHOSTS

NETWORK
I will give you my heart, and I will crush your head; I will be spiritual, my words will be powerful.

ERURU ELEBO. OÑI TUTO ETUTU ILE AWO IRETE UNFA.

NETWORK
I woke up this morning feeling very good and grateful for the day ahead. I'm ready to face whatever comes my way.

ERURU, OMI TUTO, ETUTU ILE AWO IRETE UNFA KOKO OSHE ERO MAFEREFUN ESHU ATI YALORDE.
SUYERE
EARNED TITLES PRIDE OF CHILDREN'S SPRING. EARNED TITLES PRIDE OF DAWN WITHOUT LIMIT. CONTINUOUS FLOW OF THE RIVER

THE END OF THE WORLD. THE CHICKEN SAYS THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE BECOME UNRELIABLE AND WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL SO THAT THE WORLD DOES NOT END.

O great babalawo, grant us blessings. We thank Eshu and Oshun.

DICE IFA IRETE SHE
DO NOT LET RAIN WATER FALL ON YOUR HOUSE BECAUSE IT CAN GIVE YOU FEVER. YOU
DO NOT CLING TO ORUNMILA, BE CAREFUL WITH A SEPARATION. YOU HAVE A BASKET.
HIDDEN. YOU HAVE SAID THAT YOU WOULD GIVE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF A JAM. IN YOUR
They have put something bad at the door out of revenge so that a great revolution breaks out.
AND JUSTICE INTERVENE. DO NOT EAT ANYTHING FROM THE STREET AND WHEN YOU GO OUT ALWAYS LOOK AHEAD
WHERE YOU STEP. THANK OLOFIN. BE CAREFUL WITH AN INJURY, DO NOT SPEAK OF YOURS.
PROVERBS
HE WHO IMITATES FAILS. THE STAFF THAT YOU THROW INTO THE AIR MAY RETURN TO MEET
YOUR HEAD. DEATH SAID: I PASS THROUGH THIS AT ALL HOURS. IRETE UNFA ENTERS THE HOUSE OF
AND HE COMES OUT CARRYING A CORPSE. HE WHO WALKS WITH SHIT DOES NOT SMELL LIKE FRUITS. THE FORTUNE TELLER

HE MUST DIE, THE DOCTOR IS MORTAL, THE MAGICIAN CANNOT LIVE FOREVER. THE ONE WHO DRESSES
OF WHITE, ONE MUST BE CAREFUL WITH THE BUTTER. HE WHO HAS HIS ARMS AND DOES NOT WORK, IS THE FATHER
ABOUT LAZINESS.
RELATION OF STORIES OR PATAKIN OF IRETE UNFA.
OBATALA AND THE CURSE ON COTUNTO
PATAKIN: OBATALA WAS SAD AND LONELY AND TO DISTRACT HIMSELF HE ORGANIZED A
SINGING CONTEST AMONG THE BIRDS OFFERING A PRIZE TO THE WINNER. IT WAS A TIME
WHEN THE BIRDS WERE NOT SINGING AND ON HEARING THIS THEY GATHERED TO SING AND
GETTING READY FOR THE CONTEST. THE PEOPLE WHO WERE ANXIOUS FOR THE DAY TO ARRIVE
THE TEST THEY REALIZED THAT ONLY SIX DAYS LEFT FOR IT TO TAKE PLACE
THE SAME, THE MOCKINGBIRD DID NOT PRACTICE; BUT SINCE HE WAS RESERVED, WHEN ASKED
ABOUT THIS, HE ANSWERED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW. DAYS BEFORE THE CONTEST, THE MOCKINGBIRD, TO
NOTICING THAT EVERYONE WAS PAYING ATTENTION TO HIM, HE WENT TO ORUNMILA'S HOUSE,
WHO SAW THIS IFA AND TOLD HIM: YOU HAVE TO MAKE A REQUEST WITH A WHISTLE, ROPE, AND OTHERS
INGREDIENTS OF THE EBBO. AND ORUNMILA GAVE HIM A WHISTLE TO PLAY AND PRACTICE. HE ARRIVED
FINALLY THE DAY WHEN OBATALA HAD ALL OF THEM SUMMONED TO COMPETE AND ACCORDING TO
The birds were arriving, they were singing and thus each one obtained a different rating.
IT HAPPENED THAT THE MOCKINGBIRD DID NOT ARRIVE AT THE CONTEST, AND OBATAL IMPATIENT FOR HIS DELAY, HIM

I SENT TO LOOK FOR HIM AT HIS HOUSE WITH ELEGBA, SO THAT HE COULD FIND OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HIM;

BUT ELEGBA MET HIM ON THE ROAD AND WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE CONTEST HE STARTED TO SING,
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DOING THE SAME AS THE OTHER BIRDS THAT HAD ALREADY SUNG. UPON HEARING IT, OBATALA SENT HIM TO
I SILENCE AND GRANT HIM THE AWARD, BUT THE COTUNTO, ENVIOUS BECAUSE HE HAD NOT WON IT
AWARD, WANTED TO BETRAY HIM AND AT NIGHT HE HID AND WAITED FOR THE MOCKINGBIRD
HE WILL ARRIVE. WHEN HE ENTERED HIS HOUSE, HE WAS BEHIND HIM AND FORCED HIM OUT WITH A STICK.
FROM THE HOUSE, TELLING HIM THAT HE COULD NOT ENTER THERE AGAIN. SINCE IT RAINED THAT NIGHT, THE THRUSH
MOJO EVERYTHING, AS IT REMAINED IN THE OPEN AIR. WHEN IT CLEARED UP, OBATALA CAME OUT TO VISIT EVERYONE

THE BIRDS WERE ASTONISHED TO SEE THE WET MOCKINGBIRD AND WHEN THEY ASKED HIM WHAT HAPPENED
HAPPENED, HE GOT SCARED AND NERVOUSLY TOLD HIM NOT TO HIT HIM. OBA TALLED.
FOR THIS RESPONSE FROM THE MOCKINGBIRD, HE SAID: I DO NOT COME TO HIT YOU, I AM OBATALA AND I COME TO

SEE WHAT YOU NEED. WHEN THE MOCKINGBIRD RECOGNIZED OBATALA, IT CALMED DOWN AND
THEN HE TOLD HIM WHAT THE COTUNTO HAD DONE, THROWING HIM OUT OF HIS HOUSE AND THREATENING HIM
WITH HITTING HIM IF HE CAME BACK THERE. OBATALA WENT TO LOOK FOR THE COTUNTO AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR, BUT

AS HE DID NOT KNOW THAT IT WAS OBATALA WHO WAS PLAYING AND BELIEVING IT WAS THE MOCKINGBIRD, HE SAID:

GET OUT OF HERE BECAUSE I'M GOING TO HIT YOU SO YOU KNOW WHO I AM, AND UPON OPENING THE DOOR
AND SEEING THAT IT WAS OBATALA, HE WAS ASTONISHED, ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS. OBATALA CURSED HIM:
AS LONG AS THE WORLD IS WORLD, YOUR COTUNTO, YOU WILL BE THE UGLIEST AND WORST BIRD IN THE WORLD.
HOW ORUNMILA SAVED HIS HARVESTS
PATKIN: ONCE ORUNMILA WAS A FARMER, WITH HARVESTS BEING THE BEST OF THOSE
LANDS, BUT OZAIN ENVIED HIM AND ONE DAY TO HURT HIM, HE POISONED ALL HIS LANDS
WITH BUGS AND MICROBES WHICH QUICKLY ATTACKED ALL THE VEGETATION FROM THE
ROOTS. THIS GAVE RISE TO SOME CROPS BEGINNING TO BE OF VERY LOW QUALITY TO THE
BECAUSE OTHER THINGS WERE LOST. ORUNMILA SEES THIS IFA WHEN IT CLEARS, SO HE COMMANDS IT
TO GIVE CANDLE TO THEIR HARVESTS. WHEN DOING THIS AND THE FIRE SPREADING, THEY BEGAN TO COME OUT
FROM THE EARTH BUGS AND MICROORGANISMS, THOSE THAT SERVED AS FERTILIZER TO THE EARTH WHEN THEY BURNED.

ORUNMILA CONTINUED WITH HIS WORK: HE TOOK SEVERAL BUNDLES OF FIREWOOD AND AKUKOS, THEN HE SET IT ON FIRE

I PUT THE WOODEN BUNDLES AND THREW THE EYES OF THE AKUKOS INTO THE FIRE, SO THAT THEY WOULD BURN;

IMMEDIATELY HE PICKED UP THE ASHES TO DO HIS WORK.

THE ANGER
THERE WAS A FARMER WHO HAD A CROP AND IT WAS GROWING, BUT IT
Neglect and this began to diminish due to the attacks of weeds and pests and
HARMFUL ANIMALS. THE FARMER INSTEAD OF HAVING PATIENCE AND FIGHTING TO SAVE THE
SOWING, WHAT HE DID WAS TO THROW FUEL ON IT AND LIGHT UP WHAT LITTLE WAS LEFT,
LOSING IT ALL. HE DID THIS OUT OF ANGER. NOTE: THIS PERSON HAS NOT
BUSY WATCHING OVER THE MORAL AND MATERIAL ADVANCEMENT OF HIS OWN.
AGINESE
PATHEKIN: IN THE LAND OF IYESHA, THERE WAS A PERSON WHO, BECAUSE OF HAVING GOOD RELATIONS WITH THE
QUEEN OF THAT TRIBE, ENJOYED GREAT POWERS, BY NAME AND BY MANDATE OF THE QUEEN
THEY CALLED HIM AGINESE. IT HAPPENED THAT ONE DAY A GREAT MEETING WAS CALLED IN ONE OF THE TRIBES
Nearby, where there was an old man named Shokuano who reigned and where he used to explain.
TO ALL THE CHIEFS OF THE NEIGHBORING TRIBES, THE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN TO COUNTERACT THE
DISEASE THAT DEPLETED THEM. QUEEN IYESHA DELEGATED HER TRUST IN AGINESE AND TOLD HIM:
YOU PUT ON MY CROWN AND LISTEN TO THE CONFERENCE, BUT FIRST GO SEE ORUNMILA SO THAT YOU
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MARK EBBO, FOR THE MEETING IS TO DISCUSS THE SICKNESS. AGINESE HEADED HOME
OF ORUNMILA, AND HE SAW THIS IFA, THE PATH OF ARUN, WHERE HE SAID: THE ONLY POWER THAT YOU
It is necessary to attend that conference as a representation of your queen.
HE HAS GRANTED YOU TO REPRESENT HIS PEOPLE, BUT BEFORE YOU GO, YOU HAVE TO DO
PRAYER WITH EYA EDEREGBE IN YOUR LERI, BECAUSE WHERE YOU GO IS THE KINGDOM OF SICKNESS
AND SURELY YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH THE CROWN YOU WEAR, BUT SINCE IT DOESN'T BELONG TO YOU
WHEN YOU RETURN AND GO TO RETURN HER TO THE QUEEN, ARUN WILL TAKE OVER HER BODY.
I tried to receive a talisman from the ancient Shokuano in that land so that you
ACCOMPANY AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE EBBO WITH: MILLET, SESAME, BLACK-EYED PEAS, AWADO, EVERYTHING
CRUDO AND ASHO ARA, WHO IS DRESSED. WHERE IS HE GOING TO THE NIGBE WHERE ESHU LIVES AND HAS TO
TAKE IT YOURSELF TO THE INTERESTED PARTY AND SAY: ARUN HERE I SOW YOU SO THAT YOU GROW AND DO NOT ME

YOU DISTURB MORE, ALSO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DOG, EVEN IF IT'S A TOY SO THAT
COLLECT ALL THE BAD INFLUENCES, THE THING ABOUT THE DOG IS IF HE DOESN'T RECEIVE A CHARM FROM

SHOKUANO. ONE ACCOUNTS TO ORUNMILA AND SAYS TO MAKE A SUPPLICATION ON MY HEAD WITH FISH
FROM DEL RIO, SO THAT FROM HERE I DO NOT GO TO LIVE IN THE KINGDOM OF ALL DISEASES AND I PLEAD
LET IT NEVER COME BACK FOR MY BODY OR MY HOUSE, LET IT NOT TAKE MY FAMILY THAT THEY FLEE TO THE
MANIGUA IN THE NAME OF SHAKUANO AND MAY THE DOG RECEIVE ALL THE DISEASES THAT
GO AND KNOCK ON MY DOOR AND WITH YOUR BARKS STOP THE DISEASE AND LET IT LEAVE
RUNNING TO THE MANIGUA, I WANT YOUR WIND OF SICKNESS TO CARRY YOU AWAY.
THE PATH OF DISOBEDIENCE
PATAKIN: THERE WAS A TOWN THAT OLOFIN, AS PUNISHMENT, WAS DETERMINED TO DESTROY THROUGH THE
AFTER ALL, ITS INHABITANTS DID AS THEY PLEASED, BUT OBATALA BEGGED
OLOFIN WHO WOULD GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO REGENERATE, THAT HE WAS GOING TO
REBUILD. THEN OLOFIN SUSPENDED THE RAIN AND OBATALA WENT OUT IN SEARCH OF ELEGBA AND HE
I ORDERED THEM TO BUILD THE TOWN IN THE SHORTEST TIME POSSIBLE, AS I HAD PROMISED TO
OLOFIN ACHIEVES THE REGENERATION OF HIS INHABITANTS. BUT ELEGBA ALLOWED HIMSELF TO BE CORRUPTED AND PUT

WATCHMEN ON THE ROADS TO ALERT HIM WHEN OBATALA WAS COMING SO THAT WHEN HE ARRIVED
YOU WILL FIND EVERYONE WORKING ON THE RECONSTRUCTION. AFTER SEVERAL
VISITS, OBATALA REALIZES THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG BECAUSE THE WORKS WERE NOT ADVANCING IN THE
PROPERLY, THEN THE ONE WHO LEAVES TAKES A DETOUR AND SURPRISES EVERYONE.
WORLD IN CORRUPTION AND IDLENESS. STRAIGHT AWAY HE ADDRESSES ELEGBA AND SAYS: ELEGBA
I PUT YOU IN FRONT OF THIS TOWN TO GOVERN IT, AND IN RETURN YOU HAVE BETRAYED ME, I
HAS DEFRAUDED, FROM THIS MOMENT YOU ARE NO LONGER IN CHARGE OF THIS, THEREFORE YOU HAVE
LOST THE CROWN OF KING. OBATALA GOES TO LOOK FOR OSHUN AND PUTS HER IN FRONT EVEN THOUGH SHE
I didn't have much knowledge, but by obeying Obatala in everything, in a short time
THOSE TOWN, WHICH PROSPERED AGAIN. TIME PASSED, AND OBATALA HAD A
WREN THAT I SANG TO WHEN HE RESTED UNTIL HE FELL ASLEEP; ONE DAY HE
THE MOCKINGBIRD FLED, AND OBATALA WAS LEFT VERY SAD, AND ELEGBA, SEEING HIM, SETS OUT TO LOOK FOR HIM

SINGER AND MANAGE TO BRING HIM. OBATALA BECAME VERY HAPPY AND THEN ELEGBA ASKS HIM TO
FORGIVE ME FOR HAVING DISAPPOINTED YOU AND AS PUNISHMENT I ASKED YOU TO GRANT ME TO BE
ALWAYS BEHIND THE FRONT DOOR TO THE TOWN TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT CAME IN AND OUT.
OBATALA HE GRANTED IT, BUT IN THAT TOWN THERE ALSO LIVED AN AWO NAMED IRETE UNFA,
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WHO LIVED HAPPY AND CONTENT, BUT HAD NEVER WORRIED ABOUT LUCK THAT
HE RAN THROUGH TOWN. ONE DAY AN IDEA OCCURRED TO HIM TO GO TO ANOTHER TOWN TO GET A CROWN
OF GOLD. ON THE WAY, HE MET OSHUN, WHO TOLD HIM: SON, DO NOT LEAVE YOUR VILLAGE,
DON'T PUT ON THAT GOLDEN CROWN, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR HEALTH. AWO DIDN'T LISTEN AND CONTINUED HIS
He walked and put on the golden crown and fell gravely ill, and although he managed to save his...

LIFE, LOST HIS HEALTH.

THE PATH OF THE DESPERATE
EBBO: TWO WHITE DOVES, A BULL'S TAIL, INSECTS, EKU, EYA, EPO, OPOLOPO OWO.
PLATFORM: THE OX IS AN ANIMAL BUILT IN PATCHES ALTHOUGH TODAY IT IS VERY STRONG, IT WAS A REASON
OF MOCKERY AND DISTRACTION OF THE OTHER ANIMALS, FROM THE SMALLEST (FLIES AND MOSQUITOES)
EVEN THE GREATEST. OLOFIN SAW THE OX AND FELT SORROW FOR ITS FORGETFULNESS, FOR THE OX HAD
SOMETHING WAS MISSING IN HIS BODY FOR HIM TO BE A BEAST OF GREAT STRENGTH;
THEN OLOFIN SAID TO HIM, TOMORROW COME TO SEE ME TO FINISH MY WORK WITH YOU. THE NEXT DAY HE
THE OX WAS EARLY AT THE PLACE OF OLOFIN, BUT THAT DAY OLOFIN TOOK A LONG TIME TO ARRIVE AT THE PLACE OF

THE CITATION THING THAT ANNOYED THE OX. WHEN OLOFIN ARRIVED, THE OX WAS ALREADY UPSET.
AND IMPATIENT; OLOFIN UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS HAPPENING BUT DID NOT SHOW THAT HE HAD NOTICED IT
AND HE BEGAN HIS WORK, BUT LIKE ALL WORK OF OLOFIN IT TAKES ITS TIME, THIS ONLY TO HIM
I HAD PUT THE CANS ON THE OX WHEN THE OX SAID: LOOK OLOFIN, I AM ALREADY TIRED, LIKE THIS
I AM LEAVING, BUT OLOFIN CALMLY SAID TO HIM: SON, I HAVE NOT FINISHED, FOR IN THAT...
THE WAY YOU ARE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THE MOUNTAIN AND YOUR LIFE WILL BE A CALVARY. THE OX DID NOT DO

CASE AND HE WENT TO THE MOUNTAIN BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE COULD TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF; BUT OLOFIN KNEW
WHEN THE OX ENTERED THE MOUNTAIN IT WAS GOING TO BE VICTIM OF THE DIFFERENT INSECTS THAT
ALLI VIVIAN AND KNEW THAT HE WOULD RETURN AT ANY MOMENT TO ASK FOR HELP AND FORGIVENESS TO THE SAME
TIME. AFTER A WHILE, THE OX PRESENTED ITSELF WHERE OLOFIN HAD SAID IT WOULD.
PREDECIDED, THEN OLOFIN SAID TO HIM: LOOK, I KNEW YOU WOULD COME AGAIN FOR YOUR
IMPATIENCE, YOU DIDN'T LET ME FINISH, IT'S OKAY I WILL HELP YOU, BUT FIRST EAT AND DRINK
WELL, I’VE NOTICED THAT YOU’RE HUNGRY. THE OX NODDED AND SAID, I HAVEN’T Eaten FOR SEVERAL DAYS,
NO SLEEP. WHEN THE OX HAD BEEN CLEANED AND FED, IT FELL INTO A DEEP SLEEP.
OPPORTUNITY THAT OLOFIN TOOK TO COMPLETE HIS WORK. WHEN THE OX WOKE UP
OLOFIN TOLD YOU: YOU CAN NOW RETURN TO YOUR ENVIRONMENT, FOR FROM TODAY ALL THOSE INSECTS THAT YOU
THEY WERE MAKING LIFE IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU, NOW THEY WILL LEAVE YOU ALONE, FOR WITH YOUR IRUKE (TAIL) YOU CAN

SCARY. NOTE: ON THIS PATH, YOU HAVE TO PUT ON OBATALA (IF THE PERSON HAS IT), A
I invoke so that I can scare away all evil. NOTE: For this IFA, the AWO must
TO CONSECRATE WITH OLOFIN AND NOT TO BE DESPERATE.