Meaning of Obara Otura in the Diloggún
- It signals war coming toward the city.
- This Ifá speaks of sorcerers’ cauldrons and of paleros and mayomberos.
- Here Oshún was bound by a palero who held her captive, ill in her womb and in her blood.
- Whoever draws this letter will always carry a binding in their life, or something hidden that they want no one to know.
- They may even have a child outside their home, and if the person is a woman she may have had secret abortions that only she knows about.
- The person has a strong character even if it does not show, and the adversities of life do not destroy them.
- Their head is unsettled.
- There is suffering from poisoning.
- Dark spirits of the dead have been sent against them.
- They have taken in strong witchcraft and have had many tragedies and adversities in life.
- As a counterpart, they will find financial progress through business dealings or changes.
- The traditional reading of this sign warns of hemorrhoids and bleeding through any duct.
- If the person is a woman, she somewhat neglects her personal appearance because of life’s adversities, and on account of it she will have trouble with her husband and with her family.
- It speaks of the hardness of the sea lighthouse.
- The person has lived through times of calm and of great storms (adversities that have hardened their character and their heart).
- If she is a young woman, she is not a maiden and may even have had hidden abortions; if her parents know of it, they reproach her for her looseness.
- This is where the woman has had abortions when the child was an omo of Oshún or Yemayá, and you did not let it live to see the world.
- All the Saints are angry with you.
- The war of araonú is coming, through visits from deceased children or relatives of yours.
- This Ifá, intori iré (good fortune), never ceases from war.
- Poisoning was born here.
- It signals great news.
- The person has arrived everywhere in a rush or late.
- It signals war coming toward the city.
- The owner of this Ifá will never take eure head-on or by the rope unless it is given to his Ifá; otherwise he will fare badly.
- The iyefa of this sign is prepared with Castile melon seeds.
- It is also blown at the door.
Born in this sign
Poisoning.
What this sign indicates
- That you will be sent for from some place. If you plan to go, say that you will go the next day, and then set out for that place at once, so they have no time to prepare the trap for you.
- If you are invited to a party, do not go that same day either, but the next; play the fool, for there will be a trap there and everyone present will fall into it.
- Your head is hot and you do not listen to advice. Do not fight with your wife, so that your luck does not leave you.
- They want to wreck your home, and they always wait until you are away from the house to do you harm.
- You are always in a hurry; give thanks to Obatalá.
- You are much sought after by women.
- You are bound by a woman who is heavy-set and wide-hipped.
- You like to dance, but you must try to do it without much force.
- You went out accompanied by one of the dead.
Advice and warnings
- Do not deceive anyone, and when you are asked about something, say that you know nothing.
- Do not drink alcohol.
- Be careful with a woman.
- Be careful with fire and with drafts and bad airs.
Proverbs of Obara Otura
- El cuerpo sin ilusión y sin alma se queda sin ideas, la mente. A body without hope and without soul leaves the mind empty of ideas.
- Guerra que viene para la ciudad. War is coming to the city.
Patakíes of Obara Otura
Whoever does not do what is indicated will never be well
Ebbo: 2 etu, 2 ducks, a trap, owo la meta.
Orunla mounted a horse to arrive faster, but then he left the horse and rode his goat. Afterwards, he left the goat and climbed a tower, where he struck the bell with a stick. This person will never take the goat head-on or by the rope, unless he offers his Ifá a bottle of water buried before Oshún with flour that must not dry out. He must also scrub his door with prodigiosa and make his Ashe with his Oddun, which is the Castile melon seed. Otherwise, he will be in a bad state.
The spirit and the lifeless body
Ebbo: Akuko, etu meyi, patos meyi, abiti, eku, eya, epo, eri erun, otí.
Ebbo: Akuko, eyele meyi, six bollos, hairs of aya, eku, eya epo.
Ebbo: Akuko okan, eyele meyi, ilekan, Castile melon, eku. An iye is made with the Castile melon seeds and scattered at the door of the house and along the sides, Ifá nire paki.
ADDIMU to Oshún: 25 little bollos, or whatever she asks for; when setting it before her, petition Oshún for 5 days, then take it to the river with oñí (honey).
On one occasion, Orunla saw a very determined spirit that spoke softly and could barely be heard. The spirit said to Orunla: «I have no one to attach myself to — look at the state I am in.» Orunla went on his way until he came upon a lifeless body that also said to him: «look at the state I am in.» Orunla told them: «see, why do you not join together, and so you will both be well?» The two joined, and a transformation took place: the dead body came back to life.
The being of a very quiet old man draws near to the person and weakens their body. They must guard against drafts and beware of a woman who is their enemy. There is a binding; they must keep a crucifix and a protective charm, and if the person is a woman, she should receive ikofá to be fortunate in love. In iré, do not argue about things you do not know, so as not to suffer embarrassment.
Crush stone and lodestone, bind it with perfume, and keep Orunla above the breasts.
The melon
Ebbo: Akuko, adie meyi, a melon, a machete, inle from the patio of the house, eku, eya, epo, awado, obi, oñí, opolopo owo.
Ceremony: Akuko, machete, melon, eku, eya, epo, awado, oñí, itana (for Oggún together with Elegbá), adie meyi, obi, itana, eku, eya, oñi, (for Orunla)
Maferefun Orunla Oggún and Yemayá.
In this path there was a town whose inhabitants lived sunk in every kind of vice and profanation. Oggún learned of it and decided to go to that land to impose the Oddun and put an end to all the evil that was done there. In that town lived a man who kept his beliefs and spoke with Elegbá, who advised him to go see Orunla.
When Orunla examined him, this Ifá came out, and he told him that he had to make ebbó because something bad was coming for the town. He also instructed him, after the ebbó, to plant melon in the patio of his house. The man followed all of Orunla’s instructions, and a short time later Oggún arrived with his men to punish the inhabitants of the town.
When Oggún and his men passed by the man’s house, they saw him with a melon in his hand and asked what it was. The man offered them the melon and Oggún tasted it. When he finished eating, Oggún said the melon was very good and decided that the man would be the only one to be spared, and that he would remain as owner of those lands.
: Through this Ifá one must plant melon or, apart from that, plant a good precedent through one’s own conduct, for the environment in which one lives and moves is full of unscrupulous people of low moral condition. It speaks of war, of mayomberos, sendings of the dead and witchcraft, where one can become the target of the prenda of Zarabanda and the just can pay for sinners.
Works and ebbó of Obara Otura
Works of obara tura
- To remove the binding
- Cleanse yourself with an osiadie and release it alive in nigbe, and bathe with piñón de botija. The osiadie dun dun.
- For financial progress
- Ewe meloncillo with its fruits is placed before Orunla; when it splits open, the seeds are gathered, an iye is made together with the ewe, and it is blown at the door.
- To resolve situations
- Take a melon, cut it into seven pieces and set it before Oggún; afterwards, bathe with the water it releases. Scrub the door with ewe dun dun. Place a bottle of water with corn flour, making sure it does not dry out.
- Ebbo
- Akuko, 2 eyele, a drum, $6.30.
- Ebbo
- A Castile melon, 2 eyele, a small drum, la mello tontu, eya, eku, felle; an iyefa is made with the melon seed and scattered at the door and along the sides, iré ni faqui.
Prayers and suyeres of Obara Otura
Liturgical material transcribed from the source manuscripts; it is kept verbatim.
Prayer
Aque Aure Chibeni Baurongunleda Barabaniregun Orunla Erubo. Eshu Elebo Aikordie Eyele Biruta Omi Ebello Owo. Tirefun Abaño Adifafun Toni Buegue Oma Apita Lebo Melón De Castilla Tomagu Eku Eyele Lebo.
Orishas in this sign
The orishas that the letter itself links to this sign, as recorded in the source:
- Oshún — This is where the woman has had abortions and the child was an omo of Oshún or Yemayá.
Other aspects of the sign
Ewé of this sign
Castile melon, piñón de botija, picuala and escamosa.
Obara Kushiyo Ake Eure Ahoboni Bo Uro Gulanda Barabaniro Oggun Orunla Lorugbo, Eshu Elebo Ounko, Aikordie, Eyele,akuko, Omi Elebo, Owo Elebo.