Obara Kana

nº 113 of 256

A mother's love is blind: Oyá, over her dead son, tore through the guilty and the innocent alike — an Ifá of high office, where willfulness is what ruins everyone.

24 patakíes 5 eewó 7 ebbós and works 16 proverbs

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Obara Kana is Odù number 113 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Obara family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 24 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 113 of 256
Composition: Obara over Okana
In the Diloggún: 6-1 · Obara tonti Okana
Orishas that speak: Shangó · Oyá · Eshu · Obatalá · Ogún · Azojuano (Shankpana) · Egun

What Ifá says in this sign

Obara Kana is the sign where it was born that a mother's love is blind: Oyá, furious over her dead son, tore through the land of Eyo Morele, guilty and innocent alike. And it is the Ifá of high office — where everyone's abilities were put to the test: they are going to call you somewhere to test you — hold on to your Guardian Angel.

What ruins this odu has a diagnosis: willfulness — even Orunmila's son was lost to it. You take things on wildly, without thinking what you are doing or what it may cost you, and you even daydream about «making money» when you have none. Stop: the willfulness in this odu is not personality — it is the cliff edge.

«A mother's love is blind — and willfulness, in Obara Kana, is what ruins everyone.»The pulse of Obara Kana

The debts here are religious ones: if there are three sick people in the family, it is punishment from the Saints; and if there are none, they are coming — there are great debts with heaven: pay them before they collect. And when your health fails, the prescription is drastic: ebbó with every bit of money you have put away — that is how you get it back.

Its weapons have rhythm and color: the tambourine for Shangó, asking for your enemies to be brought down, and the colored pinwheel for Oyá — hung where the wind catches it — to win the hard war, the one that comes back just when it seemed over. They envy you a great deal, but they will not beat you.

Go easy with your hand — you like raising it and it costs you — choose who you go around with (bad company here brings everything), walk with a pause in you, and of the three people arguing with you, one will die: do not let it be you doing the arguing. Honor is bought with sacrifice, like the Masked One: he sacrificed before coming down, and the people followed him wherever he went

The sign in one line

Let go of your willfulness, pay your debts to the Saints and play the tambourine for Shangó — Obara Kana is tested so the post can be given to him.

The prayer of Obara Kana · Yoruba

Obara Kana lodafun Orunmila eni pato ki kodapa Eshu Ifá Elegba latemi atele Awo ati iwe ese nitasi adifafun Obara niregun ambatale yole ibeneku Osun ishu, awado, akuko. Ifá kaferefun Shangó ati Oyá.

Súyere
Oyó inle kaye Shangó omo Orisha agba kile Shangó yekun.

Ifá says — what Obara Kana tells you

An Ifá of falling out with friends and associations, and of conflict at work. It is the Ifá of high office, where everyone's abilities were put to the test; and of curses — kaferefún Oyá, who destroyed the enemies of Obara Kana. It is an Ifá of madness: you do not think what you are doing or what it may cost you, you take things on wildly.
Great loss of life in the city from a natural event, brought on by a serious accident; and someone in the government may become very ill.
If the person being read is white, the Awó should take care when making ebbó for them, because it may bring him trouble with the law.
You do not know what you want or what you are going to do, like Shangó blindfolded.
Children can be lost through the devilish scheming of humankind.
If there are three sick people in a family, it is punishment from the Saints; and if they are not sick, the Saints are going to punish them by making them sick: there are great religious debts.
There are two things worrying you, and they are happening in your house.
You have been at war for a long time, and just when you think it is over, it starts up again.
There is someone who dies on a cloudy day — from an electric shock or a lightning strike.
When you have health trouble, you should make ebbó with every bit of money you have put away, and that is how you will get your health back.
Willfulness is what ruins you: Orunmila's son was lost here through being willful.
You should know who you go around with: bad company can bring you all kinds of trouble — make ebbó regularly so you come out on top.
You like raising your hand, and that costs you.
You are worried about a debt, or about money you lent that is not being paid back.
You are always saying that living or dying is all the same to you when you have no money — and sometimes you want to make money out of nothing: your Guardian Angel says willfulness is what ruins you.
You have family out in the country, with money, who are afraid of you.
You do a great deal of walking: take a pause, because they envy you a great deal — go on being careful, but not with everybody.
There are three people arguing with you: one of them is going to die; and you will be called somewhere to be tested — hold on to your Guardian Angel.
The money received after attending to someone with this Odù is rubbed with palm oil and set before Orunmila (or whichever Saint is named) with two candles.

Proverbs of Obara Kana · Òwe

“Willfulness is what ruins everyone.”
“Death by betrayal.”
“Through the devilish scheming of humankind, I lost my son.”
“I had to sacrifice to obtain honor and respect.”
“If you suddenly come face to face with danger, your mouth will be left speechless.”
“Willfulness defends the willful one's interest and damages the fool.”
“There is no better judge in this world than results.”
“Whoever fights mother nature fights himself.”
“Only water falls from the sky, not the jugs.”
“Corners are crossroads where you meet the good as well as the bad.”
“Life pays back what we give.”
“The man who builds his work will have a pleasant life; the one who works carelessly does not survive.”
“Whoever has a shop should mind it, or else sell it.”
“No man will be known by his sect, but by his sign.”
“Whoever gives goods on credit does not live in peace.”
“Gratitude leads to honor, and boldness to wealth.”

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Iré and Osogbo

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What is born in Obara Kana · Ìbí

That a mother's love is blind.
Oyá would not admit how willful her son Abiodun had been, and her fury tore through the guilty and the innocent alike.
That Eshu looked for the carriers, and that the alley be fed.
That the tambourine be played for Shangó.
That everyone's abilities be put to the test: the Ifá of high office.
That when it comes out in Untefá, the Alawo give a ram to the godfather's Shangó.
The ram's head is covered with Shangó's beads and 18 cowries, and the kakuanardo is not handed over before the year is out — a law laid down in the land of Adifá.
That when it comes out in awofakán, careful thought be given before making Ifá.
Ifá is not made for a child of Shangó: that Saint is in love with the person and gives him everything.

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

You cannot eat sugar cane.
And make sacrifice to avoid committing a murder, like Owolabi with his son.
Do not go to the market when you are behind.
Make ebbó first so you can move ahead: you are poor and you must not go to the market until you make ebbó.
Do not get wet with rain water.
You are going to get sick.
Do not leave your padrino's house.
The harm will be for you.
Do not raise your hand against anyone.
That harms you.

Ebbós of Obara Kana · The sacrifices that open the road

Beating enemiesOyá's pinwheel🔒 The Notebook MoneyEbbó of the market🔒 The Notebook HealthThe ebbó of all the money🔒 The Notebook Beating enemiesOyá's scythe🔒 The Notebook

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Works of Obara Kana · The workings of the sign

SpiritualThe resguardo of Obara Kana🔒 The Notebook SpiritualThe secret of the Untefá🔒 The Notebook MoneyThe money rubbed with palm oil🔒 The Notebook

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Patakíes of Obara Kana · The roads of the Odù

1The mother of the trees

A reading was made for the mother of the trees: she was to sacrifice an axe and a machete to prevent her children's death. She refused — and that is why those are the tools used to cut down her children, the trees, to this day. Sacrifice so you do not lose your children to the devilish scheming of humankind.

"Ebara Okonron wii" did the reading for the mother of the trees: the mark brought death for her children, and the ebbó was the defense. She had to hand over an axe and a machete, and she would not hand them over.

That is exactly why those two tools are the ones that to this day bring down her children, the trees. When this Odù comes up in an ordinary reading, the person is warned to sacrifice, or they will lose their children through the devilish schemes of humankind.

2The pounded yam

The bronze gong gave its kanigo-kanigo and the drum its jigi-guo, but that noise from down here does not go up to heaven: that is how they did the reading for pounded yam before it came down. They asked it for a rooster and a white cloth; it did not obey, and on earth they crushed it in a mortar so it would have a shape and a name. Nobody will hesitate to strike him: let him make the ebbó.

They struck the bronze gong: kanigo-kanigo. They struck the drum: jigi-guo. Neither one reaches heaven from down here, no matter how loud it sounds on earth. Those were the Awoses who did the reading for pounded yam when it was still in heaven, ready to come down.

They ordered it to sacrifice a rooster and a white cloth, and it did not obey. Once on earth they punished it by crushing it in a mortar: only after that did it have a shape and a name. When this Odù comes up: sacrifice, because nobody is going to hesitate to strike you or to kill you, and so that you do not lose your children.

3The Masked One (Egungun)

The Masked One was told to sacrifice for his honor, his prosperity and his standing before leaving heaven: he sacrificed different cloths, a rooster, a pigeon and a hen. When he appeared on earth he was received with joy and respect, and the people followed him wherever he went — and that is how it is to this day.

"Ebara gidi gba", Awó of Orunmila, did the reading for Egungun, the Masked One, when he was coming from heaven to earth. Before leaving he had to sacrifice if he wanted honor, prosperity and progress, and so he did: different cloths, a rooster, a dove and a hen.

When he showed up in the world they received him with joy and with respect, and people followed him wherever he went. That is how it still is today, and that is why this sign sacrifices to Egun to have prosperity, honor and respect.

4Obara Kanran and the measles epidemic🔒 The Notebook 5The garbage dump🔒 The Notebook 6The plantain tree in the bed🔒 The Notebook 7Owolabi and the skull in the cane field🔒 The Notebook 8The parrot who did not sacrifice🔒 The Notebook 9The resguardo that shuts mouths🔒 The Notebook 10Shangó's two sons and the elephant🔒 The Notebook 11When Shangó killed with lightning🔒 The Notebook 12Oyá's scythe🔒 The Notebook 13The king who would not make ebbó🔒 The Notebook 14A mother's love is blind🔒 The Notebook 15The master diviner🔒 The Notebook 16When they blindfolded Shangó🔒 The Notebook 17Make one out of two🔒 The Notebook 18When Orunmila wanted to go to the market🔒 The Notebook 19Where they beheaded Obara Kana🔒 The Notebook 20The killer snake🔒 The Notebook 21The land of love🔒 The Notebook 22Orunmila's other half🔒 The Notebook 23The desperate student🔒 The Notebook 24The kidnapping of the seven princes🔒 The Notebook

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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 Obara Kana in Spanish →

Frequently asked questions about Obara Kana

What does the Odù Obara Kana mean in Ifá?

A mother's love is blind: Oyá, over her dead son, tore through the guilty and the innocent alike — an Ifá of high office, where willfulness is what ruins everyone.

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

Obara Kana is Odù number 113 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Obara family.

Which orishas speak in Obara Kana?

In the Odù Obara Kana these orishas speak: Shangó, Oyá, Eshu, Obatalá, Ogún, Azojuano (Shankpana), Egun.

What is a proverb of the Odù Obara Kana?

One of the proverbs of Obara Kana says: «Willfulness is what ruins everyone.».

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