1Death and her partner the doctor
The doctor and Death made a pact: if the candle stood at the head of the bed, he cured the patient; at the feet, the patient was hers. He cured a patient who belonged to Death, and for breaking the pact he had to pay with his own life.
There was a doctor who lived off his trade and was a close friend of Death, so much so that no patient of his ever died. Death was losing a lot of work because of her friend, and they agreed on this: when the patient was for the doctor, he would see a candle at the head of the bed; and if the patient was for Death, she would light it at the feet.
Once there was a patient who would not get better no matter what. The doctor promised to cure him; then Death put out her candle and the patient got well.
One morning, when he woke up, the doctor saw a candle burning at his feet and said to his friend Death: «how is this?». Death answered that he had cured a patient who was supposed to die and, for breaking the pact, now he had to die and pay with his own life. That is why pacts with death are not broken.
2Death, godmother of the doctor
A poor man made Death the godmother of his son, who became a doctor with her herb. Twice he disobeyed and cured someone who was meant to die; Death forgave him the first time, but the second she showed him his own candle burning down and took him.
A man with many children did not want anyone in this world to be godparent to his newborn. The Devil came to offer and he turned him down; Death came and he agreed that she would be the child's godmother. When the boy grew up, his godmother Death asked him what he wanted to be, and he said a doctor. So she took him to the foot of an iroko and told him: «every patient you give this herb to will get well; but when you see a candle at the foot of the bed, that one has no cure: give him nothing, so I can take him».
His fame grew. One day the King fell ill and, although the young man saw his godmother at the foot of the bed, faced with so much wealth on offer he made up his mind and cured him. Death came to complain, he made his apology and she forgave him. Shortly after, the princess fell ill; they offered him her hand in marriage, and again he disobeyed and cured her.
This time Death allowed him no apology: she took him to a place full of little burning candles and showed him one that was going out. «That is your life». No matter how much he begged, he got nowhere. That is how his life ended, for saving the life of another who necessarily had to die. So be careful with ambition: the angel forgives once, not twice.
3Obbatalá was a moneylender
Obbatalá lent money. Elegbá asked him for three pesos and never paid, leaving Oggún working in his place; and Obbatalá fell ill from the last money he lent. Only by running off the man who came asking again did he get well. Cheap turns out expensive.
On this road Obbatalá was a moneylender and had a silver tray with piles of money, and he lent against the crops of the field. One day Elegbá told Oggún that he wanted to throw a party: «I am going to ask Babá for it and I will not pay him back». He went to Obbatalá, asked him for three pesos, and Obbatalá gave them to him along with a sickle, in exchange for working in the field. Elegbá threw the party and spent it all, without paying.
Oggún, upset that he could not do the same, was put by Elegbá to work in his place — but he did not pay either. Obbatalá, seeing how clever Elegbá was, kept him at his house to help him. A few days later, Obbatalá fell gravely ill and had to go looking for Orunmila.
Orunmila saw this Ifá for him and told him: «you are very sick because of the last money you lent. If that person asks you for money again, give it to him, but run him off so you can get well». He did so, and he was healed. The lesson of this road: cheap turns out expensive, and you have to keep whoever stays in your house from becoming a burden.
4The omó of Oshún stole the cloth of Obbatalá🔒 Babalawo
5Ikú dresses and writes in black🔒 Babalawo
6The land where it was always night🔒 Babalawo
7The hunter who lost his three sons🔒 Babalawo
8The gramophone in the room of Oragun🔒 Babalawo
9The pact of Orunmila and Death (why Odduduwa speaks through Ifá)🔒 Babalawo
10The younger one arguing with the elder (Shangó and Obbatalá)🔒 Babalawo
11Shangó clears the road for Obbatalá🔒 Babalawo
12Elegba asks Obbatalá for three pesos🔒 Babalawo
13Silver and paper money were born🔒 Babalawo
14When they stole the harvest from Oke🔒 Babalawo
15The farmer and his planting on the hill Oke🔒 Babalawo
16Orula comes down to earth with everything he needs🔒 Babalawo
17The destruction of Eyiogbe by Oragun🔒 Babalawo
18The daughter of Olofin and the pact between Orun and Orunmila🔒 Babalawo
19The creation of Olorun (why women do not receive Orun)🔒 Babalawo
20The pact between Osain Arugbo, Airá and Abokú (the four roots of the world)🔒 Babalawo
21Odduwa eats a young she-goat🔒 Babalawo
22The curse of Obbatalá (Ananagú)🔒 Babalawo
23Eyá and Oro, the guabina (memory is born)🔒 Babalawo
24Oragun betrayed Eyiogbe🔒 Babalawo
25The rise of death (the sixteen Irunmole Eggun)🔒 Babalawo
26Ikú comes down to the town (the dove and the staff)🔒 Babalawo
27The turncoat🔒 Babalawo
28The two friends (what the bear whispered)🔒 Babalawo
29You build your own heaven or your own hell🔒 Babalawo
30From anger to loss (the old woman at the canal)🔒 Babalawo
31The land with no sun (Ifá Fumi and the bears)🔒 Babalawo
32The professional and the smart one🔒 Babalawo
33The cat and the seven lives🔒 Babalawo
34The moon and death (the chain from heaven)🔒 Babalawo