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.
It happened once that, in a land governed by Agayú, Babaluayé was much loved and respected, since he was a very rich trader, but extremely corrupt and depraved; so much so that he did not respect Dada, Agayú's adopted daughter and Shangó's sister: he talked her round and, knowing he was ill, had relations with her and made her ill.
As the days passed, she noticed that her hair was falling out and, to make up for it, she wore hairpieces of horsehair. But Eshu, who sees everything and knows everything, watched Dada putting on the horsehair pieces and then her headscarf. Eshu went to Agayú and told him what had happened. Agayú called Dada, who explained the situation to him. When Agayú learned that Babaluayé was to blame, he lost all regard for him and threw him out of the town, and Babaluayé went to live on the outskirts.
Shangó, who was out hunting, met Babaluayé and, in his illness, he could only say «ARA» (earth), since he was losing his speech. Shangó, seeing him in that state, took pity on him, went to the town and found him food, looking after him for a time, until Eshu told him what had happened.
On learning it, Shangó withdrew his help from Babaluayé and made him go on walking through the world, for not respecting his sister.
Note: when Babaluayé passed by the stream, Shangó was giving his horse water. In this Odù, Shangó may come in a plante of Babaluayé and the other way round.