Meaning of Odi Otrupon in the Diloggún
- In this Oddun, unity among all is called for; whoever separates dies, and whoever dies is not to be mourned.
- From the other world, the acts of this world are watched over.
- If this Ifá comes intori arun, it will be a miracle if the sick person recovers.
- In iré (good fortune), everything is joy and the awoses will find a fortune.
- In eyo (tragedy): a person who talks too much and wants every woman to be his.
- One must be careful with raised hands and witchcraft.
- Here the drum of Yewá was born.
- One must respect and love the godfather, the godmother, and above all the mother or the woman who raised them, because this Ifá determines that the person is an orphan and an omo of Yemayá
raised them. - Under this Ifá, the awo must not perform anything for the sick person, because he could die and the sick person be saved.
- Here the ulcers of keta oboñu were perforated.
- Wickedness dominates the person’s thinking.
- A drum is given to Shangó with abundance of everything.
- Orunmila says that your life is in great danger. In osobo (misfortune): the awo commits himself to nothing, because there will be trouble.
- It marks illness. The whole body aches, and much more so at night. The trouble lies in the abdomen.
- Other people’s children should not be raised, for when they grow up they will not look after you.
- It marks illness of the legs and of the abdomen, and obsession brought on by the bad influences of tormenting Egguns that afflict the person.
- One must plead with Yemayá, pay her what is owed, and afterward bathe in the sea to cast off the evil weighing upon oneself.
- Unyen must be given to Shangó so that everything of yours prospers.
- The sick person is not told that they will recover and be saved.
- Ifá says to be careful not to fall ill through punishment or through the carelessness of not refreshing oneself below, lest the woman overcome him.
- Here Orunmila told the man to make ebbo with ewe of guinea, and the man did not do it, but the woman did. That is why the man desires the woman so much.
- One must bathe with ewe of parra cimarrona, cundiamor, and cologne water. The house is washed down with the same.
- Ebbo must be made in order to be able to return from the trip.
Born in this sign
The drum of Yewá.
What this sign indicates
- That if this letter comes saying año, the aleyo is not told that they will recover, because it will be a miracle if they get well; and if it comes in iré, it is said that the Babalawos are to find fortune, and Olofin
also, where everything is joy. And if ellos (troubles) comes out, there is a man who talks a great deal and wants every woman to be his. But he must be careful with raised hands and Congo witchcraft. - You are to find your joy through abo and Olofin himself.
- You are going to see what you desire, but afterward you must give a drum and plenty of food to Shangó.
- You harbor a bad thought.
- You are an unbeliever.
- You have friends who get along well.
- Something is going to happen to you that you had already imagined, in which your wife will tell you that it is your fault; try to distance yourself from that friend. At times you believe her and at times you do not.
- All your plans fall apart; you do nothing of what you are told, not even the rogación.
- You are thinking of taking a trip, and if you want to return you must make ebbo.
Advice and warnings
- Be careful with the law: you were sent to commit a robbery, but you refused.
- Be careful with the very irons you work with, for you could kill yourself.
The traditional interpretation of this sign also warns about the following:
- Ifá says that in your house there is a sick person who is going to die.
- You are three siblings, and if you do not make rogación, you will die one after the other before the year is out.
- You are ill and your whole body aches, and even more so at night; your belly always hurts. Be careful with blood from the mouth.
- You have death behind you.
- Keep unity in the family; the santos watch over your affairs, and whoever separates from their family dies and is not mourned.
Proverbs of Odi Otrupon
- El que por su gusto muere, la muerte le sabe a gloria. Whoever dies by their own choosing finds that death tastes of glory.
- Él está aplicándose en su obra. He is applying himself to his work.
- Del otro mundo fiscalizan las cosas de este. From the other world, the affairs of this one are watched over.
- Los muertos lo ven todo. The dead see everything.
Patakíes of Odi Otrupon
When Yemayá raised Yobolobo
Prayer: Yobolobo Apu Oto Ashikale Sheye Ashikale Kile Feleni.
Ebbo: Akuko, eyele, ewefa, eko, opolopo owo.
Here Yemayá raised Yobolobo until he became a man, yet he never looked after her. After some time Yobolobo fell ill and had no one to help him, because he too helped no one; and remembering Orunmila, he went to see him to ask for help. Orunmila performed osode on him, saw his Ifá, and told him he had to plead to Yemayá with akuko and eyele so that she would let him bathe in the sea and come out of his setback.
Yobolobo did so. He went to see her and, after receiving a scolding, Yemayá let him bathe in the sea, but in exchange she asked him for two akuko so that Shangó would settle his problems.
The vice-ridden daughters of Obatalá
Prayer: Adi Awo Leñi Aun Tuyofa Luyunsi Adifafun Obatalá Abashele Alake Tineoru Osha Adifafun Timbele Yoko Eshu Komaba Omobirin Meyi Indoke Adasile Babari Lodafun Obatalá.
Ebbo: Abeboadie, ayapa, bogbo tenuyen, akuaro meyi, demás ingredientes, opolopo owo.
Oshún and Obatalá had two daughters named Obanala and Abashele. They were very beautiful, but both were given to the vice of Adashe, and they also wanted to lie with their father, though they feared he would find out. One day they took advantage of Oshún having left for another land and gave palm wine to their father until they got him drunk. Then, one after the other, they had sexual relations with their father.
Obatalá did not realize it because he was drunk, and as time went by their bellies grew. So their father Obatalá called them and asked who was the author of that offense, so that he could go find the scoundrel and make him pay dearly for the audacity. They kept silent. Then Obatalá went together with Oshún to Orunmila’s house, where, upon performing osode, he saw this Ifá for them. That Ifá marked vice and corruption, and there he told them that his daughters had lain with their own father.
Obatalá, horrified, wept with rage and drew his implement to kill his daughters. At that, Orunmila stopped him and said: «You are not to blame; what is done is done. Now you must see to it that those children live.» He then marked ebbo for them, and Obatalá repudiated his daughters, condemning them to live apart from all their kind. Oshún, as their mother, took pity on them and performed the rogación of their leri with akuaro meyi. Even though they were living alone, they never lacked food. They withdrew with their children from their kind, with Obatalá’s curse and their mother’s forgiveness upon their heads.
Here were born unbridled sexuality, which is profanation, the atonement within the family, and the begetting of children by their own parents. In this Ifá it is always necessary to perform the rogación of the leri with akuaro meyi in order to lead a life of human relations, for it marks instability in the person, which will leave them alone at the end of their life.
Works and ebbó of Odi Otrupon
Works of odi trupon
- Ebbo
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Owunko, 2 adie, two eyele, one igba, omi tutu, bogbo ashe. The owunko goes to Eleguara; it is roasted well and taken to the bush, placed on the grass, and from a distance the arrows are shot at it; hairy yam and opolopo owo.
Ebbo so that you may return from the trip
Akuko, rope, eku, eya, epo, and the awo sets it before Orunmila and Oshún, and afterward it is asked.
- Ebbo
Akuko, fun fun and pupua cloth, owo la megua.- Ebbo
Akuko, a drum, bandera meta, akara and eure.- Ebbo
Adie meyi, akuko okan, owo mello.
Prayers and suyeres of Odi Otrupon
Liturgical material transcribed from the source manuscripts; it is kept verbatim.
Prayer
Odi Batrupon Ninche Awo Nide Olofin Chemuni Shango Tonche Olodafa Obolu Be Orubo Aikordie Abo Osiadie Meta Eku Eya Asho Funfun Asho Pupua Abefaoguao.
Orishas in this sign
The orishas that the letter itself links to this sign, according to what the source records:
Other important aspects of the sign
Ewé of this sign
Parra cimarrona, cundiamor, plantain, and cologne.
The Eshu of this sign
Eshu atasho.
To resolve
Two dried obí are taken; one is painted blue, the other fun fun. They are kept in the house for seven days while asking them for what one wishes to resolve. After seven days, to the sea; there they are left after pleading to Yemayá and Olokun.
Odi Batrupon Yabole Apu Oto Ashikale Sheyo Ashikale Kile Feleni Owo Kile Feleni Oto.