Meaning of Iwori Yekun in the Diloggún
- The footprints left on the earth.
- The trail that is followed and worked upon, for good as much as for ill.
- An Ifá of blackmail.
- Here speak Orunla, Oshún and Yemayá.
- The Elegbá of this Ifá carries live flies.
- Take measures according to what the sign speaks.
- Do not grow careless; make ebbó so that they do not leave you looking like a fool.
- To Shangó one offers otí, red wine, dry wine and oñí (honey); smoke from 2 cigars is blown over him, the ashere is played for him, and he is asked for whatever one wishes to resolve.
- Here it was born that the woman without menstruation must have a guide of Osain.
- One may not go to the countryside until 7 days have passed after seeing this Ifá.
- This Ifá indicates that the obini will fall ill and will not rise again.
- It marks: illnesses of the stomach and of the legs.
- Be careful with operations of the urinary and intestinal tracts.
- Money arrives hot.
- The Elegbara of this Ifá carries live flies.
- If it is a woman, she blackmailed a man and he is looking for her to kill her.
- One must receive Orunla and venerate all the Saints.
- There is an Eggun who lives as a partner with the woman.
- It marks betrayal by the woman toward the man.
- She must be cured of venereal or vaginal illnesses.
- It marks internal hemorrhage, inner bleeding.
- If it is a woman, she has 2 husbands who belong to the same secret or fraternal society.
- She had, has or will have a great war over a man.
- Take care of your breasts.
- She cannot abort, because her life would be in danger.
- You have an enemy who wants to strike you with an iron because you blackmailed him.
- There is an Eggun who lives with the woman or inclines her toward homosexuality.
Born in this sign
- Hemorrhage and female menstruation.
- Blackmail.
- The footprints left on the earth.
What this sign indicates
- That what is seen is not spoken of.
- You have two husbands who belong to the same secret society.
- You have a possession that belonged to a dead person; that deceased pursues you, and therefore you must bring that possession and perform a rogation with it so that the dead one does not take you away. You dream of him very often, and of other bad things.
- You are deeply weary because things are going badly for you; you stumble and do not know how to get out of so much setback.
- You are a daughter of Oshún and you must receive Elegbá.
- You once had a great war over a man.
- There are times when you get ahead, but your enemies envy you; they do not want you to lift your head, they get ahead of you and wish to see you made a fool.
- You are going to receive money that arrives somewhat hot.
- For a long time now you have owed something to Yemayá.
- You are somewhat distrustful; be careful not to lose a treasured possession.
- You have an enemy who wants to strike you with iron, a stiletto or the point of a needle.
- You have a promise pending; this very day give two coconuts to your head, and do not go to the countryside until seven days have passed, because false testimony is going to be raised against you.
Advice and warnings
- Be careful that you are not taken to court where you live while you are waiting for money you have asked for, and your husband keeps letting himself slide and plays the fool.
The traditional reading of this sign warns, in addition, about the following:
- The wound will be in the chest, rather small but somewhat deep.
Proverbs of Iwori Yekun
- Lo que se ve no se habla. What is seen is not spoken of.
- El murciélago con la cabeza para abajo ve la manera de comportarse los demás pájaros. Hanging head-down, the bat watches how all the other birds behave.
- En boca cerrada no entran moscas. Flies do not enter a closed mouth.
Patakíes of Iwori Yekun
The disobedient man
Prayer: Iwori Yeku Adifafun Akado Okuni Motumba Awigbo Lodafun Elegba Ifá Ni Kaferefun Orunla.
Ebbo: Un akuko, un carretoncito, dos ikordie.
There was a man who appeared to be in a difficult situation. He decided to go to Orunla in search of help. Orunla performed a reading of Ifá and told him he needed to make a sacrifice of orugbo with a small cart called ikordie. He also advised him not to do favors for anyone and not to stop along the road after making the sacrifice.
Despite the warnings, the man disobeyed the instructions and decided to help a man whose cart was stuck on the road. It turned out that this man was Elegbá, who was lamenting that he could not bring food to his children because of his stuck cart. The man felt compassion and set the orugbo sacrifice down beside the cart’s wheel while helping Elegbá free it.
However, when he tried to recover the sacrifice, he found it was stuck to the wheel of the cart. As he tried to retrieve it, he fell, and the wheel broke his leg, which ended in an amputation because of his disobedience.
Unable to have a bride, he takes to flight
Prayer: Ijatijati Awo Orun Ode Adafun Olukoun Ijiwo Ti A Ni Ki Orugbo Nitori Oko Idi Re Shokoto Idi Re Obuko Kan Ati Egbeta Lelogbon.
Ebbo: Shokoto idi ré (worn trousers or underpants), obuko kan aike kan ati egbe talelogbon (6,600 cowries).
TRANSLATION OF THE PRAYER
The dry fruits and dry leaves of the palm, «awo of the neck of the palm,» was the one who performed osode for olukoun (the owner of the penis) in the district of ijiwo (a quarter of More in the city of Ife). They said that olukoun should make ebbo to save his penis, which was not responding to him. Worn trousers, a he-goat, an axe and six thousand six hundred is the ebbo. Olokun did not make the ebbo he was told to make, and it happened that when they brought the bride to him, Olokun took off running and disappeared into the wilderness. Olokun is what we know as dogidodi (the bird that copulates with trees).
Ifá SAYS:
That there is a person who must make ebbo because he has problems of impotence, and so that the araye (strife) does not keep striking him, he must make ebbo, for soon they will bring him a bride to meet and eventually marry.
In Cuba, in almost all the known patakíes, the part that states what must be charged for the work is expressed by the phrase opolopo owo (much money) or owo la melo (money in quantity); in Yoruba it is expressed with a specific noun.
Dogidogi, the name of an unidentified bird, which takes its name from the way it climbs trees. Its climbing movement resembles the one made when fornicating with a woman.
Flies do not enter a closed mouth
In a town there lived a man who was an expert in Ozain and had the knowledge needed to solve people’s problems. One day, a beautiful woman arrived at his house from another tribe, and the Ozainista fell deeply in love with her. He presented her to his Ozain to see whether it would accept her as his companion, but the prenda said no, because she would not be good for its son.
The Ozainista did not know whether the woman would notice him, but he managed to win her love despite Ozain’s refusal. He wanted her to accept him, so he decided to teach her the secrets of his Ozain in exchange for her love. The woman accepted, and the Ozainista went to live with her, teaching her how to use the cazuela and how to perform works with Ozain.
However, the woman began to feel discomfort in her womb and showed no interest in the Ozainista; she only wanted to know the secrets. Ozain punished the Ozainista’s son by leaving him impotent, deaf and blind, and turned the woman into a man by withdrawing her menstruation. From that moment on, the woman took control of the house, and the secrets of Ozain are not taught to women. Even without menstruation, a woman may have a guide of Ozain.
The woman and the prenda
Ebbo: Un akuko, una prenda que hay en la casa, paño de su menstruación, tierra de la casa, demás ingredientes, opolopo owo.
There was a man who possessed a prenda and claimed it was very powerful and that with it he could solve any problem. He lived with his wife, but every time he went out, she would speak to the prenda out of jealousy and fear. One day, the spirit that dwelled in the prenda appeared to her and told her that if she gave it blood from her menstruation, it would obey her.
The woman made a pact with the spirit, which caused her husband to become impotent, leaving her as the owner of the prenda. One day, because of the contact she had had with the spirit, the woman fell ill internally and suffered in her intimate parts. All of this happened because the woman trusted neither Osa nor Orunla.
Through this Ifá the person is advised to receive awofaka and to venerate all the Saints. There is a dead one who lives as a partner with the woman. This Ifá is one of betrayal by the woman toward the man. She must be cured of a venereal or vaginal illness.
It marks internal hemorrhage, inner bleeding. Do not concern yourself with other people’s affairs, and attend a little more to your own.
Works and ebbó of Iwori Yekun
Works of iwori yekun
- To obtain owo
- Corn husks, one ear of corn, asho fun fun. The ear of corn is cut in 2 parts, each is wrapped separately in long husk leaves, they are joined and bound with the asho fun fun and placed before Orunla, telling him: «Orunla Owo Iré Umbo».
- Ebbo for life
- Two akuko, 2 eyele, 3 igi painted fun fun and pupua. The ebbo goes to a distant wilderness; corn stalks, the ear of corn is split in two and wrapped in asho fun fun and placed before Orunla, and one says: «Orunla Iré Owo Uribo».
- Ebbo
- Akuko, 2 eyele, 3 igui (to be asked), painted fun fun and pupua, bogbo ashe, bogbo asho. It goes to the wilderness.
- Ebbo so that they do not make him a fool
- Akuko, etu meyi, the measure of his leri, asho arae, eku, eya.
- Ebbo so that they do not make her a fool
- Un akuko, etu meyi, ikordie meni, 8.40 pesos.
- Ebbo to keep from being wounded
- Un akuko, asho dun dun, a knife, eku, eya, 10.50 pesos.
- Ebbo
- The dead one’s prenda, un akuko, adie meyi, obi meyi for his leri, 10.50 pesos.
- Ebbo for impotence
- A gandinga is offered to the penis, letting eyerbale fall from there to Ozain. An axe is placed before Olokun, then owunko is given to Ozain, and ebbo is made with asho ara.
Prayers and suyeres of Iwori Yekun
Liturgical material transcribed from the source manuscripts; it is preserved verbatim.
Prayer
Iwori Yeku Inkan Ombelare Oun Yeleni Intori Inkan Towalore Ala Tokuma Ala Bururu Oun Batonshe Gue Inkan To Girelori Komawa Yote Lowo Loma Ni Mi Obori.
Prayer
Ikan Oku Ombelare Un Yeldeñi Intori Ikan To Gualore Ala Toguema Ala Bururu Un Batonshe Gue Inkan Gua To Giralori Comogua Llote Loguo Yomoni Ni Obori.
Prayer
Dake Enu Ibuyu Bori Mu Adaguede Adifafun Iwori Un Batilofe Oku Guo Etu Lebo Adie.
Prayer
Dakee Once Bulubari Enundaque Adifafun Iwori Tinlo Lekokueku Guetuetu Lebo Adie Melli Eku Eya.
Prayer
Yekawo Momeno Kamorolo Awo Kuku Awo Komaya Adifafun Enimele Aforun Yelope Ague Abo Ague Koko Eku Eya Epo.
Prayer
Dakense Ibo Yubari Enu Adake Adifafun Iwori Un Batishe Aguguo Etu Lebo Adie.
Prayer
Ijatijati Awo Orun Ode Adafun Olukoun Ijiwo Ti A Ni Ki Orugbo Nitori Oko Idi Re Shokoto Idi Re Obuko Kan Ati Egbeta Lelogbon.
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 the sign
Mamoncillo, jocuma.
Iwori Yeku Inkan Ombelare Oun Yeleni Intori Inkan Towalore Ala Tokuma Ala Bururu Oun Batonshe Gue Inkan To Girelori Komawa Yote Lowo Loma Ni Mi Obori.