Odi Ofun (Odi Fumbo)

nº 76 of 256

The one who carries the ebbó away, condemned to always take the sacrifice: betrayal even from his own blood — Eshú sweeps out the false ones, and only humility saves.

15 patakíes 5 eewó 12 ebbós and works 13 proverbs

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Odi Ofun (Odi Fumbo) is Odù number 76 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Odi family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 15 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 12 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 76 of 256
Composition
Odi over Ofun
In the Diloggún
7-10 · Odí tonti Ofún
Orishas that speak
Obatalá · Eshú Sibonoku · Ogún · Orunmila · Shangó · Turugbeye · Eggun

What Ifá says in this sign

Odi Fumbo is the one who carries the ebbó away: the one left condemned to always take the sacrifice — which is why, when every ebbó is finished, it is set before Eshú and passed under the board with three knocks. His own sentence fits in one line: only humility and obedience will save you; having your own way will lose you.

The mirror of this sign is a hard one: a sly, loud-talking person with delusions of being above everyone — here self-sufficiency is the mask that ruin wears. A confused mind calls poverty in: when your thoughts get tangled, stop, decide nothing, make ebbó first.

«Humility and obedience save Odi Fumbo; having his own way loses him — his sentence is that simple.»The pulse of Odi Ofun (Odi Fumbo)

Betrayal comes even from your own blood: the way Ofun Di betrayed his own brother, you are surrounded by false people who curse you and want to take something from you. The good news has a doorkeeper's name: here it was born that Eshú throws every false and treacherous person out of the house — receive him and let him work. And if things are getting hot, move far from your enemies — but never far from your godfather: without his protection, bad company destroys you.

Your relationships call for tenderness ahead of time: parents who believe that only money makes people happy end up being their children's misfortune — do not hand everything you own over to your own people —, and a godchild can kill a godfather with one falling-out: keep on good terms with your people in the religion, because fallings-out kill here. Look after hemorrhoids, asthma and your kidneys, no salt and nothing hot, and mind leptospirosis: war on the mouse.

Your elder dead want to send you a piece of luck: attend them — and Obatalá is holding it: feed him, dress in white, obey. Whoever carries everyone else's ebbó also learns where his own loads are dropped: drop your own willfulness on the corner, like the ebbó, and the luck comes in through the door

The sign in one line

Be humble, let Eshú sweep out the false ones and do not let go of your godfather — the elder dead of Odi Fumbo have a piece of luck ready for whoever obeys.

The prayer of Odi Ofun (Odi Fumbo) · Yoruba

Odi Fumbo ara ara Oshanla ara inle aye moerani odogun agba ogu ara.

Súyere
Oba yerureo oyawa aguema iku yerureo.

Ifá says — what Odi Ofun (Odi Fumbo) tells you

Proverbs of Odi Ofun (Odi Fumbo) · Òwe

10 proverb interpretations in this Odù, locked.Every proverb explained: which road it comes from and how it applies.Unlock →

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…Unlock →

What is born in Odi Ofun (Odi Fumbo) · Ìbí

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

Ebbós of Odi Ofun (Odi Fumbo) · The sacrifices that open the road

8 ebbós in this Odù, locked.Each full recipe: ingredients, preparation and where it goes.Unlock →

Works of Odi Ofun (Odi Fumbo) · The workings of the sign

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Patakíes of Odi Ofun (Odi Fumbo) · The roads of the Odù

1When Obatalá's son robbed him

Obatalá, ill, sent his son Aruñiña to Orunmila, who revealed that the son was the cause of his sickness and had to leave alone. The son went, stealing his savings, threw the money away with Eyo and ended up in jail. Obatalá threw him out, cursing him to spend his life in prisons.

Being sick, Obatalá sent his son Aruñiña in his place to Orunmila, who saw this Odù for him and explained that he was the cause of his father's illness and that Obatalá would only get well if the boy left the house, though he had to go alone so as not to get into trouble. The son decided to leave, but first he stole all his father's savings and went to a far land, where he became friends with Eyo and with him wasted what he had stolen.

It did not take long for him to get into trouble and he ended up in the hands of the law. Meanwhile Obatalá got well and went to thank Orunmila, who told him: "I did not send him anything; check your belongings, and when your son comes back in trouble, do not let him in, for it will cost you your life." When he checked, Obatalá found that the savings were missing, and when the son came back he threw him out of the house with pain in his soul, laying this curse on him: "As long as the world is the world, you will always be in jails and prisons."

2Why the ebbó is set before Eshú

Karako (Ofun Di), out of envy, cursed his brother Odi Fumbo's ebbó while he was carrying it away, and ruined his name. Once the betrayal was found out, their father Baralayiki cast Ofun Di under the board, and ruled that the ebbó be set before him first and cleansed on Ofun Di with three knocks.

In the land of Bayeku Niwe Inle, Eshú Banire Lawo (Odi Fumbo) served as Awó and everything was calm, since he was obedient to his father Elegbara. His brother Karako Awo, whose Odù was Ofun Di, envied him greatly and, every time Odi Fumbo made an ebbó, while he was getting ready to carry it away, cursed it so it would not work. So the ebbó kept coming out backward and people lost their faith in Odi Fumbo, who was left last among the Awoses. Karako, to take his place, offered to do all the work himself and leave Odi Fumbo only to close the ebbó and carry it away; but Ofun Di's ebbó stank, and people went off displeased.

Odi Fumbo had himself read, and his Odù told him to take from the secret of Ebo Obalu — two bottles and the chains his godfather had left in Ogún's keeping — and to give a dog to Ogún. As he buried the dog on the railway line, he saw his brother turning everyone against him, and he understood the betrayal. Weeping, he called his father Baralayiki, who appeared to him and went to his house; finding Ofun Di finishing an ebbó, he told him: «You are a traitor and you can no longer be in this land; you will always stink, for you are Ofun Di». And to Odi Fumbo: «You will no longer be first, but even coming last they will have to count on you to carry the ebbó away; set it before me first so I may bless it, and cleanse Ofun Di first by giving him three knocks». That is why the ebbó is passed under the board with three knocks and set before Eshú.

3Aguema's defiling of what was sacred

Aguema, Obatalá's son, betrayed his secrets by drawing them out of the trees and wanted to own the world. He swore in a mouse who tasted the food and made everyone ill, Obatalá included. Orunmila sent Eshú and Shangó, who caught the mouse and Aguema, and made ebbó at the foot of the cotton tree.

Aguema the chameleon was Obatalá's son and held all his secrets; in secret he went to the trees telling them Obatalá had sent him, and they all gave him their secrets except the cotton tree. One day he spoke with the dead in Yewa's house, and they told him he would come across a mouse. Aguema swore the mouse in as Obatalá's servant, who would taste every dish and run his errands; he took him to Obatalá as his «brother», showed him the secrets and went off to his own land. The mouse, tasting the food, made everyone ill, Obatalá included, who did sarayeye and prayed every day without getting better, because the mouse carried everything off to Aguema, who buried it at the foot of the guao.

Orunmila, hearing nothing from Obatalá, had himself read, this Odù came out, and he told Eshú to put on three parrot feathers and go out with Shangó. On arriving and seeing the epidemic, Shangó threw himself at the mouse and gave Obatalá his head back; then he set fire to Aguema's secret, and Eshú, disguised as a woman with the feathers and the beads, drew the lovesick Aguema in and caught him. Orunmila made Obatalá an ebbó, singing «Iku forudede, Iku nafo», and Eshú threw it out at the foot of the cotton tree, where it began to rain. That is how the defiling of what is sacred was born, and the mouse's leptospirosis.

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Frequently asked questions about Odi Ofun (Odi Fumbo)

What does the Odù Odi Ofun (Odi Fumbo) mean in Ifá?

The one who carries the ebbó away, condemned to always take the sacrifice: betrayal even from his own blood — Eshú sweeps out the false ones, and only humility saves.

What number is Odi Ofun (Odi Fumbo) among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

Odi Ofun (Odi Fumbo) is Odù number 76 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Odi family.

Which orishas speak in Odi Ofun (Odi Fumbo)?

In the Odù Odi Ofun (Odi Fumbo) these orishas speak: Obatalá, Eshú Sibonoku, Ogún, Orunmila, Shangó, Turugbeye, Eggun.

What is a proverb of the Odù Odi Ofun (Odi Fumbo)?

One of the proverbs of Odi Ofun (Odi Fumbo) says: «Humility and obedience will save me.».

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