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Obara Bogbe

Where Olofin sat the Awó down to paint the Odù of the consecration: the great drum of Ifá is born here, and one ebbó is made on top of another.

Obara Bogbe is Odù number 107 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Obara family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 30 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 9 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 107 of 256
Composition: Obara over Ogbe
In the Diloggún: 6-8 · Obara tonti Eyeunle
Orishas that speak: Eshu / Elegba · Shangó · Oshún · Obatalá · Osun · Osanyin · Egun

What Ifá says in this sign

Obara Bogbe is the sign Olofin sat down on the mat and ordered to paint the Odù on the atena: here the great drum of Ifá and the fan of the dead Awoses were born. It is an odu of the highest respect, with two household laws: walls have ears, and one ebbó is made on top of another ebbó.

What blocks it has a name: skepticism — never ignore what a Babalawo predicts, because here the Saints audit what you do and do not forgive, and Orunmila is angry over the wrongs done to his children. The disbelief in this odu is not an opinion: it is the brake on your progress.

«Walls have ears, and one ebbó is made on top of another — the double caution of Obara Bogbe.»The pulse of Obara Bogbe

Watch your mouth inside your own house: what gets said there can land you in trouble — the neighbors hear. The law is watching you: this odu recommends traveling to another land rather than serving prison in this one; and if an arrest comes over an offense you did not mean to commit, do not despair — with the goat for Eshu, that misfortune turns into a blessing, as it did for Orunmila in Udo.

In love, a mirror with two faces: the man wants to leave a good woman for no reason — nobody knows what they have until they lose it — and the woman whose husband walked out after the fight gets him back through the ebbó. And to both of them: when a woman leaves the house, you do not fight to get her back — you work.

The promises come with a number: good fortune is coming to you — play the lottery yourself, do not send anyone else — and with that money you can make Ifá; you will receive money from a woman's hands, and you will always have new things and gifts. Whoever is after a high position should sacrifice without delay — or lose it to someone younger. And the double seal: it is the second ebbó that secures the first

The sign in one line

Believe the word of Ifá, watch what is said in your house and double your ebbó — even an arrest turns into a blessing for Obara Bogbe.

The prayer of Obara Bogbe · Yoruba

Obara Bogbe lantosi omo Odu sheregun shere ke eboada lebo, Obara Bogbe lantosi omo Odu sheregun shere tinshomo Elegba oki lanferun, oki lanferun arun, oki lanferun ofo, oki lanferun eyo, oki lanferun ogu tinshomo Elegba Orunmila lorugbo.

Súyere
Obara Bogbe Ifá timodashe, Obara Bogbe Ifá timodashe.

Ifá says — what Obara Bogbe tells you

An Ifá of great respect and power — but the skepticism of whoever is being read blocks their progress: what a Babalawo predicts should never be ignored. It is an Ifá of concealment: you do not know what you want. Here Orunmila is angry, and the Saints audit what you do and do not forgive.
You have trouble with a neighbor and you live surrounded by enemies: watch what is said in your house, or the neighbors may land you in trouble — walls have ears.
You will have to travel abroad or to another land so as not to serve prison in this one, because the law is watching you.
You may be arrested over an offense you did not mean to commit — which turns into a blessing if you serve Eshu with a goat, as Orunmila did in Udo.
Whoever is after a high position should sacrifice without delay, or they will lose it to someone younger or to a subordinate, as Tawose lost it to Lakola.
It speaks of the change of life, and there is sick blood from something inherited; there can be strange results when a couple with the same blood factor have children.
The woman cannot be on top during sex.
You receive money from a woman's hands.
The materials for the consecration have to be bought on credit: you will always have new things and plenty of gifts.
The Saints are your worst enemies, because they audit what you do and they do not forgive; Orunmila is angry with you because you wrong his children.
The man wants to leave his wife when she has done nothing wrong to him: think it over carefully — today you have a good wife and tomorrow you will not, and nobody knows what they have until they lose it.
The woman's husband walked out after a fight: let her make ebbó so he comes back.
When a woman leaves your house, do not fight to get her back.
Money or jewelry has been stolen from you, and it is the same people who come to your house; the favors you do are paid back with malice — a cat in gloves.
You go around with three friends who cannot stand the sight of you, because they hold a great deal against you.
Money comes into one hand and goes straight out of the other.
It speaks of concealment: you do not know what you want.

Proverbs of Obara Bogbe · Òwe

“The King does not tell lies.”
“Respect brings respect.”
“Walls have ears.”
“The great one should not eat out of the small one's hands.”
“Whoever does not want to inherit bad things should not father bad things.”
“Not listening to the Babalawos' advice brought bad consequences on me.”
“One lie in a king's mouth can kill a thousand truths.”
“Whoever plants thorns should not expect to harvest flowers.”
“A baptism with no godfather is void.”
“The one who betrays is as guilty as the one who makes another betray.”
“Whoever inherits a bad deed inherits the bruise.”
“Whoever thinks with their wishes can lose their head.”
“Trade brings towns together and drives men apart.”
“Whoever squeezes their nose ends up bleeding.”
“An eager salesman is rarely honest.”
“A hardworking woman is a precious jewel.”

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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… Written in Spanish for now.Unlock →

What is born in Obara Bogbe · Ìbí

The apayerú, the great drum of Ifá, and the fan that stands for the dead Awoses.
The drum has to be given to Ifá.
The ebbó of the Santo and the Obateros (Oriaté).
Eshu, at the request of the people of Ambi Iku, laid out the mat and made the ebbó with Elegba's shell.
That two ebbós be made one after the other.
One ebbó is made on top of another: just when things are at their best, they turn worst.
The strange offspring that came of human beings living with animals.
From the farmer and the ewe, Somadendu was born, the spirit with six eyes.
Sprinkling Osun with aguardiente.
The fish-eye growth on the penis.
The passing of the Blessed Sacrament at twelve noon.
That walls have ears.
The boys heard the prayers of Olofin's ebbó through the wall, and repeated them out in the street.
Painting, handling and dancing Olofin's atena.
Olofin sat Obara Bogbe down on the mat: he was the owner of the mat.
The war between Shangó and Oshún, and why Shangó's children do not crown Oshún or the other way around.

What is forbidden · Eewó

6 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 Obara Bogbe · The sacrifices that open the road

Pushing death awayEbbó of the change of head🔒 Babalawo

Beating enemiesThe ebbó for lifting a curse (shepé)🔒 Babalawo

MoneyEbbó of the wasps🔒 Babalawo

Beating enemiesEbbó of the mat🔒 Babalawo

HealthEbbó of the white cloth roof🔒 Babalawo

Beating enemiesEbbó of the Omofá🔒 Babalawo

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Works of Obara Bogbe · The workings of the sign

SpiritualOlofin's atena🔒 Babalawo

Beating enemiesThe gourd of Yemayá and Osanyin🔒 Babalawo

MoneyBuying on credit🔒 Babalawo

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Patakíes of Obara Bogbe · The roads of the Odù

1The corn that wanted children

When corn still lived in heaven it went for a reading so it would prosper on earth: it was to serve Eshu with a goat and materials bought on credit. It came down to the farm naked, and its husband the farmer planted it: when it bore, it brought 4,200 children at once, every one of them magnificently dressed. That is why they say corn travels to the farm naked and comes back fully dressed.

When corn lived in heaven, it went to Obara Bogbe for a reading so it would prosper on earth. It was warned that it had to make sacrifice in order to have many children, and to serve Eshu with a goat and other materials that it was to buy on credit. It did as it was told, and after the sacrifice it came down to earth.

Once on earth, one morning corn arrived naked at the farm, and the farmer, its husband, planted it. When it began to bear, it brought four thousand two hundred children at once, every one of them magnificently dressed: that is why they say corn travels to the farm naked and comes back fully dressed. On the way home, corn gave joyful thanks to Orunmila for helping it produce so many children and have so many clothes. When this Odù appears in Igbodun, the person should serve Eshu with a goat and kola nuts bought on credit: they will always have new things and plenty of gifts. And in an ordinary reading: serve Eshu so the good fortune on its way arrives — and do not reveal to anyone the secret of your successes.

2Ifá's chronic debtor

Before leaving heaven, Obara Bogbe was told he would be a chronic debtor on earth, even while being a priest of Ifá. He bought yams and hens «in the name of Ifá» without paying, offering readings instead, and shared everything with Eshu — and prospered in the process. That is why the materials for the initiation of this sign are bought on credit.

A reading was made for Obara Bogbe before he left heaven: he was to serve Eshu with a goat, and Ifá with a hen, a fish and kola nuts, because he would be a chronic debtor on earth, in spite of being a practicing priest of Ifá. He came into the world a notorious debtor, who frequently objected to paying for anything acquired in the name of Ifá.

One day he went to the market to buy yams; when the seller asked for payment, he replied that he would not pay because he had bought them in the name of Ifá — but he offered to make a reading for the seller at any time, in place of the cost, singing: «Ola Ifá monje odogbo ni kere». The next day he bought a hen the same way, and so a great many materials without paying for them; but he would get home and share all those things with Eshu — and he prospered in the process. When this Odù appears in Igbodu, the materials for the initiation ceremony are bought on credit; in an ordinary reading, the person buys a hen and a yam on credit and offers them to Ifá, in order to prosper.

3The epidemic in the town of Iya Orangun

«Obara ate and drank to protect Ogbe's son from death»: that was the name of the Awó who read for the town of Iya Orangun when it was suffering a painful epidemic. He warned them to serve Eshu with a goat: they made the sacrifice, and the epidemic stopped.

«Ebara Bogbe jije, Ebara Bogbe mimu: Obara ate and drank to protect Ogbe's son, so that Ogbe's son would never die». That was the name of the Awó who made the reading for the town of Iya Orangun when they were suffering a painful epidemic.

He warned them that they had to serve Eshu with a goat. They made the sacrifice — and the epidemic stopped.

4The hunter who could not shoot straight🔒 Babalawo

5Orunmila in the town of Udo🔒 Babalawo

6Ekolo, the sorcerer friend🔒 Babalawo

7The tree of the Alafín of Oyó🔒 Babalawo

8The drought in Benin🔒 Babalawo

9Lakola and Tawose, the sons of the Ewi of Ado🔒 Babalawo

10Ekó, the son of Ajalorun🔒 Babalawo

11Osin, who tied up the diviner🔒 Babalawo

12The two ebbós🔒 Babalawo

13The birth of the ebbó of the Santo🔒 Babalawo

14Why Shangó and Oshún are not together🔒 Babalawo

15The passing of the Blessed Sacrament🔒 Babalawo

16The strange offspring: the farmer and the ewe🔒 Babalawo

17Walls have ears🔒 Babalawo

18The ungrateful one: the tiger and the hunter🔒 Babalawo

19Where they tried to kill the Omofá🔒 Babalawo

20When Obara was running from the law🔒 Babalawo

21The scattered skeleton🔒 Babalawo

22The king and the ewe🔒 Babalawo

23The bees and the wasps🔒 Babalawo

24One ebbó is made on top of another🔒 Babalawo

25The boys who saved Orunmila's ebbó🔒 Babalawo

26When Shangó traded the obini for the food🔒 Babalawo

27The eagle and the crow🔒 Babalawo

28The bald man and the fly🔒 Babalawo

29The seeds and the triplets🔒 Babalawo

30The purslane and the lettuce🔒 Babalawo

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Frequently asked questions about Obara Bogbe

What does the Odù Obara Bogbe mean in Ifá?

Where Olofin sat the Awó down to paint the Odù of the consecration: the great drum of Ifá is born here, and one ebbó is made on top of another.

What number is Obara Bogbe among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

Obara Bogbe is Odù number 107 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Obara family.

Which orishas speak in Obara Bogbe?

In the Odù Obara Bogbe these orishas speak: Eshu / Elegba, Shangó, Oshún, Obatalá, Osun, Osanyin, Egun.

What is a proverb of the Odù Obara Bogbe?

One of the proverbs of Obara Bogbe says: «The King does not tell lies.».

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