Ogbe Tua

nº 28 of 256

The fortune that is on its way: dancing brought him enmity and he lost his father's title — his luck only arrives when he settles down at home.

41 patakíes 6 eewó 7 ebbós and works 9 proverbs

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Ogbe Tua is Odù number 28 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Ogbe family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 41 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 7 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 28 of 256
Composition: Ogbe over Otura
Orishas that speak: Orunmila · Oshún · Azowanu (San Lázaro) · Oro-iña · Shangó · Oddua (Oduduwa) · Eshú
Eweses of the sign: Aguinaldo blanco · Aguinaldo morado · Avellana · Eucalipto · Albahaca · Cucaracha · Orozú · Baobab · Shewerekuekue · Ashibata

What Ifá says in this sign

Ogbe Tua is the one whose prosperity was on its way to him: there is a great fortune waiting for you — but between you and it stand a curse, a journey and forgetfulness. This Ifá teaches how to reach your luck without losing it along the road.

His first wound was made by mistreatment: here Oshún cursed Orunmila for the way he treated her — that is why the first law of the sign is never to raise your hand to a woman, and least of all to a daughter of Oshún. Violence at home is not just one more fault here: it is the curse that frightens the fortune away.

«The fortune of Ogbe Tua is on its way — do not frighten it off with mistreatment or with lies.»The pulse of Ogbe Tua

Look after your memory and your blood: this odu marks memory loss — do not keep dogs in the house, they steal it — and sickle cell disease was born here: a blood check every month, little rice (your worst enemy) and watch out for wounds that are slow to heal. And do not tell lies: in this sign they come true and they harm you.

The family is your test: the children of this odu eat their mother alive with grief, there is violence between father and son, and tragedy over money among relatives. Be a good mother and a good child against the current: hold a mass for your dead father, attend the Eggun before anyone else and do not raise other people's children.

Your luck is a traveler: go out into the street to meet your good — this odu speaks of a journey abroad and even of marriage over there. Receive Azowanu so he frees you from the bad, and do not begrudge the money you spend; thank Olokun for the scare you came through, dress in white — and put a thunderstone inside your Ifá: so that you may reign.

The sign in one line

Respect women, look after your blood and go out to find your good — the fortune of Ogbe Tua is on its way, and it reaches the one who deserves it.

The prayer of Ogbe Tua · Yoruba

Ogbe Tua mofou sesi adifafun oluwo a lode mofou sesi adifafun Ayapá Tiropo lole nifa oyegue Oduduwa mowale yere Olofin.

Ifá says — what Ogbe Tua tells you

An Ifá of curses, of travel and of memory loss.
Mistreatment: here Oshún cursed Orunmila for the way he treated her.
The Awó dies alone.
The children eat their mother alive with grief and will not obey.
Illness of the blood and of the brain.
Here Olofin blessed the monkey, the cat and the mouse.
The difference between mud and sand.
Violence between father and son.
A journey abroad with a relative, and a marriage over there.
Dogs are not kept in the house, because they steal your memory.
A great fortune that is on your road, and sleeplessness.
Tangled gossip carried back and forth, and a person who is straight with nobody.
A scare you have had, or are about to have: give thanks to Olokun.

Proverbs of Ogbe Tua · Òwe

“You are in a favorable position; you know how to think.”
“The earth rots, but it does not die.”
“Whoever asks for a match should first offer a cigar, or they will go off with their fire and no reward.”
“You must give before you receive.”
“«I have drunk, I have eaten», sings the quail when it is full.”
“Give one thing and take another.”
“An arrow does not kill a thought.”
“Whoever gets careless while walking stumbles and falls to the ground.”
“The one who walks over-confident trips and falls to the ground.”

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Iré and Osogbo

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What is born in Ogbe Tua · Ìbí

The ékuele, where it was first tied with a chain.
Oro-iña, the voice of the volcano, the most powerful of all the Ebora Orishas.
The secrets of Azowanu.
Sickle cell disease and the illnesses of the blood.
That the Babalawos wore caps for the first time.
Sunday and the ceremony that opens the year.
Where meat was first smoked.
Where Shangó eats quail together with Olofin.
The two hands of Ifá were born.
The angel of painting (the knowledge of sculpture).
The first hole that was opened in the earth.
Afimaye, the shadow between Orunmila and the Awó.
The ebbó of the Iworos.
Eshú Agogoro.
Here heaven became known.

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

Do not raise other people's children.
Do not keep dogs in the house, because they steal your memory.
Do not tell lies, because they can turn into truth and harm you.
Do not raise your hand to any woman, and even less to a daughter of Oshún.
Do not be proud, and get a monthly blood check.
Do not ride double on bicycles or motorcycles, to avoid accidents.

Ebbós of Ogbe Tua · The sacrifices that open the road

MemoryWork for the memory🔒 The Notebook PregnancyWork of the Apetebí for the pregnant woman🔒 The Notebook Beating everythingThe termite, secret of the sign🔒 The Notebook PactPact between Oro-iña and Dada Agbaní🔒 The Notebook

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Works of Ogbe Tua · The workings of the sign

OsainOsain of Aggayú and Azowanu🔒 The Notebook HealthThe soap (Oshe) of Ogbe Tua🔒 The Notebook OparaldoOparaldo of Ogbe Tua🔒 The Notebook

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Patakíes of Ogbe Tua · The roads of the Odù

1Ariku, long life

The children of Ogbe Tua died at birth, until Long Life (Ariku) asked Olodumare to be born in his home. With the magic belt and talisman, the boy Ariku survived; but the father, given to dancing, neglected his family.

In the home of Ogbe Tua the children died at birth. Long Life (Ariku), moved to pity, asked Olodumare to be born there. Orunmila ordered a sacrifice and prepared a magic belt and a talisman: the belt around the child's waist for seven days, and the talisman around his neck until he grew up. So the boy, named Ariku, survived, and afterward a girl was born, Omotade.

Heaven cleared the road for Ogbe Tua so he would have children and live to be old. But, pleased with himself, he neglected his duties: he became a musician, went about dancing with the diviners and grew apart from his wife. Ariku grew up with no fatherly attention and turned quarrelsome.

Through divination, Ariku was told to attend his father's Ifá and invite him to come home so that he could prosper. The luck of this sign comes from settling down at home, not from roaming the streets. Here is the secret against the death of small children.

Prayer of the road

URANKE MI LAWO LI GONRI, OROKO LOKPOKO, AWON MEJI MEJI, LONDIFA-FUN ARIKU.

2The dancing that brought enmity

When Ogbe Alara left the dancing and the partying behind and prospered, the other priests came to execute him for desertion. He received them with a banquet and, instead of shouting, set his many children dancing; the priests, ashamed of their own wandering lives, went away.

On coming home, Ogbe Alara raised his children, put his Ifá back in order and prospered. The other priests, seeing that he had turned away from dancing and partying, planned to bring him down. Warned in a dream, he made sacrifice with a goat to Eshú — frying all the meat for him alone — and bought plenty of horse tails.

The priests came to his house to execute him for desertion, the penalty for which was death, and they ordered him to dance. He asked for a hearing, invited Eshú, and reminded them that in heaven no one is condemned unheard. They ate the banquet, and he sang the praises of the Awó who had made him prosperous, and called his many children out to dance, each one with a brush.

When they asked him to shout «eeeyoo» as he used to, he refused: his children were dancing for him now. The visitors, amazed at his prosperity and at so many children, lamented their own wandering lives and went away downcast, leaving him in peace. Settle down in your home; do not lead a life of roaming the streets.

Prayer of the road

ARIKU MANALIFA NO, JEJE NI UWAREBO, LO ONO JENJE. ARIKU MA DA FANO. UWARE BO LEYIN JENJE.

No sueltes a Ifá, Ariku, ni lo pases por alto: tu bien viene despacio, pero llega.

Súyere

UREKE MI LAWO LIGONRI OROKE MI LAWO LE TURU YO AWO MEJEJI LODAFA FUN MI MO GBO MORU LUTU ESHU MOROLA MORAYOO MONAYA MONOM.

ARIKU OMO MI YAJO HON OO AA MI LOLO SIWE OMONI YEYE O AMILOLO SIWE OMOTADE OMO MI YAJO HON MI OO AMILOLO SIWEE OMO MI YEYE O SAMI LOLO SIWEE EWE MI LERE OMO MI YAJO HON MI OO AMI LOLO SIWEE OMO MI YEYE O AMI LOLO SIWE IFA SEMOYIN OMO MI YA JO HONMI OP AMILOLO SIWEE AE MIYEYE O AMILOLO SIWEE IFA KIYEREMI OMO MI YA JO HONMI OO AMILOLO SIWEE OMO MI YEYE O AMILOLO SIWEE.

3The treasure stolen from the pit

During a job of mutual help, the children of the other deities dug up and shared out the treasure Ariku's father had hidden. Eshú revealed it to him, and with a special incantation at his shrine, Oggún and the rest gave everything back in fright.

Ariku was not to do jobs of mutual help (esusu) with anyone. The priests agreed to help each other in turn; when Ariku's turn came, he asked them to clear the ground around his father's house. While he was preparing the food, they cleaned out the pit behind the house and dug up the hidden treasure — gold, bronze, tusks, money — and shared it out among themselves instead of handing it over.

Eshú revealed the theft to Ariku. Through divination, he made sacrifice with the special incantation that calls Eshú to battle. While he was doing it, Eshú went to Oggún's house to warn him that Ariku was conjuring him to kill him, and that if he did not give back his share, the penalty for theft was death.

Frightened, Oggún gathered his share, added more to it and ran to give it back to Ariku, begging his pardon. Olokun and the other deities did the same. So Ariku got back his father's whole treasure. The child of this Odù is forbidden to do jobs of mutual help with anyone.

Prayer of the road

ALARA LE EKPO, EGBOUN EKPO WI, AGBADIBO UGBOUN, AGBADIBO WI.

Al frijol lo bañaron en aceite rojo y por dentro siguió blanco; la marmita negra se tragó el potaje y él no perdió su color.

4Orunmila divined for Sleep🔒 The Notebook 5The kolá nut and the queen mother🔒 The Notebook 6Jegbe, the first Alaafin of Oyo🔒 The Notebook 7The punishment of Orimaye🔒 The Notebook 8The contest of Orunmila and Osain🔒 The Notebook 9When the father forgave the son🔒 The Notebook 10The inheritance of the little cap🔒 The Notebook 11The Awó must not make Ifá for his own son🔒 The Notebook 12The dethroned kings🔒 The Notebook 13The visit: the opening of the year🔒 The Notebook 14When the son was stealing from his father🔒 The Notebook 15When everything went wrong for Ogbe Tua🔒 The Notebook 16When Ogbe Tua brought the ékuele from Abyssinia🔒 The Notebook 17Iyabafun and her son Ogueday🔒 The Notebook 18The Awó of the cool feet (Awó Ese Tuto)🔒 The Notebook 19The owner of painting🔒 The Notebook 20The secret of the hutia ceremony🔒 The Notebook 21Eni Osha Buken, the one who holds up the earth🔒 The Notebook 22The ants🔒 The Notebook 23The curse and the yagruma tree🔒 The Notebook 24Where meat was smoked for the first time🔒 The Notebook 25The tying of the ékuele🔒 The Notebook 26Eshú Agogoro, the dustman🔒 The Notebook 27Where the shell became unsuitable for Ifá🔒 The Notebook 28The trader and the religion: reciprocity🔒 The Notebook 29Day and night🔒 The Notebook 30The secret of Shangó and Olofin🔒 The Notebook 31When they called Orunmila a glutton🔒 The Notebook 32The slander🔒 The Notebook 33Road of Ikú: the ambition of Bonkonrin🔒 The Notebook 34The one who traded in honor🔒 The Notebook 35The osainista and the epidemic🔒 The Notebook 36The two hands of Ifá and how Yewá was consecrated in the cemetery🔒 The Notebook 37Ogbe Tuanilara, the trust of Olofin🔒 The Notebook 38The jar of heaven and the jar of hell🔒 The Notebook 39The loss of memory🔒 The Notebook 40The deceit of the bulls🔒 The Notebook 41No hen raises a snake🔒 The Notebook

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Frequently asked questions about Ogbe Tua

What does the Odù Ogbe Tua mean in Ifá?

The fortune that is on its way: dancing brought him enmity and he lost his father's title — his luck only arrives when he settles down at home.

What number is Ogbe Tua among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

Ogbe Tua is Odù number 28 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Ogbe family.

Which orishas speak in Ogbe Tua?

In the Odù Ogbe Tua these orishas speak: Orunmila, Oshún, Azowanu (San Lázaro), Oro-iña, Shangó, Oddua (Oduduwa), Eshú.

What is a proverb of the Odù Ogbe Tua?

One of the proverbs of Ogbe Tua says: «You are in a favorable position; you know how to think.».

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