Iwori Bosaso

nº 55 of 256

Struggles and changes of the weak one who defends himself with skill: Obatalá Ayaguna speaks, the revolutionary spirit — without discord there is no progress.

19 patakíes 5 eewó 7 ebbós and works 13 proverbs

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Iwori Bosaso is Odù number 55 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Iwori family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 19 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 7 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 55 of 256
Composition
Iwori over Osa

What Ifá says in this sign

Iwori Bosaso is the Ifá of struggles and changes: here Obatalá Ayaguna speaks, the revolutionary spirit who holds that without discord there is no progress — and his war lasts until he chooses to rest. The changes of this odu cut both ways: in iré, favorable; in osobo, not. The ebbó decides which side they fall on.

In the war where half the town fights the other half, the weak one loses — unless he uses his head: learn from the goat, who, being certain prey, made a pact with Ikú so as never to die. That is why no goats live in your house (only passing through on their way to the Saints): they are the memory of the pact it falls to you to renew, with ebbó and not with force.

«Without discord there is no progress, says Ayaguna — but the weak one of Iwori Bosaso wins with his head, not his hands.»The pulse of Iwori Bosaso

The cleanliness of this odu is literal: cutlery and washing your hands before eating were born here — make it law. And the moral cleanliness the same: do not be a schemer or a cheat, pay whoever you owe and whoever works for you, because over money you can be cursed, and that curse carries off luck and health.

Keep watch at night: there is an Egun attached, in love, that comes to be with you at night — send it away, since it brings impotence and heart trouble. Eat low in salt, look after your circulation and your chest, and pay your debt to Azojuano: the «creatures in the body» of this odu — parasites, infections — are him collecting.

Your luck has messengers: your godchild and your wife — Oshún will reward you through them. Change how you live, take up the good life, bathe in the river to let the bad go and pray your head with a large fresh fish: the changes that are coming will be favorable for whoever arrived clean to receive them.

The sign in one line

Live clean, pay what you owe and send away the dead one of the nights — the changes of Iwori Bosaso favor whoever made ebbó in time.

The prayer of Iwori Bosaso · Yoruba

Iwori Bosa adifafun oyugbona wosa bereni awo eshu ori iku mawa eyoni wowoni ewe ounko weweni eshu obi añañajun ounko tiboni bokun akoba.

Súyere
Ounko iku oku boro boro · Ota eshu oba ona yale eshu.

Ifá says — what Iwori Bosaso tells you

Proverbs of Iwori Bosaso · Òwe

10 proverb interpretations in this Odù, locked.Every proverb explained: which road it comes from and how it applies.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…Unlock →

What is born in Iwori Bosaso · Ìbí

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

Ebbós of Iwori Bosaso · The sacrifices that open the road

4 ebbós in this Odù, locked.Each full recipe: ingredients, preparation and where it goes.Unlock →

Works of Iwori Bosaso · The workings of the sign

3 works in this Odù, locked.Each full recipe: ingredients, preparation and where it goes.Unlock →

Patakíes of Iwori Bosaso · The roads of the Odù

1The revolutionary spirit

Ayaguna's lot was to be the maker of quarrels. Olodumare, wanting peace, sent him to peaceful Asia, but he set off war there too. Olodumare ruled that the world would last until Ayaguna rests from discord.

When Olodumare handed out the posts among his children, Ayaguna got the one of maker of quarrels: wherever he went he imposed himself and ruled with weapons, and there was no neighbor he did not end up fighting with. Olodumare, who wanted peace for his own, called him on it, and Ayaguna's answer was: "you, Father, are always sitting down, as if your blood did not run." To see if he would mend his ways, Olodumare stripped him of his command in Africa and sent him to Asia, a land where calm reigned.

Ayaguna, however, took those people for fools, set one tribe against another and lit a war that ended up reaching the whole world. The complaints of the peoples reached above again. Called back, he heard from his father: "I only want peace, I am Alamore, white flag." And the son answered: "Father, if there is no discord there is no progress; the world moves forward with discord, he who has two wants four, and the most able one wins." Olodumare's answer was final: "if that is so, the world will last until the day wars end and you turn your back on discord and lie down to rest; but that day will take a good while to come."

2The power of the weak

The hyena, a false friend, invited the she-goat on a journey so as to eat her. The goat made ebbó and took a sack with eko and bread; when the hungry lion appeared, by cleverness she got him to eat the hyena, and she was saved with Oduduwa.

When the world began, the she-goat had nowhere fixed to live. She had a false friend, koriko (the hyena), who invited her on a journey. The goat, wary, went to Orunmila, who saw this Ifá for her and warned her that the weak lose against the strong; he marked her an ebbó and told her to take a sack with eko, bread with honey and a hen. Halfway through the journey, the hungry hyena was about to spring on the goat, but the lion appeared with a pain in his belly. The goat kept giving him things from her sack — eko, bread — and, when the lion asked for more, she told him he would be cured by eating from the hyena's leg.

The hyena, out of fear, let her leg be eaten, then her foot, until, seeing that the lion wanted all of her, she ran off limping. The goat took her chance to flee to Oduduwa's house and asked him to save her. Oduduwa did her an Oparaldo with the hen from the sack, the choking from the fright left her, and she stayed on serving him; her head was Oduduwa's seat in that land, so the weak could defend themselves against the strong with intelligence.

3The scheming, cheating boss

A boss cheated his workers out of their pay. Two of them, taken in by Orunmila (the little old man), reported him; Osain sickened his plantations and Eshú tormented him, until he learned to pay and to respect his fellow men.

Two poor men from out of town took work with the boss of some timber cutters, where the sea had to be crossed to work. When they finished and asked for their wages, the boss — a schemer and a cheat — tricked them out of their pay. A little old man who lived alone took them in; he was Orunmila, who had already had a word with the boss to no effect. He made them osode, saw this Ifá and did the ceremony for them: he gave the turtle and the rooster to Osain so he would sicken the boss's plantations, and the goat to Eshú so he would torment him day and night.

Osain sickened the trees and Eshú, with his changes of shape, tormented the boss, who came to Orunmila. Orunmila marked him the works to have peace, but warned him that he had to pay everyone who worked for him, so as to take off the curse of those he had cheated. The boss did it and had his peace back.

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The full treatise is in English. With The Notebook, the whole sign opens on this page in English: the full text of every patakí, the recipes for the ebbós and works, and the iré and osogbo readings. · This page is also available in Spanish: See Iwori Bosaso in Spanish →

Frequently asked questions about Iwori Bosaso

What does the Odù Iwori Bosaso mean in Ifá?

Struggles and changes of the weak one who defends himself with skill: Obatalá Ayaguna speaks, the revolutionary spirit — without discord there is no progress.

What number is Iwori Bosaso among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

Iwori Bosaso is Odù number 55 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Iwori family.

Which orishas speak in Iwori Bosaso?

In the Odù Iwori Bosaso these orishas speak: Obatalá (Ayaguna), Eshú (Niki Niki), Azojuano, Yemayá Mayelewo, Oduduwa (Aremú), Oshún, Orisha-Oko.

What is a proverb of the Odù Iwori Bosaso?

One of the proverbs of Iwori Bosaso says: «The weakest one loses.».

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