A young man on his way to marry disobeyed his father and ate at a crossroads, where a Shishiriku attached itself to him. On the way back with his wife, the Shishiriku tried to steal her; Osanyin beat them by sending them to fill a broken calabash with water, and warned him never to scorn his father's word.
An old father wanted his son to marry before he died, and advised him that on the journey to find a wife, when he was hungry he should not eat where roads crossed, but somewhere out of the way. The young man, reaching a stony spot that looked ideal, was not convinced by it and ate right at a crossing of two roads. There a Shishiriku, on seeing him, said he was on his way to marry as well, and went along with him until, in the bride's town, he vanished. The young man married and, on the way back, ate at that same crossroads again.
Then the Shishiriku appeared to him with a great many others, trying to steal his wife. Osanyin passed by, heard the whole ordeal and how he had disobeyed, and said: «I will settle this». He sent one of the Shishiriku to bring him water from the river in a calabash, but the calabash was broken and would not fill; one by one, seeing it could not be done, they fled in terror, until only Osanyin, the woman and the man were left. Osanyin gave him some powders to blow, and fixed it in his mind: «If you want a long life, do not scorn your father's word or an old man's advice». And that is how he lived for the rest of his days.