Family Obara

Obara Ogunda

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Meaning of Obara Ogunda in the Diloggún

This is an Ifá of bindings.
The person is not in love with their spouse, yet cannot leave, because they are bound.
Here Oyá lived enslaved by Oggún.
It speaks of delicate surgical operations.
Of illness in the leri (tumors, cysts, and the like), which may be internal or external.
It indicates that the person is left without a home.
The person carries three tragedies in life: with the law, through their own wrongdoing; with the family, which despises them; and with themselves.
They fell asleep, and they are being worked against in a sorcerer’s ikoko — by their spouse or by a lover they once had.
Here incest was born.
There was carnal life with a blood sister.
The person lives with a complex over never having married.
They have siblings who love them dearly.
They have been deceived.
They have one limb or one side of the body thicker than the other.
They must not raise their sibling’s children.
Shangó is given akuko fun fun at shilekun ilé — see Shangó.
It speaks of the swan that crosses the mud without getting dirty.
It speaks of the membranes of the human body.
One must make oneself necessary in order to triumph in life.
Olofin gave ashé to the goose so that it could live on the earth.
Doubt is born here, and here is where effeminate men pretend to be men.
When this Ifá comes osobo (misfortune), the ebbó cannot be made with juju of aikordie; those juju are used only when it comes iré (good fortune).
Here was born Eya Kalagba, the guaicán or remora fish, which is used to prepare a protective charm — to never fall into traps and to stay fixed to the position one desires.
In this Ifá, Oggún had an obini and another man took her from him. Oggún then set a trap for the man, caught him and cut off his feet, and so the man otoku.
The person must take care of their feet.
Obara Kuña speaks of a person who works from January to January and is always badly off; the cause is a dead spirit, and everything they earn is carried away.
There are disturbances on the road because of a woman.
Along this path, the awó brings the ñame woman to bed and does not let her do anything.

Born in this sign

Incest.
Doubt.
Eya kalagba, the guaicán or remora fish.

What this sign indicates

That if you want to achieve your desires, you must make ebbó.
You have a daughter who is going to leave with her boyfriend, or who already has. Do not report her and do not curse her, or you will lose everything if you do the opposite of what you are told here, because that man is going to provide for her very well.
You dreamed you had a great deal of money, or that you had won the lottery, and when you woke up you became very sad.
Your husband does not give you an account of everything you wish for.
He rises very early, and at night he wants intimacy with you; you refuse and he grows angry. Have a mass said for his mother.
You had a bad dream that startled you.
You are unwell, and after making ebbó you will feel worse before improving.
Good fortune is on its way to you.
You are quick to raise your hand; respect your elders.
You are three siblings, and not of the same father; your guardian Angel is very great.
You want to go somewhere.
You have a light-skinned woman whom you took from another man, and you have a child with that woman; feed your head with a fish.
You have a child with another woman.

Advice and warnings

Be careful: your enemies want to catch you, and if you do not act, they will seize you — or, failing that, another member of your family.

The traditional reading of this sign also warns of the following:

You are destined to be a diviner, and one of your siblings must make ebbó, for the traditional reading warns that otherwise your life is at risk.

Proverbs of Obara Ogunda

Si no quiere caldo, tres tazas. If you did not want broth, you get three cups: what you tried to avoid comes back multiplied.
El que la tiene dentro se menea. The one who carries it inside is the one who stirs: guilt betrays itself in restlessness.
El que no la hace a lo primero, busca y rebusca de nuevo. Whoever fails to do it the first time must search and search again.

Patakí of Obara Ogunda

The ebbó of the fishes

Ebbó: Un tablero chico, un pescado, adie y s6.30.

Olofin was going to hold a feast and needed many fishes, but Orunla warned the fishes to make ebbó, and the fishes paid no heed. The large ones made the rogation with a board; a Jamo net was cast to catch the fishes, and all the little fish fell into the Jamo, while the largest could not enter because they struck against the board, and so they were saved.

You were once in a place where something happened, and you were the only one who was saved. Kofibori Eleda

Works and ebbó of Obara Ogunda

Works of obara kuña

For the stomach: Marilope, cream of tartar, Epsom salts, sugar, candie, hierba de la vieja, and mangrove.
To be held in regard: Itamorreal, orozus, eku, eya, awado, and inle tobakikan (rotten earth). A ball is formed and placed before Shangó with two lit itanas, and one prays over it for six days, asking that people be made to hold you in regard. On the sixth day, obí omi tutu is given to Shangó to learn where it is to be taken.
For cases of operations: A squash shaped like a bitter güiro is taken, its innards are removed, and the person is cleansed with it while naked. The clothing is then taken and burned together with the innards of the squash, placed inside a horn, and sealed with virgin wax; the empty squash is set before Shangó and then carried to the river or the sea, wherever it is marked, and a decoction is drunk of red mangrove, red palo malango, palo malango, and jiba root.
To achieve what is desired: One must orugbo with: aikordie, three small jars — one filled with awado, another with eku, and another with eya — obí, epó (palm oil), oñí (honey), otí, and whatever animal is determined. The little jars are then placed at the head of the person’s bed and prayed over every day, and a prepared eleguede is taken to the river after 5 days for Oshún. When this Ifá is osorbo, the ebbó is not made with aikordie.
Secret: The ebbó is made with the eleguede shaped like a bitter güiro; its innards are carefully removed without breaking it apart, and afterwards the naked person is cleansed with the innards. Then the Ogue is loaded, adding root of iroko, root of otu, gold, palm, atinponla, maravilla, moruro, quiebra hacha, feathers of the arriero bird if there is no etu fun fun, otá of lodestone, ero, obi, Kola, Osun. It is sealed with wax. The eleguede, filled with the person’s clothing torn into strips, is cast into the river. The person must bathe in the river with a mouse inside a small pouch, along with the little figure.
Ebbó: Six ñames, a small board, two eyele, a fishhook, $6.30.
Ebbó: Eku and eya for Elegbá and Oggún, with three small jars arranged as a planting with refuse, corn, a rooster, squashes, flor de agua; have a mass said for a dead spirit. If intori ano (illness), then it carries an akuko.
Ebbó: Akuko, every kind of food, and two bottles of sambumbia.

Prayers and suyeres of Obara Ogunda

Liturgical material transcribed from the source manuscripts; it is preserved verbatim.

Prayer

Orgulena Eleguede Adifafun Olu Eri Coguo Comobaru Lodo Adafun Abaella Egun Umbe Acice Lebo Akuko Ella Lebo.

Orishas in this sign

The orishas that the letter itself links to this sign, as recorded in the source:

Shangó — Shangó is given akuko fun fun at shilekun ilé.
Oggún — Here Oyá lived enslaved by Oggún.
Osun — Then the Ogue is loaded, adding root of iroko, root of otu, gold, palm, atinponla, maravilla, moruro, quiebra hacha, feathers of the arriero bird if there is no etu fun fun, otá of lodestone, ero, obi, Kola, Osun.

Other important aspects of the sign

Ewé of the sign

Squash, ñame, peonia, flor de agua, marilope.

Ozain of obara ogunda

A dry obí is taken, scraped, and set to the flame, and a hole is opened in it. It is then left for three days so the flesh separates from the shell; it is then drilled, and with a knife as much of the flesh as possible is removed, and it is loaded with: the left eye of an ologbo dun dun, añari okun, ile ibú, ilekan, earth from a bridge, quicksilver, ero, obi, kola, Osun, amansa guapo, cambia voz, yamao, abre camino, mastuerzo, ewe dun dun, leri and okokan of gunugun kayama, parrot, akuko, aparo, etu, eyele, otí, otí laro, epó.

It is asked whether it is complete; it is then closed with virgin wax, and a mouth, two eyes, and two nostrils are opened in it. Cowries are placed in the eyes and mouth, and in the nostrils one ileke fun fun and one pupua. It is asked whether it is to be hung or kept in a clay pot. If it is hung, four chains are passed through it.

Obara Kuña Shangó Abiti Intori Oyá Intori Ogu Ofo Ni Oggún Intori Oti Ni Obini Ofo Ina La Oba Kaferefun Oshún, Lodafun Shangó Oti Oyá.