In Dahomey, King Egun Agaya sent for the diviner Awo Mokobi. He made him ebbó and brought prosperity, and taught that children of three months should be brought to Ifá to learn their Angel and their future. The palero Bokoso Omologu understood how great Ifá was and had himself consecrated.
In the land of Dahomey, ruled by King Egun Agaya, whenever someone died they sent for Bokoso Omologu, the palero who spoke for the dead. Living with him was Baba Sibe, a very clever monkey who went about with Oluo Popo and talked of Ifá existing in other lands. Agaya sent Baba Sibe to bring him the man who could divine anything, and he brought Awo Mokobi, who saw this Ifá for him and marked him an ebbó, and with it the osobo of that land was gone and prosperity arrived.
One day Awo Mokobi said that every child over three months old should be brought to Ifá to have their Guardian Angel drawn out and to be given an Odù that spoke their future, since in that land they only spoke to the spirits. He explained that there are 16 Odù Meyi, each with 15 children and 101 roads, and that this is why Ifá knows every history of heaven and of earth, because it sees every situation from above. Bokoso Omologu, the palero, understood that Ifá was the greatest thing there was, and asked to be consecrated. So the first palero was consecrated into the secrets of Ifá, and from then on nothing was done in that land without Ifá.