Ofún Kamalá

nº 252 of 256

The one hemmed in by hardship, the house under attack by ogú: the money is cursed — turn your life all the way around and receive the greater powers.

24 patakíes 8 eewó 9 ebbós and works 17 proverbs

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Ofún Kamalá is Odù number 252 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Ofun family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 24 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 9 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 252 of 256
Composition: Ofun over Ika
Orishas that speak: Azojuano (San Lázaro / Oluopopó / Babalú Ayé) · Obatalá · Shangó · Elegbá · Orunmila · Odé (Oshósi)

What Ifá says in this sign

Ofún Kamalá — Ofún Kamalá Ishé — carries his condition in his name: he is hemmed in by every kind of hardship — a house under attack by ogú, where everything breaks and everything is upside down. Its prescription is total: you have to turn your life all the way around and receive every one of the greater powers.

His money is cursed — and there is an antidote: the Awó undoes this sign with a silver coin, and does not spend a cent of what the aleyos give him until four days have gone by. His guardian is an unusual one: Azojuano warns him because he wants to help him — when this sign comes out and something breaks, it is warning of danger: leave the place you are in at once.

«A house under attack by ogú, where everything breaks: when something makes a noise, it is Azojuano warning you — get out and turn all the way around.»The pulse of Ofún Kamalá

His complaint is the worn-out dog's: she is useful, everyone uses her, and no one gives her anything back — once her time is past she raises her puppies alone. But being invisible is his weapon: his enemies think he does not matter, they leave him alone — and then he beats them. One thing, though: do not let yourself be kept busy — they threw the dog a bone so that, gnawing on it, he would get nowhere: do not let them keep you busy any longer.

His Thursdays are marked: the monkeys' pact was broken on a Thursday — be careful that day with meetings and fights: you can go through a shame or be attacked and die. Pacts made are kept — it cost the hunter Olofin's sentence — there is a situation with the elder or godfather — be careful where you eat — and the elders give no consideration to the younger ones: the godchild breaks away before he is crushed.

His body asks to be kept clean: tetanus speaks here — avoid punctures and wounds that touch dirty soil or manure — and fast-moving infections are treated without delay; the pregnant woman with a pain in her leg is looked after. Keep your faith, because it is lost here and disappointment knocks at the door — and remember the youngest son: the one who took care of every problem in the house got his mother's blessing: serve without letting yourself be used — the hedge of hardship opens with the full turn.

The sign in one line

Do not spend the aleyos' money until the fourth day, watch out on Thursdays, and do not let yourself be kept busy with a bone — because in Ofún Kamalá the useful one is crowned by sticking with it.

The prayer of Ofún Kamalá · Yoruba

Ofún Kamalá, Ainá La Nifé Tanló Kakamalá, Oni Babalawó Tosá Tomalá Ainá La Oni Obatalá Ifá Obatalá Maferefún Intorí Ofó Adifafún Obí Tasá Adifafún Babalú Ayé. Rezo arará: Fuká Jozí Mowó Efushé Kayebó.

Ifá says — what Ofún Kamalá tells you

It is an Ifá where the elders give no consideration to the younger ones: this person is given none and is treated with two faces; the godchild breaks away from his elders, because they are going to want to crush him. It is an Ifá of betrayal of the Olowó by his children and godchildren: they take the wrong roads and then look down on him. It is an Ifá where everything in the house is upside down — the ogú, the work, everything breaks: he has to turn his life all the way around. It is an Ifá where Azojuano warns this person because he wants to help him: when this sign comes out and something breaks, it is warning of danger, and he has to leave the place he is in. A person who is useful, but is given nothing in return: they take advantage of him; since they do not think he matters, in the end he wins. His enemies think the Awó does not matter, they leave him alone, and then he beats them. It is an Ifá where pacts made are broken, and that costs dearly, as it did the monkey hunter. Faith in the religion has to be kept, because it is lost here, and disappointment with it touches this person's life; the Santos were not believed in.
When the Awó sees this sign, he first makes an offering to the corner of the house and then to the aleyo or godchild.
He has something holding him back that keeps him from getting ahead: they threw the dog a bone, and while he gnawed on it he was kept busy — do not let them keep you busy any longer.
There is a situation with the elder or godfather: take proper precautions where you eat; if something breaks, you have to leave quickly.
He works but sees no result: it slips out of his hands, like the elephant hunter's catch.
Infections or fast-moving illnesses come on, bad ones on the inside: tetanus and catching things speak here.
His wife is pregnant and one of her legs hurts.
Of the money the aleyos give you, do not spend a single cent until four days have passed (if you keep the ebbó money, the term runs until after five days).
Be careful on Thursdays: at a meeting, an appointment or the like you go through a shame, or in a fight you can be attacked and die.
People laugh at you: do not let yourself be used.
This person is like the dog: everyone uses her because she is useful, but they give her nothing back; the man should talk more openly with his obiní.
There is always trouble in the house; a house under attack by ogú.
The ewé of this Odù are: cedar, white cuaba and carbonero ebony.
Tetanus speaks: the infection comes in through the wound, the bacillus multiplies and makes toxins that spread through the nerve fibers, ending in death; the bacillus lives in the gut of cud-chewing animals and on things dirty with soil. Avoid punctures and avoid touching a wound to dirty things from the floor or to animal manure.
The cursed silver coin speaks, the one this sign is undone with.
The monkeys' pact with the hunter speaks, approved by Olofin: the hunter broke it on a Thursday in the church, and Olofin ruled that the wild beasts would attack him and that he would rarely get to eat the monkey he caught.
The worn-out dog speaks: once her time is past, she is left alone with her belly and raises her puppies with no help.
The dog kept busy with the bone speaks: what holds you back and keeps you from getting ahead.
The youngest son who gets his mother's blessing speaks: the one who always took care of every problem in the house.

Proverbs of Ofún Kamalá · Òwe

“A good son is his father's treasure.”
“To each his own.”
“The monkey does not even trust his own tail.”
“The catch slips out of his hands.”
“If you fell it was because you raised yourself up; and if you thought badly, put your finger over your mouth.”
“The crown of the old are their children, and the honor of children is their parents.”
“The Awó always has something to do.”
“Beauty is an illusion, virtue is real.”
“Rain makes the land fruitful, but it also floods it.”
“The blinders make the horse look straight ahead.”
“The dawn is always born out of the night.”
“Olorun takes curses away, Olorun gives blessings.”
“Whoever does not know his father cannot love him.”
“Everyone knows which of his own legs is lame.”
“A good wife is a solid stone that increases the earnings.”
“Build a good name and then lie down to sleep.”
“Bread with bread is still bread.”

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Iré and Osogbo

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What is born in Ofún Kamalá · Ìbí

That the elders give no consideration to the younger ones.
From the road of Kamalaraifé: «They are going to treat you with two faces and never give you any consideration, because here the younger ones are given none».
That Orunmila's enemies tried to harm him with epó.
They made a deal with the seller in the market of Dassa; Oluopopó found out in his reading and no epó was used for 16 days.
That Obatalá went through a great shame.
He sat down on the bench stained with palm butter and the boys mocked him, saying he had soiled himself: from that day on he cursed the epó.
That the money is cursed.
With a silver coin the Awó undoes this letter; that coin is not spent until four days have passed, because spending it can cost him his life: first it is put to Elegbá and afterwards it is given away.
That tetanus speaks.
From the afoshé Orunla used to correct his sons who had raised themselves up; the treatise describes Clostridium tetani, its tough spores and its toxin that goes for the nerve tissue.
That in Ateboleta, Azojuano is sung to last.
From the untefá of Kamalaraifé, where Shangó and Azojuano appeared.
That he must receive every one of the greater powers of the religion.
Azojuano demanded it of Kamalaraifé: until he has the greater powers, he cannot receive him, because his life depends on it.
That the omó of Azojuano found in Awofakán, if he is not seated in the Igbodún, can make Ifá.
He is the only omó of Oluopopó who makes Ifá after making Obatalá; he receives Orun, Odduduwa, Orunmila and Olofin, and last of all Azojuano is handed to him; the piece of Omolú is built for him, and he buries it at the foot of a cardón plant.
That the white monkeys laughed at the black ones.
They hid against the Sun and the hunter could not see them, and they laughed at the black and brown monkeys.

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

Do not handle epó (palm butter) for 16 days.
Orunmila's enemies poisoned the epó in the market; Obatalá cursed it after his embarrassment.
Do not wear black clothes.
You go through hardships; give thanks to San Lázaro.
Do not spend the money of the aleyos until four days have passed.
The money is cursed and it can cost you your life.
Do not argue with your spouse.
You have a very bad temper.
Do not puff yourself up before your parents or before your elders.
If you fell, it was because you puffed yourself up: the boasting children of Orunla died from the afoshé.
Do not touch any afoshé or any powder that gives you doubts.
Orunla's oldest son was saved because the etú screeched every time he was about to put his hand in.
Do not break the pacts you have made.
It costs you dearly, as it did the hunter who broke the Thursday pact.
Do not be stubborn.
Obatalá's children were met with sticks in Ifé for being stubborn without first consulting Orula; a lamp to Azojuano.

Ebbós of Ofún Kamalá · The sacrifices that open the road

LossEbbó of the elephant hunter🔒 The Notebook HealthEbbó of Azojuano (Kamalaraifé)🔒 The Notebook Beating enemiesEbbó of the afoshé trap🔒 The Notebook Beating enemiesEbbó of the three boasting Omofá🔒 The Notebook Beating enemiesFive ebbó together against the ogú🔒 The Notebook SpiritualEbbó for an Awó🔒 The Notebook

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Works of Ofún Kamalá · The workings of the sign

Keeping death awayOparaldo of the 9 plates🔒 The Notebook SpiritualInshé of Azojuano (from the road of Kamalaraifé)🔒 The Notebook SpiritualBuilding the ikokó of Omolú🔒 The Notebook

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Patakíes of Ofún Kamalá · The roads of the Odù

1The elephant hunter

The hunter shot the elephants with arrows, but the catch got away with the arrow in it to die on the other side of the deep river he was afraid to cross; Orula marked him an ebbó with a rooster, two doves and sage, and with the switch he felt his way across the river: he found all the elephants dead, gathered the tusks and got back everything he had lost.

There was a man who hunted elephants. Every morning he got his arrows ready and sharpened them before going out to the bush. The problem was always the same: he shot, he hit, and the animal ran off with the arrow stuck in it, crossed a river and went to die in its own town.

So he came home with no arrow and no meat, everything turned into loss, because that river was wide and deep and he was afraid to cross it. Not one elephant failed at that move. One day he decided to go to Orula's ilé, and Orula marked him ebbó with a rooster and 2 doves, sage herb and a sage switch. He gave him the switch so that, when he got to the river following the elephant, he could feel his way with it.

The hunter did it, and on the other side he found all the elephants dead; he gathered the tusks and with them got back everything he had lost.

Saying: the prey slips out of his hands.

2Obatalá seems to have soiled himself and they mock him

On his way to Thursday mass, Obatalá sat down without noticing on a park bench smeared with palm oil; the boys started mocking him, saying that Obatalá had soiled himself; he found the stain, felt a huge shame, and from then on he laid his curse on palm oil.

One day Obatalá was on his way to the mass held on Thursdays. Passing through the park, where some boys were playing, he saw a bench and sat down on it without noticing that it had palm oil on it.

As soon as he got up, the boys started mocking: they said that Obatalá had soiled himself. He then found the stain and felt a huge shame; from that day on palm oil was cursed by him.

Ofiará Colló Abó Mi Lonó Adifafún Osocó, Kaferefún Obatalá and Eshu.

3Obatalá sick and Babalú Ayé cured him

Obatalá, gravely ill at the top of the hill, got no visit from any Santo for fear of catching it; Babalú Ayé climbed up on his crutches carrying an etú, a white necklace and a silver coin: he cleaned his eyes with the coin, did sarayeye with the etú over the sick leg, and with the bones, the necklace and the coin prepared the inshé that gave him his health back.

Obatalá had his house on top of a hill, and a serious illness left him unable to come down. None of the Santos dared go up to see him: they were afraid of catching that sickness.

Babalú Ayé was the only one. He gathered an etú, a white necklace and a silver coin, and with his crutches he climbed the slope with great effort. When he got there he found Obatalá lame and almost without sight.

With the silver coin he cleaned his eyes; with the etú he passed sarayeye over him and then killed it over the sick leg. With the bones of that etú, plus the necklace and the coin, he made him an inshé, and Obatalá was well again.

4The boasting of Orunmila's three omó🔒 The Notebook 5Azojuano warned of every bad thing coming for the owner of this Ifá (Kamalaraifé)🔒 The Notebook 6The monkey does not even trust his own tail (the Thursday pact)🔒 The Notebook 7Orunmila's three boasting Omofá🔒 The Notebook 8Where Orula's enemies tried to harm him with epó🔒 The Notebook 9The palm butter trade and Obatalá's omó🔒 The Notebook 10Obatalá's children, met with sticks in Ifé🔒 The Notebook 11They keep the dog busy🔒 The Notebook 12The worn-out dog🔒 The Notebook 13The youngest son gets his mother's blessing🔒 The Notebook 14Not even death stops a mother's blessing🔒 The Notebook 15The oñí of Oshún🔒 The Notebook 16The rights of the double priesthood🔒 The Notebook 17The Moors and the Christians🔒 The Notebook 18There are sorrows that kill🔒 The Notebook 19The keeper of the food🔒 The Notebook 20The bird that gave milk🔒 The Notebook 21What was set beforehand🔒 The Notebook 22The pact between Orun and Azowano🔒 The Notebook 23The kidnapping of the twin prince🔒 The Notebook 24The flower and the diamond🔒 The Notebook

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Frequently asked questions about Ofún Kamalá

What does the Odù Ofún Kamalá mean in Ifá?

The one hemmed in by hardship, the house under attack by ogú: the money is cursed — turn your life all the way around and receive the greater powers.

What number is Ofún Kamalá among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

Ofún Kamalá is Odù number 252 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Ofun family.

Which orishas speak in Ofún Kamalá?

In the Odù Ofún Kamalá these orishas speak: Azojuano (San Lázaro / Oluopopó / Babalú Ayé), Obatalá, Shangó, Elegbá, Orunmila, Odé (Oshósi).

What is a proverb of the Odù Ofún Kamalá?

One of the proverbs of Ofún Kamalá says: «A good son is his father's treasure.».

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