Babaluayé, rich but corrupt, did not respect Dada, Agayú's adopted daughter and Shangó's sister, and being ill himself he passed it to her; Eshu discovered the hairpieces Dada used to cover her baldness, Agayú threw Babaluayé out of the town, and Shangó, who had been helping him out of pity, withdrew his help when he learned the truth.
In a certain land under the rule of Agayú lived Babaluayé, whom everyone loved and respected because he was a merchant of great fortune. Inside, though, he was a man of the worst kind, wicked and corrupt to the extreme; so much so that he had no respect for Dada, Agayú's adopted daughter and Shangó's sister. He talked her into it and, even though he knew he was sick, he had contact with her and passed his sickness to her.
As the days went by, Dada's hair began to fall out and, to replace it, she used horse hair. None of that escapes Eshu, who sees everything and knows everything: he saw her put on the horse hair and then cover herself with the headscarf. He then went to look for Agayú and told him what had happened. Agayú sent for Dada, and she explained the situation to him. When he learned that Babaluayé was to blame, he took away all his standing and threw him out of the town; that is how Babaluayé ended up living on the outskirts.
Shangó was out hunting when he came across him. The sickness was already taking away his speech, and all that came out of his mouth was "ARA" (earth). Seeing him in that state moved Shangó to pity, so he went down to the town, got him food and looked after him for a while, until Eshu came and told him what had happened.
Once he knew everything, Shangó took his help away and sent him to keep walking the world, for not having respected his sister.
Note: Shangó was giving water to his horse when Babaluayé passed by the stream. In this Odù, Shangó and Babaluayé can come one standing in for the other.