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PRAYER: OJUANI BOSA KOPATO LOTA KORATO OWO LOGUN ASAYENI

LOWO ORUNMILA, AKUKO, ADIE LEBO.

PRAYER: OJUANI BOSA BOMOSA ADIFAFUN OKUN ATI OBATALA.

IFA FORE IRE OMO ESHU ATI OLOFIN.

IN THIS ODDUN IS BORN:

1.- THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.

DESCRIPTION OF THE ODDUN.

THERE IS A COURT LAWSUIT BY A PERSON WHO TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF

AND THEY BLAME YOU.

YOU SHOULD NOT GO OUT ON THE STREET AFTER TWELVE AT NIGHT.

YOU ARE A PERSON WHO HAS GREAT PRETENTIONS.

EVIL EYES ARE THE CAUSE OF EVERYTHING BAD THAT A PERSON

SUFFERS.

A SON COMES TO HIM ON THE WAY, AND IN ORDER FOR HIM TO COME TO
HIM WELL, HE HAS TO DO EBBO, DON'T BE A THING THAT HE SHOULD
DROWN AT BIRTH, BECAUSE THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED
IN HIM NOT TO BE BORN. WHEN THE CHILD IS BORN YOU HAVE TO GIVE
HIM WARRIORS AND ORUNMILA, SO THAT THEY REMOVE HIM THE CURSE
AND THE DRAGGINGS THAT HE BRINGS DUE TO THE EVIL WORKS THAT
THEY DID TO THE MOTHER, SO THAT HE WOULD NOT ACHIEVE IT.

THIS WAS WHERE PEOPLE DID NOT WANT ORUNMILA'S WOMAN TO GIVE
BIRTH.

THE PERSON DOES NOT HEAR ADVICE AND THAT'S WHY HE HAS WORK.

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YOU HAVE TO FEED A DECEASED PERSON WHO IS PAINING.

BE CAREFUL OF SEXUAL DISEASES.

OSHUN IS BRAVE WITH ALL OF YOU. EVERYONE IS WRONG AND HE WHO

DOESN'T HAVE ONE THING, HAS ANOTHER, YOU. THEY DO NOT COMPLY
WITH IT.
YOU MUST RESPECT AND WORSHIP SAINT LAZARO.

THEY ARE PUTTING WITCHCRAFT AT THE DOOR, THAT'S WHY MANY

TIMES WHEN HE GOES TO LEAVE HE REPENTS. PRAY FOR LERI TO
COUNTERATE THOSE BAD INFLUENCES.

THEY HAVE TO SANCTICATE THE CHILD AND MAKE HIM EBBO, SO HE

DOESN'T GO AWAY.

THERE ARE FIGHTS WITH YOUR SPOUSE'S RELATIVES, BECAUSE THEY

DO NOT AGREE WITH THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.

IT SPEAKS ABOUT THE MAN WHO HAD MANY ENEMIES FOR NOT BEING
NATIVE TO THE LAND WHERE HE LIVED, AND WAS THE OBA OF THEM ALL.

WHEN THE DONKEY IS PUT MORE LOAD THAN IT CAN SUPPORT TAR,
REFUSES TO WALK. YOU ARE ALREADY TOO OVERWHELMED BY SO
MANY PROBLEMS THAT YOU FACE IN LIFE, AND MANY TIMES THE DESIRE
TO CONTINUE FIGHTING AND EVEN LIVE IS TAKEN AWAY.

HERE OBATALA CURSES THE LAND OF OBARA NI LAYE.

THE INSHE OZAIN OF THIS IFA TAKES INLE FROM SEVEN DIFFERENT
PLACES, BRAVA ANTS AND GBOGBO IGUI.

TRIBUTES SHOULD BE OFFERED TO YEMAYA. CORAL FISHERMAN.

THE CARBONERO MARRIAGE AND THE ABANDONED GIRL.

ALL THE EVIL EYES ARE ON YOU.

HERE THE AWO BECOMES OBSESSED WITH OZAIN'S WORK TO CURE THE
SICK AND FORGETS ABOUT IFA AND LOSES HIS LUCK.

WHEN THE AWO WORKS WITH OZAIN FOR THIS ODDUN, HE MUST SMOKE
IN HOOKAH, AND WHEN HE DOES BAD WORK WITH ARONI, HE BA*A WITH
EKO FIFO.

BE CAREFUL THAT AN OLD MAN DOES NOT CURSE YOU, WHO NEVER
RAISES HEAD.

ESHU OF THE SIGN: ESHU ARUFINI, ESHU BARABO.

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ESHU ARUFINI (THE CRIMINAL):

THIS ELEGBA IS A GOLDEN COMPANION. IT IS A MU*EQUITO THAT WEARS

EYES AND TONGUE OF A SNAPPER, THREE NEEDLES, THREE BLADES,
THREE SEEDS OF OU, THREE KOIDE, A*ARI ODO AND OKUN, BANANA
LEAVES, KOLA, ERU, OBI, OSUN, AZOGUE, A INKIN AND 21 STICKS
(WONDERING).

ESHU BARABO:

A POROUS OTA, KOLA, ERU, OBI, OSUN, ARIDA, HIERBA GARRO,

GET UP, BEJUCO MOWO, 13 ATARE, EKU, EYA, 3 GRAINS OF AWADO, 3

GRAINS OF CRUSHED IWEREYEYE, EYES AND MOUTH OF A SNAIL. THE
OTA LOOKS HIGH AND THE CROWN IS TURNED BACKWARDS. HE EATS
AKUKO AND MAKES A DUSTER WITH THE TAIL FEATHERS.

EWE OF THE SIGN:

SAGE, MALVATE, COROJO, ESPARTILLO, PARAISO, YELLOW PLUM, WHITE

CEDAR, WIN BATTLE, CORALILLO AND CROTO.

WORKS AND WORKS OF OJUANI OSA.

CONSTRUCTION SITE:
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YOU TAKE A LARGE COAL, POUR IT WITH EPO AND PUT THE GENERAL
ARAYES IN IT, AND PUT IT TO ELEGBA RA. ELEGBARA IS PUT FIRST OF
THE JUJU OF THE AKUKO'S TAIL, HE IS PUT ON WITH OU FUN FUN AND
DUN DUN, IYEFA IS PUT ON HIM AND HANGED ABOVE ELEGBARA.

EBBO:
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SOAP, SCRUBBER, ETU MEYI, $4.20.

EBBO TO PREVENT HEAD CONDITION:

SAGE AND YEFA LEAVES IS WET AND SPREADED ON THE EYES FROM
FRONT TO BACK; AN AKUKO, OUNKO AND 4 EYELE.

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OPARALDO AWO:

ODDUN IS PUT ON THE BOARD, SPREAD ON THE FOREHEAD AND FACE,

BLOWN ON THE DOOR AND THEN TWO OBI FUN FUN ARE PAINTED, THEY
ROLL AROUND THE HOUSE AND AFTER THREE DAYS THEY ROLL THEM
SO THAT THEY FALL OUTWARDS AND THEY ASK ORUNMILA WHERE THEY
ARE GOING.

INSHE TO SAVE THE AWO FROM THE HEART.

IT TAKES A HEART OF BEEF, EWE IBAYU (PARAISO), EKU, EYA, ERU, OBI,
ITANA, ATARE MEDILOGUN, ADIE MEYI FUN FUN.

INSHE: IT IS PAINTED MARKING THE HEART AND ON THE CHEST THE

ODDUN OJUANI BOSA, THIS IS COVERED WITH FIVE LEAVES OR TWIGS OF
PARADISE. THE AWO LIES IN FRONT OF ORUNMILA. THE HEART IS
CHARGED WITH ERU, OBI, KOLA, ATARE MEDILOGUN, EFUN, EYA AND

IT IS PUT INSIDE THE IFA OF THE AWO.

OBI IS GIVEN TO ORUNMILA, GIVING HIM AN ACCOUNT OF THE INSHE

THAT IS GOING TO BE DONE FOR THE HEALTH OF BROTHER SO-AND-SO,
AND THE ADIE IS PUT TO ORUNMILA AND THEY SING:

"IFA LAYE OKOKAN OMORUN SELARA

"OMONIFA OKOKAN DIDARA ADELENIFA DIDARA".

THEN THE ADIE ARE GIVED BY GIVING EYE TO THE SIGN THAT IS IN THE
CHEST OF THE AWO AND TO THE HEART THAT IS INSIDE THE IFA OF THE
AWO TOGETHER WITH THE IFA THE O*I AND THE JUJU ARE PUT IN THE
HEART THAT IS ALSO PUT INSIDE THE LERI OF THE ADIE AND IYEFA IS
THROWN, SEALING WITH OPOLOPO ORI.

THE ADIE ARE TAKEN TO BURY INLE IBU AND WITH THE OKOKAN THE
SIGN OF OJUANI BOSA IS MADE EBBO, PUTTING THIS INSIDE THE EBBO.

THE AWO MUST BE GIVING EBBO MISI WITH EWE IBAYU (PARAISO) FOR A
WEEK. THE AWO WHO PERFORMS THIS CEREMONY MUST HAVE THE LERI
ROGATED WITH AN EYA TUTO AND THE OTHERS INGREDIENT TES DE
RIGOR.

INSHE TO DESTROY THE AWO OF THIS SIGN:

A HEART OF BEEF IS TAKEN AND PLACED IN FRONT OF ORUNMILA, IT IS

OPENED IN THE MIDDLE WITH AN OLD KNIFE. THE OJUANI BOSA SIGN IS
PAINTED ON THE LEAF, EPO IS SPREAD ON IT AND THE NAME AND IFA
NAME OF THE AWO IN QUESTION AND ITS OJUANI BOSA SIGN IS PUT
INSIDE. A HANDS OF IKINES OFO, A DUN DUN OTA WITH EGGUN SIGN AND
A QUITE LARGE CUABA.

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THEN AN ADIE GRIFA (ADIE SHASHARA) IS GIVEN TO HIM WITHOUT
SPILLING LE EYERBALE TO IFA, THE LERI AND THE OKOKAN OF THE ADIE
GET INSIDE THE HEART; THE OKOKAN OF MALU IS TAKEN AGAIN WITH
BLACK THREAD, IT IS WRAPPED IN ASHO DUN DUN, IT IS CHINKED WITH
OU OF COLORS FUN FUN, DUN DUN, PUPUA, OPOLOPO OTI IS POURED
ON IT AND LEFT FOR SEVEN DAYS IN FRONT OF ORUNMILA POURING IT
EVERY DAY OTI AL INSHE AND KEEPING ORUNMILA ON. AT THE END OF
THIS TIME, IT IS TAKEN TO BE BURIED INSIDE THE RIVER, THE ADIE IS
TAKEN TO ILE YEWA ON THE SAME DAY.

AFTER THE AWO WHO DID THE WORK, BECOMES EBBO OF OJUANI BOSA
AND GIVES TWO EYELE TO HIS LERI TO OBATALA, THE EYELE TOGETHER
WITH THE EBBO GO TO ILE OKE.

WHEN BURYING THE INSHE IN THE RIVER THEY SING TO EGGUN:

SUYERE: "BABA EGGUN LAMIGBAYE

OKOKAN LAMILORO
OKOKAN LAWEO OSUN".

AWO DEFENSE INSHE:

OJUANI BOSA IS PAINTED ON THE FLOOR AND OBATALA IS PUT ON TOP

OF IT

OF THE SIGN, OBATALA IS COVERED WITH EWE OKAN WHICH IS THE

MACAW (MALLENIA LAUFILORIA) WHICH IS ALSO CALLED THE HEART OF A
MAN, AND TWO EYELE FUN FUN ARE GIVEN TO OBATALA, SINGING AND
TO EGGUN THE FOLLOWING SUYERE:

"OKOKAN LAMIWAYE OKOKAN LAMI GOLD

 OBATALA OSHA UMBO LOMIWAYE".
OKOKAN LAMIWAYE OKOKAN LAMI GOLD
OBATALA OSHA MORO UMBO LOMIWAYE".

THE OKOKAN IS TAKEN FROM THESE TWO EYELE AND THEY ARE
WRAPPED IN THE MAN'S HEART THAT OBATALA HAD AND THEY ARE PUT
IN AN IGBA, ERU, OBI, KOLA, OSUN, 16 ATARE CRUSHED ARE ALSO PUT
IN. WHEN THIS DRY IS CRUSHED AND POURED EWE OKILAKPA
(POWERFUL ARM), ALSO CALLED WITH ME NO ONE CAN, A WASHED AND
EATEN ADELE KEKE IS ADDED AND IYEFA IS POURED INTO IT. THIS BAG IS
LINED WITH ILEKE DE OBATALA IN THE BEGINNING WHITE, ALL TOWARDS
THE HALF WHITE AND RED, THEN WHITE AND PURPLE AND CLOSES WITH
WHITE AND PURPLE.

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PRAYERS AND SUYERES.

PRAYER: INSHE NISHE TOYU INBERIN BAMBA LODO LOYU EJA ONA ATOSI
NILEMU ADIFAFUN ELEBUTE. BABA AWO IBERIKI IWO LODUN
KOTOTEFA.

SUYERE: AWO NIBAO NIMU IYALO.

IFA SAYS:

THAT THE CAUSE OF EVERYTHING OF YOURS IS HALF HALF IS BECAUSE

YOU. IT HAS ALL EYES ON IT; A SON COMES TO HIM ALONG THE WAY FOR
HIM TO GET WELL, HE HAS TO DO EBBO; DON'T BE THING THAT CHOKES
YOU; YOU. HE DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR ADVICE FROM ANYONE; FEED A
DECEASED PERSON WHO IS PAINING, THIS IS WHY YOU. YOU HAVE TO
CURE A SICK MAN WITH ANYTHING YOU. GIVE THAT PERSON TO YOU
AFTER THIS GOOD IS BROUGHT TO ANOTHER PERSON, SO THAT YOU. I
ALSO CURE HER, BUT IF YOU. DO NOT MAKE PRAGATION IT WILL HAPPEN
THAT INSTEAD OF CURE HER SHE WILL DIE WHERE YOU ARE. YOU WILL
BE SEEN IN JUSTICE MATTERS; YOU. HE HAS A PAWNED GARMENT; YOU.
IT'S VERY NICE WHEN THEY'RE SLEEPING DO; YOU. CATCHED AN
ILLNESS AT A PARTY OR GOT OUT OF A BED BAREFOOT; YOU. SHE IS BAD
IN ONE LEG AND IS NOT GOOD WITH HER PERIOD. ALL THE HUSBANDS
THAT YOU. THEY HAVE ALWAYS WANTED OR HAVE WANTED ME TO
WORK FOR THEM, AND FOR THIS REASON THEY SHOULD NEVER
ADVANCE; YOU. SOMETIMES HE WANTS TO GO OUT ON THE STREET AND
REGRETS IT; IN ITS

THERE IS A SICK CHILD AT HOME WHO MAKES A LOT OF BULLY, FEED HIS
HEAD. THERE IN HIS HOUSE A PLAGUE IS NOTICED; DON'T BE A LIAR; BE
CAREFUL THEY ARE PUTTING RUGS AT THE DOOR OF YOUR HOUSE. THIS
IS THE REGRET I THINK YOU FEEL WHEN YOU WANT TO GO OUT ON THE
STREET. YOU. YOU HAVE TO SANCTICATE THE CHIC; HER ENEMIES DO
NOT LET HER RAISE HEAD; YOU. HE DOES NOT HAVE A GOOD
RECEPTION WITH SEVERAL OF HIS FAMILY; YOU. THEY ARE THREE
FRIENDS AND ONE KNOWS MORE THAN ANOTHER AVOID THE TRAGEDY
THAT THERE IS IRON IN THE MIDDLE.

SAYINGS:

1 .- THE ENJOYMENT OF THE SWEET LIFE.

2 .- TO NOT BE EMBARRASSED, BE PRUDENT, DOCTOR AND WISE WITH

ANTS.

3 .- GOING TO BED AND GETTING UP EARLY MAKES THE HEALTH AND

ENERGY OF A MAN.
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4 .- IF A CHILD OPENS A POT WITH BOILING WATER, THEY COVER IT
AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE HEAT.

LIST OF STORIES OR PATAKINES OF OJUANI OSA.

1 .- WHERE GOLD CAME TO THE EARTH AND WAS CALLED ORISHA

ARUFIN

PRAYER: ORUN IGBALE OJUANI BOSA ARUFIN ARUFIN ADIE ARA*A

ORUNIMOLE ORO NILEO AWO.

PATAKIN:

AT THE BEGINNING OF ODO AIYE (THE EARTH) WAS CREATED, HUMAN

BEINGS WERE ALL IN CONSTANT KILLING AND IT WAS NECESSARY TO
IMPOSE A LAW THAT WOULD MAKE THEM COME TO REASON, THEN CES
THE KINGS MET AND APPOINTED A MESSENGER TO GO AND GIVE THE
COMPLAINTS TO OLOFIN, BUT BEFORE THEY LOOKED AT AN AWO
CALLED ARUFIN, WHICH TOOK THE OJUANI BOSA SIGN FOR THEM,
MARKING THEM EBBO WITH THE CAMI SA, OKAN JIO JIO, EKU, EYA, EPO,
ORI, EFUN, OTI, OPOLOPO OWO.

THE KING TOOK HIS SHIRT AND THE INGREDIENTS AND GAVE THEM TO
ORUNMILA WHO MADE HIM THE EBBO AND TOLD HIM THAT TO GO SEE
OLOFIN HE HAD TO BE AN IRUNMOLE, AND HE TOOK IT AND BATHED HIM
WITH THE CHICK'S EYE, ADIE, ARA*A, SO THAT ESHU ODE ORUN WOULD
OPEN THE DOOR FOR HIM. I PAINTED HIM WITH EFUN IN HIS BLACK SHIRT
ON THE CHEST OSHE TURA, THE 16 MEYIS, IRETE YERO, OGUNDA FUN,
AND OJUANI BOSA ON THE BACK.

HE HIMSELF STARTED THE JOURNEY, WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE DOOR

ODE ORUN GAVE THE CHICK TO ESHU ODE ORUN, HE OPENED THE
DOOR AND CAME IN. INTERVIEWED WITH OLOFIN EXPLI CANDOLE WHAT
HAPPENED ON EARTH.

OLOFIN, WHEN SEEING HIS SHIRT, SAW THAT IFA HAD TURNED HIM INTO
AN IRUNMOLE AND TOLD HIM, IFA HAS GIVEN YOU THE POWER TO BE
THE EXECUTIONER OF INJUSTICES, YOU WILL BE THE ONE WHO
AJUSTICES ALL CRIMINALS. ALL EGGUNS AND ORISHAS HAVE TO USE
YOU, YOU WILL BE ORUNMILA'S TRUST AND YOU WILL ALSO BE IN
CHARGE OF TAKING EGGUN TO THE IGBO EGGUN. WHEN YOU RETURN
TO EARTH AND IN ADDITION TO ORISHA ARUFIN YOU WILL BE CALLED
GOLD. YOUR WORDS WILL BE THE LAW AND YOU WILL HAVE OJUANI
BOSA AS SECRETARY WHO WAS THE ONE WHO BROUGHT YOU HERE.

UPON HIS RETURN TO EARTH, ARUFIN ORO BURIED HIS SHIRT WITH THE
CHICKEN AND EXECUTED ALL THE CRIMINALS, CLEANING THE EARTH OF
BANDITERS.
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OJUANI BOSA IS SINCE THEN IN CHARGE OF CALLING HIM AND
REMINDING HIM OF HIS MISSION BY ORDUMARE.

SINCE THEN THE MAJOR SUYERE OF OJUANI BOSA IS FROM THE ABOVE,
BECAUSE WITH HIM HE CONSECRATES GOLD.

2 .- BECAUSE THE DOG AND THE CAT ARE ENEMIES.

PATAKIN:

THERE WAS A MARRIED WHO HAD A GOLD RING WHICH WAS AN AMULET
AND THE ONE WHO OWNED IT WOULD HAVE ENOUGH TO LIVE, BUT THE
MARRIED DIDN'T KNOW IT AND ONE FOOD DAY THEY SOLD IT FOR LITTLE
MONEY.

AS SOON AS THEY TOOK THE RING OUT OF THE HOUSE, THE MARRIAGE
BEGAN TO GET IMPOVERISHED, NOT KNOWING WHERE TO LOOK FOR
MONEY TO FOOD THEM.

THEY HAD A DOG AND A CAT WHO WERE HUNGRY WITH THEM. THE TWO
ANIMALS CONFERRED TO SEE HOW THEY COULD HELP THEIR MASTERS
AND RETURN THE RING THAT WAS THEIR LUCK.

FINALLY THE DOG FOUND A WAY OUT TO RECOVER HER. THE CAT TOLD
THE DOG: THE RING IS WELL KEPT IN A BOX THAT CANNOT BE OPENED;
THE DOG ANSWERED HIM: TAKE A MOUSE SO THAT IT gnaws AT THE BOX
AND TELL HIM THAT IF HE REFUSES YOU WILL EAT IT. THE CAT LISTENED
TO THE DOG'S ADVICE AND IT SEEMED WELL, HE RUN TO THE RIVER,
FOLLOWED BY THE DOG AND WHEN THE DOG ARRIVED, SINCE THE CAT
DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO SWIM, THE DOG TOOK HIM TO THE OTHER SHORE.

FINALLY THE CAT CAPTURED A MOUSE AND WENT WITH IT TO THE

HOUSE WHERE THE RING WAS STORED INSIDE A WOODEN CHEST. THE
MOUSE OPENED A HOLE AND THEY TOOK THE SORTI JA.

THE CAT AND THE MOUSE ARRIVED WITH THE RING TO THE SHORE OF
THE

RIVER WHERE THE DOG WAS WAITING FOR IT, THEY RELEASED THE
MOUSE AND THE DOG CROSSED THE RIVER WITH THE CAT ON HIM.
WHEN REACHING THE OTHER SHORE THEY STARTED THE WAY BACK TO
THEIR MASTERS, BUT THE CAT CAME AHEAD AND ARRIVED FIRST WITH
THE RING.

THE WOMAN OF THE HOUSE, WHEN SEEING THE CAT WITH THE RING,
SAID: THE DOG WILL BE VERY GOOD, BUT THE CAT IS MORE
INTELLIGENT, BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONE WHO RETURNED THE RING TO
US. THE HUSBAND SAID: THE CAT IS A GOOD ANIMAL, WE WILL ALWAYS
FEED HIM AND TAKE CARE OF HIM LIKE A SON. WHEN THE DOG HEARD
THAT HE STARTED BARKING AND THE MARRIAGE INSULTED HIM AND HIT
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SINCE THEY THOUGHT THAT THE DOG HAD NOT WORKED IN THE
SEARCH FOR THE RING.

THE CAT WHO WAS SITTING WAS WASHING HIS FACE WITHOUT SAYING
ANYTHING IN FAVOR OF THE DOG, SO THE DOG WAS OUTRAGED WITH
THE CAT WHEN UNDERSTANDING THAT HE HAD USURPED HIS
RECOMMENDATION THINK, BECAUSE HE WAS ONLY THE ONE WHO
DEVISED THE WAY TO RECOVER THE RING AND CHASED HIM OUT OF THE
HOUSE AND EVERY TIME THE CAT TRIED TO ENTER THE HOUSE, HE
ATTACKED HIM, CHASING HIM AND FROM THAT DAY THE DOG AND THE
CAT ARE ENEMIES.

NOTE: THIS PATH TALKS ABOUT A PERSON WHO LIVES ENJOYING WHAT
ANOTHER IDEA, INTELLIGENCE CIA OF ANOTHER OR THE
EFFORT OF ANOTHER.

3 .- THE ROOSTER AND THE ROOSTER.

INSHE OF THE SIGN: LERI OF AKUKO, THREE JUJU OF THE TAIL OF THE
AKUKO, IGUI AMANSA HANDSOME, WINNER, LOSES
COURSE AND EVERYTHING THE ROOSTER HAS IN
HIS GIZARD.

PATAKIN:

ON THIS ROAD THERE WAS A TOWN WHERE A ROOSTER LIVED WHO HAD
A FINE ROOSTER WHICH WAS HIS FORTUNE. THIS HAD WON A LOT OF
MONEY PLAYING HIS COCK.

ONE DAY THE ROOSTER HAD FINISHED WINNING IN A FIGHT, ENDING UP

EXHAUSTED AND TIRED BECAUSE THE FIGHT HAD BEEN VERY STRONG.

4 .- OSUN AND ORUNMILA.

PRAYER: OJUANI OMO OSA META BI OMOLERIKU ETUTU KAPATO AWO

ADIFAFUN OLOFIN OSUN TIKI LAYENIFA ADIE IFA FORE OMO ESHU
LODAFUN ORUNMILA.

EBBO: AKUKO, ADIE, EYELE, OSUN, MALAGUIDI META, ATITAN ILE,

GBOGBO TENUYEN, SHOGORO ARA, OPOLOPO OWO.

PATAKIN:

OSUN LIVED NEXT TO OLOFIN AND HE GAVE HIM THE VIRTUE OF

KEEPING THE HEALTH OF ALL OLOFIN'S CHILDREN ON EARTH.
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OSUN SET OUT AND WENT TO ORUNMILA'S HOUSE, LIVING AS A
GUARDIAN OF ORUNMILA AND HIS CHILDREN.

ORUNMILA WAS A HUNTER AND EVERY MORNING WHEN HE WENT

HUNTING HE KNEELN IN FRONT OF OSUN AND PRAYED TO HIM:

"OSUN LAYERE NI IFA OSUN TIKI TIKI KASHORO SHANGO AWO OMO OSA
 META IRE ABIKU."

THEN HE TOOK AN EYELE AND GAVE IT TO OSUN TO EAT AND HE TOOK IT

ROASTED TO THE MOUNTAIN AND LEFT IT AT THE FOOT OF IGUI MORURO
AND TOOK THAT EWE FOR EBBOMISI.

ON ONE OF THOSE TIMES THAT HE WAS GOING HUNTING, HIS CHILDREN,

WHO WERE THREE, TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ORUNMILA'S GOING AND
WENT OUT OF SIMPLE CURIOSITY TO SEE WHAT THING OSUN HAD AS A
SECRET, WHICH, WHEN THEY OPENED OSUN, HE KILLED THEM ALL
THREE .

WHEN ORUNMILA ARRIVES HE REALIZES WHAT HAPPENED AND BEGINS

TO BEG OSUN TO SAVE HIS THREE CHILDREN, THEN ORUNMILA TOOK AN
EYELE, AN ADIE, OPOLOPO OTI AND GIVES IT TO OSUN SINGING:

"BABA ILASHE BABA LASHE IBA OSUN

"AGAGA LARIO OSUN LAYENIFA".

THEN OSUN BRINGS BACK THE LIFE TO THE CHILDREN OF AWO OMO OSA
META, BUT WITH THE CONDITION THAT TO OPEN IT THEY HAD TO GIVE
HIM AN EYELE.

5 .- YEMAYA'S TWO SONS.

PRAYER: OJUANI BOSA WAJA ADIFAFUN OMO TINSHOMO OLOKUN OMO

LORUBO IRE META EBBO.

EBBO: AKUKO, ABO, MANDARRIA, MACETA, ANTS, ATITAN ERITA MERIN,

ASHO FUN FUN, ASHO AROLODO, BOGBO ILEKE, EKU, EYA,
AWADO, OBI MEYI, OPOLOPO OWO.

PATAKIN:

THEY WERE TWO BROTHERS, SONS OF YEMAYA, THE ELDEST WAS

ENVIOUS OF THE YOUNGER AND ORDERED HIM TO LEAVE THERE AND HE
WENT TO ORUNMILA'S HOUSE, WHICH SAW THIS IFA AND TOLD HIM TO
ORUBO WITH ABO, EKU, EYA, AWADO, AKUKO, MANDARRIA, MACETA,
OWO MEYILA TONTI MEYILA. ORUNMILA TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD THE
OSHAS BEHIND him AND THAT OLOKUN WAS WORKING FOR HIS LUCK
AND TO GIVE HIM THE ABO.

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THE YOUNGER WENT TO HIS MOTHER'S HOUSE AND STARTED HELPING

YOU GIVING HIM IN EVERYTHING, HE STARTED TO FIGHT AND DO
BUSINESS AND HE WAS SO LUCKY THAT HE WAS THE ONE WHO
ACQUIRED THE MOST LAND AND CULTIVATED THEM AND GOT MORE
PROFITS THAN HIS OLDER BROTHER.

THE ELDER BROTHER DIDN'T LIKE TO WORK, HE WANTED TO FIND

EVERYTHING DONE. SHORTLY THE WAR CAME AND HE HAD TO GO TO
PARTICIPATE IN IT AND THEN HE SAID TO HIS YOUNGER BROTHER: I
HAVE LOST EVERYTHING AND LOOK AT HOW RICH YOU ARE, THE
YOUNGER SENT HIM TO ORUNMILA'S HOUSE AND OJUANI BOSA SAW HIM
BUT THIS ONE DID NOT WANT TO DO THE EBBO THAT ORUNMILA MARKED
HIM AND THE BRAVE ANTS FINISHED HIM WITH EVERYTHING HE HAD
LEFT AND HE DIED FROM HEART FROM PAIN.
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