Ika Oggunda

nº 175 of 256

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

16 patakíes 5 eewó 8 ebbós and works 12 proverbs

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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 — with the full eewó in plain sight; the detail of iré and osogbo and the full recipes open with The Notebook, in English.

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

The Ifá of sea trade: it was born here, and this Ifá is the boat. The Ifá where Osain made the paths and the streets. An Ifá of losses: ebbó has to be made to get back what was lost. An Ifá where you go to jail. An Ifá where what was promised is not kept. The Ifá of the cunning, tricky, trading person, whose luck lies in things that are black in color and among Black people.
Your whole body aches.
You have a wound on your body.
In your house there is someone who goes wild when he drinks.
You have a friend, and the two of you share a secret.
Something made of ivory has to be worn.
The head is given rogation with pumpkin vine, plant loofah and meloncillo, for tokoto ashé — the complete luck.
The woman goes off with another man.
The herb of the sign: bejuco lechero.
When you get home, search the water barrel: there is something in there that is against your santos.
Be careful with a theft, and do not keep anything for anyone, least of all goods that come from a theft.
They want to do something bad to you so you do not even have peace.
Be careful with a tall, thin young man who wears a sideburn: he is the one working against you.
Do not go to the country without making ebbó first: you would not come back — the santos are waiting for you there.
You are thinking of going to a place that suits you.
They are going to give you a gift: be careful, do not let the money kill you.
Search the corners of your house every day.
After you make rogation, you have to give to your head every day.
You have had losses, but by making ebbó you will be able to get back everything you lost.
If you are Awó, the santos are asking for uwere fa.

Proverbs of Ika Oggunda · Òwe

“In discontent lies the victory.”
“He who keeps at it wins.”
“There is no more faithful friend than a brother.”
“Nobody in trouble asks a slanderer for support.”
“Death is deaf and does not like shouting.”
“Before you set out, make sure of the way back.”
“With money you can buy even your own misfortune.”
“The man who cannot walk is a child of God too; help him so God helps you.”
“The heart of a bad person is never clean.”
“Olorun leads the vile astray and guides the devout.”
“You do not put out a fire with firewood.”
“Too much hurry makes mistakes.”

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Iré and Osogbo

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What is born in Ika Oggunda · Ìbí

Sea trade.
The boatman with no passengers and the hunter with no prey met at the riverbank: from then on the boatman ferries the hunter across, and the hunter got back all the ivory he had lost.
The ashé of the lerí of the omo of Oshosi.
It is ground with the stone of Abata.
The paths and the streets.
Osain made them when Shangó opened up the cut-off land of Obani Baye by Olofin's order.

What is forbidden · Eewó

The full eewó of this Odù, open to everyone — with the road each ban came out of.

When you eat meat, do not throw the leftovers to the dog or to the cat.
Fruits are not eaten.
Do not walk around carrying weapons.
The law can arrest you: in this Ifá you go to prison.
Do not keep anyone's things, much less things that come from robberies.
Do not go to the countryside without doing ebbó first.
You would not come back: the santos are waiting for you.

Ebbós of Ika Oggunda · The sacrifices that open the road

LossEbbó to get back what was lost🔒 The Notebook LoveEbbó so she is at peace🔒 The Notebook Beating enemiesThe ebbó of the little dog🔒 The Notebook Beating enemiesThe ebbó of the monkey sticks🔒 The Notebook MoneyThe ebbó of the roads🔒 The Notebook

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Works of Ika Oggunda · The workings of the sign

Beating enemiesInshé Osain of this Ifá🔒 The Notebook SpiritualThe food for the shadow🔒 The Notebook HealthThe rogation for the complete luck🔒 The Notebook

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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 is one of Yemayá's sons and came to stand for the boat; his kindness, his discipline and the way he kept his word made him the favorite of all time, so much so that there is no other who carries the ship's load to land.

He came to be Olofin's favorite hunter, a warrior of great size, and he won every war against Olofin.

2The puncture and Oshún's herb

Ika Oggunda pricked himself with a thorny stick at the river bank. While he was healing, Oshún came by, and when she saw him she brought him a little honey and a herb, and with them she cured him. He fell in love with her, they went to live together and he introduced her to his mother. Soon he prospered and lived more comfortably, because his hunting was only for her, and along the way he lost many enemies; in the end, though, Oshún left with another man.

Ika Oggunda went down to the river bank and there he stuck himself with a thorny stick. He was healing when Oshún appeared, and when she saw him she brought him a little honey and a herb, and with that she cured him.

He fell in love with her, they started living together and he introduced her to his mother.

In a short time he prospered and his life got easier, since he hunted only for her, and that way he lost many enemies. In the end, though, Oshún left with another man.

3The monkey who saved Ika Oggunda

Ika Oggunda hunted, and his virtue was that only Olofin ate from his catch. On one occasion, all the animals set a trap for him and closed him in in the bush to eat him; with no other way out he climbed a tree where a female monkey had her hut. From living so long in the bush he understood the language of the animals, and he told the monkey what was happening. Since nobody ate monkeys, he did not hunt them: that is why the monkey agreed to help him, with one condition — that afterward he let the monkeys mix with the people of the town, since they lived apart and when they came down people chased them and tied them up. The hunter accepted; the monkey looked for the skin of a dead monkey, put it on the hunter and, with him on her back, jumped 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. Of what the other hunters brought him, Olofin accepted nothing.

Ika Oggunda hunted, and he had the virtue that nobody but Olofin ate his catch. On one occasion, all the animals set a trap for him and closed him in in the bush to eat him. With no other way out, he had to climb a stick or tree where a female monkey had her hut; from up there he could see all the traps they had set for him.

When the monkey came back, she ran into the hunter inside her house. He spoke to her the moment he saw her, since he had been in the bush so long that he already understood the language of those animals.

He told the monkey about his trouble. The hunter got along well with all the monkeys, because since nobody ate them, he did not hunt them either; that is why the monkey agreed to help him, though she set one condition: that from then on he let the monkeys mix with the people of the town, since they lived apart in the bush.

When the monkeys showed up, people in the town got scared and ran away; even so they chased them and tied them up.

The hunter accepted the deal. The monkey went down for the skin of a dead monkey and covered the hunter with it; then, with him on her back, she jumped from tree to tree until she got him out of the bush.

Once the hunter was free, the monkey went after him, so he would keep what he had promised: to take her to the town and for her to stay there. She was in love with him and wanted to live at his side, and the hunter lived always shut away in the bush.

And of what the other hunters brought him, Olofin accepted nothing.

4The boy, Ogún and Osain🔒 The Notebook 5Odde and Inle: the hunter and the boatman🔒 The Notebook 6The three horses🔒 The Notebook 7The obstacles on the road🔒 The Notebook 8How the streets took shape🔒 The Notebook 9The elders' approval🔒 The Notebook 10The falseness in mounting Egun🔒 The Notebook 11Eye Ori Otan🔒 The Notebook 12The Awó and the leopard🔒 The Notebook 13The rich man and the clever man🔒 The Notebook 14The danger of talking🔒 The Notebook 15The ebo of conduct🔒 The Notebook 16Life and death🔒 The Notebook

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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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