Meaning of Ika Trupon in the Diloggún
- You must feed Orunmila and ask his forgiveness so that from now on things go well for you.
- Be careful: you have done a bad thing — do not insist on it.
- Be careful with a deception you carried out or intend to carry out.
- You must pray to your Guardian Angel so that he does not turn his back on you.
- Make ebbó with an akuko so that you win the lottery.
- This is where the dogs were set on Orunmila, and to save himself he had to climb to the top of a yagruma tree.
- In this Ifá was born an Obatalá named Yalumo Arishogun.
- Here it was born that men must not eat the flesh of animals that die of disease.
This sign marks
- Uterine fire in women.
- Trouble in the womb.
To prevent uterine fire, yagruma leaves are taken, an afoshe is made, and the obini applies it to the obo. To calm uterine fire, compresses of alcohol and camphor root are placed on the obo. Three akara bibo are placed for Eshu at the foot of a yagruma tree.
- The iye of this Ifá is made for good and for ill.
The trunk and root of the yagruma are scraped, atare are added, and it is placed before Elegbara.
Oduduwa must be received.
A work is done with the cauldron of Oggún and a rope on a palm tree, to undo all bindings placed on the person.
- The person suffers from the chest, and it comes from their bad temper.
Ika Trupon has three Elegbara.
- You are a slave to yourself.
- You and your child hold titles.
- You are drawn to medicine and to music.
Born in this sign
- Uterine fire.
- That men must not eat the flesh of animals that die of disease.
- An Obatalá named Yalumo Arishogun.
What this sign indicates
- That where you live, a trap will be set to catch a thief.
- You have an enemy who is watching you.
- You are thinking of visiting a relative who lives far from here.
- You are somewhat held back in your affairs.
- It speaks of a person who sleeps with a man, or a man with a woman.
- A child will be born and will be given a gift, and whatever is red will belong to the rogación.
- You are thinking of traveling to a certain place; before you go, make ebbó so that all turns out well.
- The lover is a Black man, an omo of Shangó; make ebbó so that the affair is not discovered.
- The ewe of this Ifá is the biyeku; it is blessed by Olofin and is never burned in any ina.
- In this Ifá, Orunmila teaches that one must multiply in order to move forward.
Advice and warnings
- Be careful: someone wants to slip something into your food.
Proverbs of Ika Trupon
- Cada uno para así mismo. Each one looks out for himself.
- El diablo coge al último. The devil catches whoever comes last.
- Solo cuenta tus mentiras a la gente. Tell people only your lies.
- Dos pelean por una misma cosa. Two fight over the same thing.
Patakíes of Ika Trupon
How Orunmila was saved from the wild beasts
Ebbó: Akuko, freidera con epo, freidera con agua y lejía, freidera con sangre, eyele meta, ofa meta, eku, eya, obi, itana meta, ota meta.
Orunmila arrived in a land where the okuni had many wives, but Odukokó learned that the okuni had released dogs and wild boars to attack Orunmila. Seeing himself in danger, Orunmila climbed a baiyeku tree and covered himself with leaves. At the top of the tree Alakaso appeared and asked Orunmila what was happening to him.
Orunmila explained what was going on, and Alakaso went and told everything to Olofin and Eshu. Eshu quickly arrived with an odde full of Ogú and struck down the beasts all around until they fled. Then Orunmila came down from the tree and was saved.
Ifá OSORBO ADO ASHURE: It is a wild güiro kept by Elegbara, which carries: inle de oke (earth from the hilltop), iye from the trunk and roots of the baiyeku, seven grains of eyenibo and seven from the currents.
This ebbó is done while the sun is out, because once it is finished, it is set out so that the person’s shadow falls upon the three ota, and the eyele meta are given to them. The ebbó carries three ota, which are the ones placed on the ground so that the person’s shadow falls on them and to which the three eyele are given along with the ofa meta. Afterwards, one ota and one ofa are handed to the person concerned to place behind their door, the ofa with its point facing upward. For the other two ota and two ofa, it is asked whether they go umbebolo.
The iye of this Oddun of Ifá is made for good and for ill. The trunk and root of the baiyeku are scraped, atare is added, and it is placed before Elegbá. If it is an obini, she must be ofikale trupon with whoever presents himself. There is uterine fire.
The uterine fire
Prayer: Adifafun Obini Iya Obo Oruba Ina Opolopo Ofikale Trupon Indoko Yemayá Asesu Fotifo Ofikale Lobi Onigun Abe Oshibiri Abi Owo Fun Ni Orunbi Ogbe Ishu Oggún Ayifo Onyon Ofikale Kopeki Pupo Añari Lebo Alaro Lebo Osun Lebo Oshe Abiomoniba Oge Yemayá Ikú Lodo Onibode Indoko.
Suyere: Iya Olo Obo Orubo Unlo Ade Odo Mapon.
Ebbó: Una tinaja con añari, okun, una tinaja con osun, una tinaja con añil, pendejos de la mujer, ñame seco, akuko meyi, una cadena, bogbo tenuyen.
From the love between Asesú and Oggún Ayifo a very beautiful woman was born, who always went about naked, wearing only a necklace of red, blue and white glories around her neck, and who drew attention for her beautiful breasts and abundant genital hair. She was given the name Iya Olo Obo Ina Oruba Ina (the woman who owns the great burning vulva).
That beautiful and savagely strong woman was always craving ofikale, and the first she did it with was her own father, whom she reduced to a rag. Then she went on to Eleguá and so on with each of the male Orishas who, because of the woman’s insatiable ardor, kept abandoning their duties to fall before that bestial, overpowering passion, and the world went from bad to worse.
Obatalá, realizing this, went to see Orunmila, who was called Ika Trupo, to set the situation right. Orunmila told him he would resolve the problem. He went to the seashore where that woman lived, and when he met her, she invited him to do ofikale, but Orunmila replied: «I am Oricha Elerikpini, and first we must perform ceremonies.»
Orunmila performed osode on the woman and saw this Ifá. Then he made a rogación for her with three clay jars, in which he planted the dried yam. He anointed her body with osun, indigo and añari okun, and afterwards prayed over her leri with a large eja bo (red porgy) without cutting off its leri. Then he had sexual relations with her and took hairs from her private parts, planting them in the three jars, which he then bound with a chain and carried to the seashore.
From that day on, that woman who through her uterine fire had nearly finished off the world lost her frenzy for ofikale, doing it in a natural and unhurried way thanks to Orunmila, and she ceased to be called Iya Olo Obo Ina Oruba Ina.
The secret is the rogación with the porgy and the planting of the hairs from her private parts. This is the secret of this itan odu Ifá ika trupo.
Works and ebbó of Ika Trupon
Works of ika trupo
- Work to cure the uterine fire
A clay jar with añari okun, one with osun and another with indigo, hairs from the obini’s private parts, dried yam, 2 akuko, a chain, bogbo tenuyen, opolopo owo, an eya-bo (red porgy). Orunmila performed this work for obini iya olo obo ina orubpa ina. In the 3 small jars he planted dried yam; he anointed the woman’s whole body with indigo and osun, then poured añari okun over her, and afterwards prayed over her leri with eya bo nla (with a large porgy), without cutting off its leri.
Then he cut hairs from her genitals, planting them in the jars, bound them with the chains and carried them to the seashore; afterwards, ofikale trupon with her. While pouring the contents of the jars over her he sang: «Iaya Olo Ona Oruba Ina Unlo Adde Obo Mapon». Ifá Osobo: Addo Ashere. In a wild güiro kept by Elegbara, which is loaded with: inle de oke, iye of yagruma, atare, iye of mariwo, 7 grains of eyenibo and 7 from the currents. 3 jío jío to Eshu at the foot of a yagruma tree.
- Ebbó
- Akuko, peonias, vidrio molido, eyele, dos igba, ewe pupua, mani, ishu.
- Ebbó
- Un racimo de plátanos, manzanos, erecuicua ishu, akuko, eku, eya, epo, owo la meni tentieni.
- Ebbó
- Adie meyi, abofa owo, racimo de plátano, unas mantas.
- Ebbó
- Akuko fifechu, ewe balyeku, addo cimarron, ishu, fore o osobo, el Ifá se pregunta si lleva etu, eyele o owo.
- Ebbó
- Peonia, eyele, vidrios, jícara y owo.
- Ebbó
- Una tinaja con añari, okun, una tinaja con osun, una tinaja con añil, pendejos de la mujer, ñame seco, akuko meyi, una cadena, bogbo tenuyen.
Prayers and suyeres of Ika Trupon
Liturgical material transcribed from the source manuscripts; it is preserved verbatim.
Prayer
Adifafun Obini Iya Obo Oruba Ina Opolopo Ofikale Trupon Indoko Yemayá Asesu Fotifo Ofikale Lobi Onigun Abe Oshibiri Abi Owo Fun Ni Orunbi Ogbe Ishu Oggún Ayifo Onyon Ofikale Kopeki Pupo Añari Lebo Alaro Lebo Osun Lebo Oshe Abiomoniba Oge Yemayá Ikú Lodo Onibode Indoko.
Suyere
Iya Olo Obo Orubo Unlo Ade Odo Mapon.
Orishas in this sign
The orishas that the letter itself links to this sign, as recorded in the source:
Other important aspects of the sign
Ewé of the sign
Yagruma and jaguey.
Ika Trupon Kukute Kuku Adifafun Orunmila, Adifafun Ola Nika, Eyele Lebo. Eru Inguin Asho Inki Inla Umbeya Marora Enibi Inka Butila Kaferefun Shangó Ati Yemayá. Kaferefun Yemayá, Kaferefun Shangó.