Odi Kana

Too late

There was a man who wept because he did not have the woman he desired, and the one he had left him. He performed ebbó and found another woman, and when the one who left learned that they were doing well, she wanted to return and could not.

The poor awo and the rich awo

There are two awoses; one envies the other, who lived well in a house that had a basement. The poor awo casts witchcraft on him intending to burn down his house, but the rich awo performs ebbó and nothing happens to his property. (The rich one is the one who envies the poor one.)

The ungrateful man

Oba Kiti was discontented with what he had, and so he strove to be superior to everyone else. His employer noticed this and ended up dismissing him. After this, Oba Kiti went to be examined by awo Shola, who warned him that if he offered him a favor, he would neither be thankful for it nor remember it. Even so, Shola decided to help him by having him perform an ebbó. In the end, thanks to the ebbó, Oba Kiti found success in his business dealings and began to accumulate wealth.

When he learned of Shola’s situation after the fire caused by his ina, Oba Kiti felt remorse and decided to show his gratitude by going there to free him from the fire. And so it was that a downpour fell, put out the fire and saved Shola’s life. This deeply moved Oba Kiti, who from then on became a faithful follower of Olorun.

Here the destruction of the body was born

Tenta Orun, who heard Eleguara, approached him and told him everything that Awo Abiti did with him and what he used him for. Eleguara told him he had to swear that he would never again do what Awo Abiti ordered him. Tenta Orun replied that, once he had fulfilled his current commitment, he would be willing to swear loyalty to Eleguara. Eleguara accepted, without realizing that he had thereby accepted Tenta Orun’s commitment. Tenta Orun hid so that Awo Abiti would not discover him speaking with Eleguara. Then Eleguara sat down in the center of the town and began to talk with Awo Abiti while the latter fed him eku, eya, epo, oñi, osiadie and oti.

Eleguara listened to Awo Abiti as he spoke, accepting everything he said. Suddenly, however, Igbay Baba Borracho came out of the earth. After a while, he realized what had happened and ran to Awo Moyare to ask him to perform an ebbó and oparaldo meta with osiadie meta keke, and to place the ileke meta in different spots around the town so that when Awo Abiti sent Tenta Orun out, he would find food. In addition, Eleguara asked Awo Moyare to dress Tenta Orun with three kinds of hide and bogbo ileke, and to place the ebbó at the exit of the town, on a road. In this way, Eleguara would be able to speak with Tenta Orun and keep him from destroying Awo Moyare and his land. Awo Moyare followed all the instructions, while Eleguara hid at a corner of the town. When Tenta Orun arrived, he began to eat from everything that had been set out in the different spots around the town. At that moment, Eleguara began to ring the little bell and sing: «Baba van baye bab bayo mayekun baba igbay bayo Moyekun lorun baba igbay baye tenta orun Oyá yokun Baba Eleguara tiloyo tenta orun tiloye Eleguara Tiloye tenta orun tiloye Oyá yokun wa».

Then Tenta Orun heard Eleguara and ran out to embrace him. The two began to weep. Eleguara said to him: «Here lives Awo Moyare, who always does good despite living in poverty. And you were here to do him harm on account of awo Abiti. Now you will have to go along with him to spread your ofo (loss) throughout the whole world. You will live everywhere and do the harm that falls to you. We were going to use you for good, but since you tried to deceive us, you will now serve for evil.»

The chicken given to Eleguara at four in the morning belongs to the ebbó, with which eyerbale is also given to the ebbó.