Odù 54 of 256 · Iwori family

Iwori Oggunda

War and ingratitude punished: Olodumare condemned Oggún for trying to do away with Orunmila, his benefactor — and fright was born into the world here.

Iwori Oggunda is Odù number 54 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Iwori family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 14 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 7 ebbós and works and the signs it shows in the consultation; the detail of iré and osogbo, the eewó and the full recipes open with the Babalawo plan — that locked part is still written in Spanish.

The sign at a glance

Order in Ifá: Odù 54 of 256
Composition: Iwori over Ogunda
Orishas that speak: Oggún · Orunmila · Shangó · Yemayá · Eshú (Obara Kekute / Ebelakeyu) · Oshún · Eggun

What Ifá says in this sign

Iwori Oggunda is the Ifá of ingratitude punished: here Olodumare condemned Oggún for trying to do away with Orunmila — his own benefactor. This odu watches over gratitude the way others watch over money: whoever bites the hand that raised them is sentenced by heaven itself.

Its rule for business belongs in a notary's office: it is an Ifá of word-of-mouth deals — and that is exactly why everything is put in writing. A right of yours is going to be denied: do everything with signed papers and witnesses, never on your word alone, or you will lose every time. And whoever grows tired of giving without receiving — like the missionary of the patakí, sought out only to solve other people's problems — should learn to charge without guilt.

«Even Oggún was condemned by heaven for ingratitude — gratitude is the law of Iwori Oggunda.»The pulse of Iwori Oggunda

This is an Odù of spiritism: attend your spiritual frame and set up a bóveda — the stabs of pain in the head are asking for regular praying, and there is an Egun attached that can be stripped away: here Shangó took the dark oath off Oggún's son, because this is the sign of the stripping. Guard yourself against Mayombe with your inshé of Osain and the palm bark behind the door.

Precautions in the street: do not go out when it rains — they want to take your footprints and your shadow —, do not give away photographs (they work against you with them), no celebrating at the seashore (Yemayá is angry: calm her) and do not act tough, since you can be killed. Blood pressure and heart, to the doctor: the heart attack in this odu gives warning.

The good news has a name of its own: there is a daughter or a godchild who is your sure luck — do not worry about her, be grateful for her. A post is coming, and if you are a child of Shangó, you will reach Ifá and found your own town. Give thanks to Oshún, who is always at your side, and even to the war: Oggún says that, after the war, he will favor you.

The sign in one line

Sign everything with witnesses, set up your bóveda and do not go out in the rain — after this war, Oggún himself owes you a favor.

The prayer of Iwori Oggunda · Yoruba

Iwori Ogunda Iwori Awa Lele Ifá Ogunda Awado Barun Awaniri Lorin Oni Ifá Awo Kanibi Ifá Awakeni Ifá Oribaye Awo Abiwa Abani Awo Oshanla, kaferefun Ogun, Yemaya, Shango ati Eshu Oni Egun Temi Igi.

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Oba Nire Orun Oba Niyere · Oba Nire Egun Oba Orun Lariye.

Ifá says — what Iwori Oggunda tells you

Kaferefún Oggún, Yemayá, Shangó ati Eshu. An Ifá of word-of-mouth deals, not of papers.
Olodumare punished Oggún for his ingratitude and for the fire set against his benefactor Orunmila.
The war between Shangó and Agayú, where Shangó won by showing his courage and his honesty.
Shangó took the oath of Orun off Oggún's son; that is why this is an Odù of stripping away.
An Odù of spiritism: attend your spiritual frame and set up a bóveda.
The missionary who went from town to town preaching what is good and grew tired, because everyone sought him out only to solve their own problems.
A woman who runs after a man while another man runs after her; she likes having two at once.
An Ifá of word-of-mouth deals: a right of yours will be denied — do everything with signed papers and witnesses.
Guard yourself against matters of Mayombe, and against an Egun attaching itself to you.
You are thinking of marriage, or of a deal involving a great deal of money.
A daughter or a godchild you need not worry about, because she is your sure luck.
If you are a child of Shangó, you will reach Ifá and found your own town.
Stabs of pain in your head, for which it has to be prayed at regular intervals.
Do not give away photographs: they will work against you with them.
Yemayá is angry with you; this Odù speaks of tidal waves.

Proverbs of Iwori Oggunda · Òwe

“I made you king, and you kill me with ingratitude.”
“The betrayal is at the table.”
“A word-of-mouth deal, a right lost.”
“Whoever repays good with fire is consumed by the fire.”
“Whoever brings war on others ends up with their own.”
“Your enemies eat what is yours, but when you have nothing, your friends vanish.”
“Wars do not come down from heaven, but they are won with your feet on the ground.”
“No one suffers more than the guarantor of a stranger.”
“A grateful woman is honored by whoever helps her.”
“The just will have long life; the unjust reach their own death.”
“A man holds fast to the earth through his devotion, and the idle one is torn up by the roots.”
“When a man advises straight he is good; when he advises with deceit, he is bad.”

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Iré and Osogbo

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What is born in Iwori Oggunda · Ìbí

The struggle to survive.
From the road of the damselfly and the hairy spider.
The first infusion the world ever knew.
Fright, which Oggún brought into the world.
From the road of Oba Nire, where Oggún and the Egun terrified the land until Shangó beat him.
Eshú Obara Kekute Oluwo, who eats black dog together with Oggún.

What is forbidden · Eewó

5 eewó (taboos) in this Odù, locked.What the child of this sign must not eat, do or wear. Written in Spanish for now.Unlock →

Ebbós of Iwori Oggunda · The sacrifices that open the road

EggunEbbó Oparaldo of the sign🔒 Babalawo

Beating enemiesEbbó of war🔒 Babalawo

Guarding the shadowWork so your shadow is not stolen🔒 Babalawo

YemayáOffering to Yemayá🔒 Babalawo

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Works of Iwori Oggunda · The workings of the sign

ProtectionEshú Ebelakeyu🔒 Babalawo

Winning the warEshú Obara Kekute🔒 Babalawo

SpiritismSpiritual bóveda🔒 Babalawo

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Patakíes of Iwori Oggunda · The roads of the Odù

1Ode's farm

Ode kept losing animals; he found tiger and lion tracks and went out to hunt them. He killed the lion, but the tiger, smelling the blood, attacked him; in the uneven fight both died.

Ode had a farm and began losing animals without ever catching the thief. Keeping watch day and night, he saw the tracks of a tiger and of a lion; he armed himself with a bow and two arrows and set out to hunt them. He met the lion and killed it with one shot from a tree, which he climbed down from without noticing that the tiger was prowling. The tiger, smelling the blood, attacked him without mercy, and an uneven fight began between the man and the beast, in which both died: Ode killed the tiger with the arrow he had left, but died of the animal's wounds.

2Orunmila's prophecy and the Egun attached to the woman

An abandoned woman working as a servant felt a foreign Egun attach itself to her. Orunmila told her to have an Oparaldo; she did not, prospered through the Egun, but on refusing its secret her legs swelled and she died of the same thing it had.

A woman with small children was abandoned by her husband and took work as a servant in the house of well-off people. She began to feel something strange over her body and went to Orunmila, who saw this Ifá for her and told her that in that house an Egun had attached itself to her, one who in its last life had been a foreign white man; that he would do her an Oparaldo, because that Egun would first give her material help but would afterward pass on its secret to her and it would cost her her health and her life. The woman never came back for the works.

She soon prospered through the Egun's help and became rich overnight. The Egun, who had had a cauldron when it wore flesh, showed her in dreams where it was so she could take it; the woman paid no attention, and one day her legs began to swell, and she grew gravely ill until she died, of the same illness through which the foreign Egun had met its own fall. So Orunmila's prophecy came true. Beware an Egun attaching itself that helps but sickens.

3Fright, brought by Oggún, was born

Oggún took his weak son before Orun to give him great power with the Egun and the palm barks, and terrified the land of Oba Nire. Shangó, with sulphur and fire, drove the Egun off, ended the fright and took the son to Yemayá to be raised.

Oggún lived in Oba Nire and had a son with Yemayá, Awo Nilorun, for whom he made Ifá at three years old so as to make him head of his land, which he was to leave by Obatalá's order. Seeing that the son had no force of command, he took him before Orun, gathering palm barks along the way. Orun gave him great power with the Egun, washing him with seven palm barks and the herbs of the sign, so he would gain the power of the world, and told Oggún he would be «the fright of the whole world». Shangó, hidden, saw it all.

When Shangó came out and reproached Orun for that great power, which would harm Obatalá, Orun challenged him; but Shangó put out his tongue with sulphur and shook with terror, and Orun rendered him moforibale. Shangó announced that he would send for his son Oni Ifá Awo to take that power away from him. In Oba Nire, when seven o'clock struck, the palm barks rattled and the people lived in fear. Shangó arrived burning sulphur and passing the guinea fowl over his head; the Egun fled from the smell and the fire, and Oggún was seized with great terror. Shangó took the palm barks off him: «the fright is over». Obatalá ordered a house of palm bark to be made for Oggún so he would be worshipped, and took the son to Yemayá to be raised in everything good.

4The damselfly and the hairy spider🔒 Babalawo

5The betrayal of Obatalá🔒 Babalawo

6The wild boar (Euro)🔒 Babalawo

7When Olodumare rebuked Oggún for his ingratitude🔒 Babalawo

8Ode, the hunter🔒 Babalawo

9The eyes of Oba Oloba🔒 Babalawo

10Atan and Eeru🔒 Babalawo

11The grateful young man🔒 Babalawo

12The foolish prince🔒 Babalawo

13The chance inside the obstacle🔒 Babalawo

14Living tied to the past or to the present🔒 Babalawo

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Frequently asked questions about Iwori Oggunda

What does the Odù Iwori Oggunda mean in Ifá?

War and ingratitude punished: Olodumare condemned Oggún for trying to do away with Orunmila, his benefactor — and fright was born into the world here.

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

Iwori Oggunda is Odù number 54 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Iwori family.

Which orishas speak in Iwori Oggunda?

In the Odù Iwori Oggunda these orishas speak: Oggún, Orunmila, Shangó, Yemayá, Eshú (Obara Kekute / Ebelakeyu), Oshún, Eggun.

What is a proverb of the Odù Iwori Oggunda?

One of the proverbs of Iwori Oggunda says: «I made you king, and you kill me with ingratitude.».

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