Iwori Boshe

Awó Iwori Boshensheno had a son, Oba Bioshe, very clever but hard on his father; when his mother, Leri Aba, died, he was handed over to Wanwa Lode Nifa, who raised him spoiled and taught him to call his mother's Egun. The Egun would come and grant him great powers, and Oba Bioshe held great sway over the land of Leri Inle, but greed led him to want to rule his father's land as well, listening to no advice.

The father, sensing he would lose him, went to Orunmila, who saw Iwori Boshe for him and told him they would give blood to Odun and call the mother's Egun to give her 9 doves, because she was displeased. When they gave her the doves, the Egun appeared displeased, threatening to take his power away and drive him mad; Orunmila and the father begged her. Oba Bioshe appeared and swore to do as he was told; they handed him the loaded staff (fish, 9 guacalote seeds, mates, shells) to bury, and with the rooster and the hen for the Egun he took up the great powers of Egun and Osha. His father warned him: «if you do not keep this oath, you will lose your head».

In the land of Ifá, a king with many businesses had a friend, Alayeki, who practically ruled, and a loyal slave who did not agree with him. When the king died, leaving three small children, Alayeki was left at the head of the kingdom. Once the children were grown, Alayeki courted the eldest daughter; she refused him, and in revenge he barely gave them enough to live on. The slave comforted her, saying that Olofin would do justice, and consulted Osain about what he meant to do.

Alayeki, jealous of the slave, gave him the hardest work. One day he ordered him to put his room upstairs; the slave made the floor of palm boards, but with joists of fine wild cane tied with yam vines, and underneath he placed the dead king's stones. Seven days later he prayed his head at the river and reported that it was finished. When Alayeki went up to inspect it, the floor gave way and he fell head first onto the stones, and died. The king's daughter took over the government and gave the slave, her loyal counselor, his freedom.

Oshún lived with Shangó, who put her through hardship, struck her and made her work for him. Worn out, she went to the riverbank — her old home — and met a big, strong man, Agayú, who promised her his love; taken with his manly bearing, she fell into his arms. The two lovers went on behind Shangó's back until he caught them, and a war began over Oshún.

Agayú went to Orunmila, who saw this Ifá for him (kaferefún Oshún), marked him an ebbó and told him to call on two Orishas of Ara-Onu, ancestors of the river, Ita and Irole. With the two roosters from the ebbó, Agayú came to the river and called on them: Ita came out of a jagüey tree and Irole out of a carob. He made a pact with them, and they gave him the power of being unbeatable; he showed his power and Shangó respected him. So Agayú and Oshún were able to go on living at the river in peace. This person must keep moving in order to solve things, because they can be killed from behind on account of another woman.