Ofún Susú

The sign at a glance

Order in Ifá

Odù 248 of 256

Composition

Ofun over Obara

In the Diloggún

10-6 · Ofún tonti Obara

Orishas that speak

Oggún · Olorun y Oshukpuá · Shangó · Elegbará · Orunmila · Odduduwa · Oluopopó · Inle · Yemayá y Aggayú · The Virgin of Santa Clara

What Ifá says in this sign

The prayer of Ofún Susú · Yoruba

Ofún Obara Ifá Ofún Sun Sun Oreré Obara Sun Sun Olosá Adifafún Akibí Aun Tukutú Ofé Ayá Lobiní Oyá Lután Loroló Tariashó Awó Obiní Kanlofé Komarú Siologú. Otro rezo: Ofún Susú Olaremí Obara Susú Olosalé Adifafún Aribitó Tintó Lolofó Oyá Lobiní Suré Lebó.

Súyere
Addié Meyi Fun Fun Oreré Lawá.

Ifá says — what Ofún Susú tells you

• It is an Ifá of hiding in order to live: this person is very shrewd, but he does not follow wise advice and he sins. It is an Ifá of being looked down on and given no consideration, but in the end people come to this person for his wisdom and his intelligence, like the Awó from the country who knew more than the 15 from the town. It is an Ifá of war and of a thirst for the other side that cannot be quenched: he must be careful that someone else's war does not reach him. It is an Ifá of a spell over the woman: if the Awó sees this Ifá for an obiní, he must not court her, because she builds him up in her mind; he must never go to bed with her, since the spell breaks when she sees that the Awó is a man like all the rest. The obiní must not be tied, because a tie is deadly to her. He is one of Olofin's chosen: he will be powerful and will have everything he wants on Earth. It is an Ifá where what parents or elders give is not valued, like Olofin's sons with the melons. The man loses himself over women; in bed they stroke his neck (because of the giraffe). It is of the highest importance to have Odduduwa; the Ifá of this Odù always eats adié funfún, and the animals of the ebbó are always white.
• Do not open up to anyone, because they can do you harm and bring your death: people want to know your business, and they may come after you to hurt you.
• The Egun have stopped at the door of the house; they say that there is no Iworo here — for if there were, they would know of their existence — and that they were hungry. They must be attended to and food must be thrown for them at the shilekún so that good luck can come in: everything that is needed has to come through the door.
• He should be more solid in his affairs and be satisfied with what he is given to earn.
• The women are short of milk to nurse their children.
• The bones give trouble here, from lack of exercise and poor food, like the disease of the giraffes.
• Too much is charged for the works that are done, with no thought for who is paying: greed and going after owó must be avoided, because the hands lock up and the fingers fill with sores, punished by Oluopopó.
• Things worth being blamed for are done under drink and drugs; this person makes it right afterward, and that pushes his loved ones away from him; he can go to jail over these things.
• This person will have no peace with the woman he sleeps with: he can marry a very beautiful woman, but if he wants a divorce, she will refuse.
• The woman goes out to get things done and gets nothing done: a man does in an hour what a woman does in a day.
• This person has the shadow of an obiní on him.
• From changes felt and changes seen, he suffers a blue tint in the skin: the bluish color of the lips, the cheeks and the nails from blood standing still in the veins; pride can carry him to death by a heart attack.
• He must be especially careful about what he eats, because he can catch infections like typhus, cholera, tapeworm, whipworm or roundworm (the ones the fly spreads); take care of wounds, of the nose and of the ears.
• There is an Arab or Chinese Egun. For iré, leaves and seeds of ewé tomodé are smoked in a pipe at the drain or in the bathroom, and on a shelf 4 pipes are set out together with that herb.
• The ewé of this Odù are: melon, Juan libre, boboseo and árida. Here the Cuban platanillo becomes known for the first time.
• The giraffe speaks: the tallest of the mammals, with a dignified, stately walk, a neck out of all measure like a moving mast, intelligence on the level of human beings, mute — with no vocal cords — who hides among the fallen trees covered in lichen; in a cage it dies of trouble in the bones. The Ozain of this Ifá is loaded with something of the giraffe.
• The fly speaks (Ololofó / Eshishí): with the inshé of Orunmila it got in wherever it wanted, into Olofin's house as easily as into Ikú's; with its Iwí and its mother of the popcorn it passed the test of the tiger and the hyena. The Awó of this Odù must not kill flies.
• Oluwa Erí speaks, the Egun who owns the river, son of Aggayú and Yemayá.
• The Virgin of Santa Clara speaks, who clears the roads.
• The fire speaks (Iná Roró) and its fuels: the adelé of this Ifá live with opolopo epó.
• The melon speaks: the offering that quenched Oggún's thirst and brought the posts as a reward.
• Do not let them leave your clothes crumpled when they wash them.

Proverbs of Ofún Susú · Òwe

• “When the man and the woman are as old as the dove, they have no trouble mating.”

• “You are useful, but not necessary.”

• “A man does in an hour what a woman does in a day.”

• “Those who know a man's courage and fierceness know he has the right to rest one day, and so his bravery cannot be doubted.”

• “Oggún only goes to war to finish it.”

• “A man with money, even with no title, is sometimes more important than a chief.”

• “The smallest mistake costs him his life.”

• “The Awó who is false with the word of Ifá is punished.”

• “Whoever mocks his elders deserves to be eaten by the crows.”

• “The tongue is the only muscle that never hurts, unless you bite it.”

• “Whoever cannot count always loses.”

• “The mute man does not stop thinking just because he does not speak.”

• “The womb that someone curses, Olorun blesses.”

• “No one can curse if he blessed first.”

• “Whoever asks for much is given little.”

• “By the thread you find the whole ball of yarn.”

• “Whoever does not want what is not his is never greedy.”

• “Where there is no flour, everything is famine.”

• “The unfaithful woman wipes her mouth and says she has done nothing wrong.”

Iré and Osogbo

What is born in Ofún Susú · Ìbí

• The post of Oyugboná in Ifá and in Sodorisha.

  The Awó from the country, when he made Ifá for Olofin's son, put the Awó Ofún Bará in as his helper and gave him the name Oyugboná.

• The medicine of the omiero.

  It is born in this Odù; here the Ozain of Inle was consecrated.

• The power of the fuels that give life to fire.

  From the road of Iroso She, who stole the fire from Ofún Badó without knowing the secret of making it grow: the epó over Shangó made Iná Roró grow.

• That the Awó Ofún Susú never sits down at the table, because he suffers losses.

  Eshishí (the fly) died stuck to Atemú (the table), daughter of Ozain, for disobeying Orunmila.

• That Ofún Susú was secretary to Eyiogbe.

  Like the fly, he goes to the King's table just as easily as to the beggar's, and he knows many secrets of the Oshas and of Ikú.

• That empty bottles are turned over (laid down) on the table.

  To avoid the anger of Oggún if he passes by, ever since the killing at Iré — and not, as people wrongly say, because spirits get into them.

• That he is given a post as a reward.

  Olofin's three sons gave their melons to a thirsty Oggún, and he made them Governor, Chief of Sanitation and Awó of the town.

• The poisoning of the water and the death of the fish.

  Keso and his allies killed the fish, the children of Oluwa Erí, over the offense against his wife; that is why this Ifá is tied to Obeate and Ogbe Ká and must respect them.

• Part of the secrets of Olorun.

  The 4 eyelé of the ebbó are for Olorun; plenty of ekú is set out dedicated to him.

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

• Do not open up to anyone or tell your business.

  They can kill you, like the one whose heart they covered with the stone.

• Do not bathe in the sea or in the river.

  Rule of this Ifá.

• The Awó must not sit at the table (eat carelessly at another person's table).

  The same happens to him as to Eshishí with Atemú: he has losses.

• Do not kill flies.

  The Awó of this Odù must have Ozain and respect Ololofó, who was the one who had the ashé of Olofin.

• Do not tie up the obiní.

  It is deadly for you: the black adié cursed Orunmila.

• Do not drink alcohol or smoke drugs.

  You commit blameworthy acts and can end up in prison.

• Do not do anything religious after the 13th of December.

  On a Tuesday the 13th of December the adié cursed Orunmila; it is a shadow that follows this Ifá.

• Do not call Oggún for unimportant things.

  Oggún only goes to war to finish everything off.

• Do not ask for more than you should for your religious work.

  Ifá condemns the Awó who falsifies what the Odù says: the shepé reached Awó Owó Omó Ará.

• Do not keep jugs, glasses or empty bottles face up in your house.

  They are turned over to avoid serious problems and the anger of Oggún.

Ebbós of Ofún Susú · The sacrifices that open the road

Works of Ofún Susú · The workings of the sign

Patakíes of Ofún Susú · The roads of the Odù

Frequently asked questions about Ofún Susú