In the land of Guere Guere, Obatalá was unhappy with his house and looking for someone to build him a better one — but nobody would try: he was very demanding, and when he did not like it, he tore it down. Elegba, who needed money for his stone business, said: «I will finish it for him» — but first he went to Orunmila: an ebbó with every building material, cover everything he built with white cloth, and set his sons to guard the four cardinal points. Obatalá came every day, saw everything covered in white cloth and cotton — «this one does know what I like» — and got his white pigeon. When the work was done, Elegba buried the ebbó and filled the house with cascarilla and cocoa butter: Obatalá, overjoyed, embraced him — «from now on you will have to be counted on to build the houses of my children in the world» — and gave him ashé and iré ayé umbo: from then on he was called Awó Oggunda Dio Efifeshe Okuta.
In the land of Guere Guere lived Obatalá, who was unhappy with the house he lived in, because it did not have the food he wanted for his children, and he was always looking for someone to build him a better one. But he had great trouble finding anyone to build it, even though he had everything needed: nobody would try, because Obatalá was very demanding and got angry over nothing — when they started building and he did not like it, he tore it down. Elegba, who needed money because he had a stone business that was not prospering, said: «I am going to finish Obatalá's house for him»; but knowing what Obatalá was like, he set out for Orunmila's house to have osode made. Orunmila read for him and saw this Odù, Oggunda Dio, and told him: «You have to make ebbó with every material you plan to build Obatalá's house with»; and that afterwards, while building it, he should cover everything he put up with white cloth, and set his sons — who were the ones working — to guard the four cardinal points of the house.
Obatalá went every day to the house Elegba was building for him, and saw it all covered in white cloth and plenty of cotton, and said: «This one does know what I like»; and Elegba always had a white pigeon ready for him and gave it to him, and Obatalá went away happy and did not interrupt the work. When Elegba had finished the house, he went back to Orunmila's house, and Orunmila told him: «Now, before Obatalá comes, bury everything from the ebbó and throw cascarilla and cocoa butter in the house, so Obatalá is happy». When Obatalá arrived and Elegba took off the white cloth, and he saw the house full of cascarilla and cocoa butter, he was overjoyed, embraced Elegba and told him: «From now on you will have to be counted on to build the houses of my children in the world», and gave Elegba ashé and iré ayé umbo, so he could live well in the world. From then on Elegba lived well, thanks to Orunmila and Obatalá, and from then on he was also known as Awó Oggunda Dio Efifeshe Okuta, and everyone valued him, because nobody had ever been able to build Obatalá's house.