Odù 175 of 256 · Ika family

Ika Oggunda

The boat and sea trade: the favorite son of Yemayá — Osain made the paths and the streets: nobody can live cut off.

Ika Oggunda is Odù number 175 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Ika family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 16 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 8 ebbós and works and the signs it shows in the consultation; the detail of iré and osogbo, the eewó and the full recipes open with the Babalawo plan — that locked part is still written in Spanish.

The sign at a glance

Order in Ifá
Odù 175 of 256
Composition
Ika over Ogunda
Orishas that speak
Inle · Osain · Odde (Oshosi) · Yemayá · Olokun · Shangó · Elegbara · Ogún · Egun · Abita

What Ifá says in this sign

Ika Oggunda is the sign of sea trade: this odu is the boat, and its owner is Yemayá's favorite son — for his kindness and his discipline — and Olofin's favorite hunter. His social map was drawn by Osain, who here made the paths and the streets: nobody can live cut off — do not let anyone pull you away from other people.

Your palette of luck is an exact one: it is in things that are black in color and among Black people — and you have to wear something made of ivory. Kaferefun Inle and Osain: the doctor of the river and the owner of the bush stand guard over this boat.

«Osain made the paths and the streets — the boat of Ika Oggunda sails in company or it runs aground.»The pulse of Ika Oggunda

The law is circling: in this Ifá you go to jail — do not keep anything for anyone (least of all stolen goods), and do not lend out your name. The tall, thin young man with the sideburn is the one working against you: once you know who he is, he is neutralized. Search the corners of your house every day — and the water barrel: there is something in there against your santos.

Your roads want a toll: do not go to the country without ebbó — you would not come back: the santos are waiting for you out there; the place that suits you, with a work done first; and the gift they are going to give you, with care: do not let the money kill you. The wound on your body, the aching all over, and the one in your house who goes wild when he drinks: every one of them has a work.

The Awó of this odu has one unusual commitment: to feed his own shadow — whoever works with the forces of the docks feeds his own shadow too. The head is given rogation with pumpkin vine, loofah and meloncillo for the tokoto ashé — the complete luck — and losses here can be reversed: with ebbó everything lost is recovered — and the boat of Ika Oggunda comes back loaded.

The sign in one line

Wear black with a piece of ivory, search your water barrel and feed your shadow — the favorite son of Yemayá gets back everything the sea owed him.

The prayer of Ika Oggunda · Yoruba

Iká Oggúnda Adifafun Ozain, Akukó Lebo. Iká Oggúnda Adifafun Orunmila Eure Lebo. Kidi Bogbo Baye Tishe Kidi Oma Odagun Aruko Medilogun Eyele, Ikele, Ewefa, Olele, Akuko Lebo. Ifa Ika Migunda Iru Omó Orunmila Oun Omo Ozain Kaferefun Oggún, Orunmila, Yemayá Ati Inle.

Súyere
Okuku sa niyeye to ma ni iya okuku.

Ifá says — what Ika Oggunda tells you

Proverbs of Ika Oggunda · Òwe

12 proverb interpretations in this Odù, locked.Every proverb explained: which road it comes from and how it applies. Written in Spanish for now.Unlock →

Iré and Osogbo

6 iré and osogbo readings in this Odù, locked.The iré and osogbo of the sign, sorted by subject — health, money, love, death, loss… Written in Spanish for now.Unlock →

What is born in Ika Oggunda · Ìbí

What is forbidden · Eewó

5 eewó (taboos) in this Odù, locked.What the child of this sign must not eat, do or wear. Written in Spanish for now.Unlock →

Ebbós of Ika Oggunda · The sacrifices that open the road

La pérdidaEbbó to get back what was lost🔒 Babalawo
AmorEbbó so she is at peace🔒 Babalawo
Vencer enemigosThe ebbó of the little dog🔒 Babalawo
Vencer enemigosThe ebbó of the monkey sticks🔒 Babalawo
DineroThe ebbó of the roads🔒 Babalawo
5 ebbós in this Odù, locked.Each full recipe: ingredients, preparation and where it goes. Written in Spanish for now.Unlock →

Works of Ika Oggunda · The workings of the sign

Vencer enemigosInshé Osain of this Ifá🔒 Babalawo
EspiritualThe food for the shadow🔒 Babalawo
SaludThe rogation for the complete luck🔒 Babalawo
3 works in this Odù, locked.Each full recipe: ingredients, preparation and where it goes. Written in Spanish for now.Unlock →

Patakíes of Ika Oggunda · The roads of the Odù

1Ika Oggunda, Yemayá's favorite son

The boat among the children of Yemayá: for his kindness, his discipline and his keeping of his word he was his mother's favorite, and he became Olofin's favorite hunter and a warrior who never lost a single war.

Ika Oggunda was the boat, and he is one of the children of Yemayá; but for his kindness, his discipline and his keeping of his word he was always the favorite, to the point that he is the only one who carries the ship's load to land.

He became Olofin's favorite hunter and a great warrior, and he won every war for Olofin.

2The puncture and Oshún's herb

Ika Oggunda went to the riverbank and was pierced by a thorned stick. While he was healing, Oshún came along, and seeing him she brought him a little honey and an herb, and cured him. Ika Oggunda fell in love with her, they began living together and he introduced her to his mother. Before long he prospered and lived more comfortably, because he only had to hunt for her, and so he lost many enemies — but in the end Oshún left him for another man.

Ika Oggunda went to the riverbank and was pierced by a thorned stick. While he was healing, Oshún came along, and seeing him she brought him a little honey and an herb, and cured him.

So Ika Oggunda fell in love with her, and they began living together, and he introduced her to his mother.

Before long he prospered and lived more comfortably, because he only had to hunt for her, and so he lost many enemies; but in the end Oshún left him for another man.

3The monkey who saved Ika Oggunda

Ika Oggunda was a hunter with the virtue that only Olofin ate what he hunted. Once all the animals cornered him in the bush to eat him, laying a trap for him; he had no choice but to climb a tree where a monkey had her hut. Having spent so long in the bush, he understood the animals' language, and he told the monkey what was happening. Since nobody ate monkeys, he never hunted them, and the monkey agreed to help him on one condition: that afterward he let the monkeys mix with the people of the town, since they lived far off, and when they came down they were chased and tied up. The hunter agreed; the monkey found the skin of a dead monkey, put it on him, and with him on her back went leaping from tree to tree until she got him out of the bush. Once he was free, the monkey followed him so he would keep his word — and because she had fallen in love with him and wanted to live at his side. And Olofin accepted nothing the other hunters brought him.

Ika Oggunda was a hunter who had the virtue that only Olofin ate what he hunted. Once all the animals cornered him in the bush to eat him, laying a trap for him. In that state, Ika Oggunda had no choice but to climb a tree that held a hut where a monkey lived. From up there he saw all the ambushes they had ready for him.

The monkey came back and found the hunter inside her house. Seeing the monkey, the hunter spoke to her, because by then he understood these animals' language from the time he had spent in the bush.

He told the monkey what was happening to him; and since the hunter was on good terms with all the monkeys — because as nobody ate monkeys, he did not hunt them —, the monkey agreed to help him, on the condition that afterward he let the monkeys mix with the people of the town, since they lived far off in the bush.

When the monkeys came, everyone in the town took fright and fled, but they chased them and tied them up.

The hunter accepted the condition. So the monkey climbed down and found the skin of a dead monkey and put it on the hunter. That way, with the hunter on her back, she went leaping from tree to tree until they were able to get out of the bush.

And once the hunter was free, the monkey followed him so that he would keep his word and take her to the town, and so she could stay there — because the monkey had fallen in love with him and wanted to live with him, and the hunter was always shut away in the bush.

And Olofin accepted nothing that the other hunters brought him.

4The boy, Ogún and Osain🔒 Babalawo
5Odde and Inle: the hunter and the boatman🔒 Babalawo
6The three horses🔒 Babalawo
7The obstacles on the road🔒 Babalawo
8How the streets took shape🔒 Babalawo
9The elders' approval🔒 Babalawo
10The falseness in mounting Egun🔒 Babalawo
11Eye Ori Otan🔒 Babalawo
12The Awó and the leopard🔒 Babalawo
13The rich man and the clever man🔒 Babalawo
14The danger of talking🔒 Babalawo
15The ebo of conduct🔒 Babalawo
16Life and death🔒 Babalawo
13 more patakíes in this Odù, locked.Read every road in full with the Babalawo plan. Written in Spanish for now.Unlock →
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Frequently asked questions about Ika Oggunda

What does the Odù Ika Oggunda mean in Ifá?

The boat and sea trade: the favorite son of Yemayá — Osain made the paths and the streets: nobody can live cut off.

What number is Ika Oggunda among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

Ika Oggunda is Odù number 175 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Ika family.

Which orishas speak in Ika Oggunda?

In the Odù Ika Oggunda these orishas speak: Inle, Osain, Odde (Oshosi), Yemayá, Olokun, Shangó, Elegbara, Ogún, Egun, Abita.

What is a proverb of the Odù Ika Oggunda?

One of the proverbs of Ika Oggunda says: «In discontent lies the victory.».

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