Odù 151 of 256 · Ogunda family

Oggunda Fun

An Odù of curses, where the head has to be prayed over at once: everything the earth gives goes back to it — the siempreviva saved Obatalá.

Oggunda Fun is Odù number 151 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Ogunda family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 16 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 9 ebbós and works and the signs it shows in the consultation; the detail of iré and osogbo, the eewó and the full recipes open with the Babalawo plan — that locked part is still written in Spanish.

The sign at a glance

Order in Ifá: Odù 151 of 256
Composition: Ogunda over Ofun
In the Diloggún: 3-10 · Ogundá tonti Ofún
Orishas that speak: Oshún (Iyalorde) · Obatalá · Ogún · Egun · Eshu Ashikuelú · Oshosi · Shangó · Orunmila

What Ifá says in this sign

Oggunda Fun is the Odù of the curse — and of its immediate antidote: when the Awó sees it, he feeds the person's head at once, so the curse does not reach them. Its law is a full circle: everything the earth gives goes back to it — it was here that the sky refused to make ebbó.

Its plant is the siempreviva: every inshé-Osain in this odu carries ewe dundun prayed with Oggunda Fun — or it does not work. And your baptism is pending: you have not been baptized — wash your head with omiero and holy water from seven churches, and there is someone else in your house who should be baptized too. Pigs are not killed: their bodies are like ours.

«Everything the earth gives goes back to it — the curse of Oggunda Fun is cut by feeding the head.»The pulse of Oggunda Fun

This is an Ifá of transformation and of endless war: you change how you act according to the circumstances, and in your world everything falls apart and nothing takes hold — the ebbó is the anchor. Its rule for the mind is a doer's: what you think, you do — finish what you have in mind; but go slower and talk less, because that costs you.

The child of this sign is a marked treasure: a diviner, with a mark like a crucifix on the roof of the mouth — Orunmila's necklace and idefá, a reading, and ebbó from the parents so that child does not kill them and does not die on them; the mother will give birth to two more, Abikú. And the woman of this odu: cysts to the doctor, warriors received and her power of mind developed — she is a diviner, and neither her husband nor Orunmila want her working outside.

The safety locks: your sight (glaucoma — do the work now), explosions and burns (crucifix on, no black clothes — and in bed least of all), the powders thrown behind your back by whoever calls you proud (ebbó and the fight won), and your dreams: always remember them — by attending to them you will be saved from whatever comes. As you love, so you come to hate: learn to love well, and the curse of Oggunda Fun starves to death

The sign in one line

Get baptized, plant siempreviva in everything of yours and finish what you are planning — the child diviner of this odu brings the blessing no curse can touch.

The prayer of Oggunda Fun · Yoruba

Oggunda Fun wewe yeye mowe guegue yeye oniregun omo Osain kuelese kan kuelese meji obaye Orunmila wewe yeni Orunmila Onibaraniregun Orunmila isota, adie dosa ade lokan okan aye nifa Orun mowaye ore oreo Ashikuelu orebe Ashikuelu yeyegun Ashikuelu Orunmila orubo.

Súyere
Baba eruru, baba eruru layeo (3 veces), laye laye kowo demore.

Ifá says — what Oggunda Fun tells you

An Ifá of curses: you are cursed — your head has to be washed with omiero and holy water from seven different churches, because you have not been baptized, and there is someone else in your house who has to be baptized too. An Ifá of transformation: you change shape and change how you act according to the circumstances — your character is changeable. An Ifá of endless war: under this sign everything falls apart and nothing takes hold. An Ifá where what you think, you do: finish what you have in mind. The Ifá of the siempreviva: the ewe of this Odù is ewe dundun (prodigiosa or siempreviva) — every inshé-Osain prepared should carry it, prayed with Oggunda Fun, so it works. An Ifá where, as you love, so you come to hate: you have to know how to love if you are going to hate afterwards.
When the Awó sees this sign, he should feed his head at once: two white hens — and give a ram to his father if he has died; if he is alive, give it to the grandfather, praying for everyone's life.
Wash your head with aguardiente, and drink omiero.
The woman should be careful in her marriage: she is not in love with her husband, and mistakes can be made that cost lives. Here a woman may have as many as three husbands at once.
The husband, after quarreling with his wife, sweetens her: he is rough and they do not understand each other. This person is demanding in everything, and most of all in private.
For the woman: be careful of cysts on the ovaries and of your health in general; your husband does not want you working, and neither does Orunmila or Oshún. You are a diviner and you have power of mind: receive the warriors and develop the spiritual work.
In ikofafun: tell the husband his life is in danger and that he should see to himself religiously.
There is someone who wants to dress just like you and take your shadow.
When it comes out toyale in a reading: whoever is being read wants to know something about their partner.
The child of this sign will be a diviner: they have a mark on the roof of their mouth, like a crucifix — have them read; put Orunmila's necklace and idefá on them, because they suffer with their blood and their head is very large. The parents should make ebbó so that child does not kill them and does not die on them; the mother will give birth to two more, who will be Abikú.
For the pregnant woman: ebbó with two hens — and at birth, give the child awofakan or ikofafun, because they are an omo of Ifá.
For the sick person: ebbó with a goat — the head is presented, danced with, and then buried, so the sick person does not die.
Look after your sight: this is an Ifá of blindness (glaucoma) — do the work needed.
Be careful of explosions: you or someone in your family can be burned. You should wear a crucifix, and you cannot wear black clothes — and in bed least of all.
Powders are thrown behind your back because they say you are very proud and showy: make ebbó to win the fight and not end up in trouble with the law.
Always remember your dreams: by attending to them, you will be saved from whatever situations come up.
Go slower in your affairs and do not talk so much: that costs you.
Your head has been aching for several days: have it prayed over so it is cool.
You have something in the works: finish it — what you think, you do.
Be careful about something you are going to do, because it does not suit you.
You feel like crying, and you are arguing with someone.
Your wife does not think the way you do: feed your head.
Be careful of a young woman they are going to send you and push in front of your eyes: she will bring you trouble with the law.
Hold to your principles so you have a good end.
Do not be jealous of your wife for her gift for divining: that will cost you.
You are very weak and you suffer with your stomach: eat properly and look after yourself, or you will do yourself worse harm.
People have always been two-faced with you.
Never be greedy for things: that will be your undoing.

Proverbs of Oggunda Fun · Òwe

“Everyone is as Obatalá made them, but becomes what they make of themselves.”
“The snake does not measure its shadow against the rainbow's.”
“In the town of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.”
“What the earth gives goes back to the earth.”
“Pride and boasting are a man's undoing.”
“The general goes to war, but the hunchback does not let him out of his sight.”
“You have to know how to love, if you are going to hate afterwards.”
“Whoever sets off at a run ends up walking.”
“For seven vices, seven virtues.”
“Virtues cancel out vices.”
“Greed ruins a man.”
“Whoever refuses bribes is a man of integrity.”
“Good news, a bright heart and glad eyes.”
“What does not happen in a hundred years happens in a day.”
“No impatient man makes the sun come up sooner.”
“Whoever does not carry out their plans does not enjoy what comes of them.”
“Whoever had a child eaten by a witch knows best what witchcraft can do.”
“A people with no roots is always replaced by another.”
“Whoever sees to their education gains understanding.”

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Iré and Osogbo

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What is born in Oggunda Fun · Ìbí

That everything the earth gives has to go back to it.
The sky would not make ebbó and the earth did: that is why the rain from the clouds always falls on the earth.
That pigs are not killed, and are used in ceremonies as a change of life or of head.
Olofin turned his prisoners into pigs: that is why the pig's body is the same as a human being's.
The power of the siempreviva.
Obatalá told it: «from today you will live forever» — and it beat Obatalá's enemy.
The ebbó with dog vomit.
From the road of the hunchback: to beat enemies and situations.
That Oshún came for the first time into her children's heads.
At the ceremony of Ashikuelú, Oshún's daughter who had never made Santo was taken on by Iyalorde.

What is forbidden · Eewó

7 eewó (taboos) in this Odù, locked.What the child of this sign must not eat, do or wear. Written in Spanish for now.Unlock →

Ebbós of Oggunda Fun · The sacrifices that open the road

HealthThe ebbó of the dog vomit🔒 Babalawo

Pushing death awayThe ebbó of the sick person🔒 Babalawo

SpiritualThe ebbó of Oduduwa and Obatalá🔒 Babalawo

Beating enemiesThe hunchback's ebbó🔒 Babalawo

HealthThe ebbó of the child diviner🔒 Babalawo

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Works of Oggunda Fun · The workings of the sign

SpiritualThe five glasses for the Egun who disturb🔒 Babalawo

HealthThe jiquí cross for the eyes🔒 Babalawo

Pushing death awayThe change of life from the bush🔒 Babalawo

SpiritualEshu Ashikuelú and his staff🔒 Babalawo

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Patakíes of Oggunda Fun · The roads of the Odù

1When the sky did not make ebbó

The sky and the earth began disputing absolute power over the world. Orunmila, hearing them, told them both to make ebbó so as to divide the power between them. The sky did not listen and did not make ebbó — partly so as not to give the earth anything. And ever since, every time clouds form over the earth, the rain falls on it, because the earth did make ebbó. And Orunmila ruled: «everything the earth gives has to go back to the earth».

On this road, the sky and the earth began disputing absolute power over the world. Hearing them, Orunmila told them both to make ebbó so as to divide the power between them.

The sky did not listen to Orunmila's words and did not make ebbó — which was also so as not to give the earth anything. And ever since, every time clouds form over the earth, the rain falls on it, since the earth did make ebbó. At which Orunmila replied: «Everything the earth gives has to go back to the earth».

2The transformation

Olofin had people in prison, and they made a great racket in the cell. Orunmila asked for their release; Olofin insisted he had nobody in prison. Orunmila went on hearing the racket — and Olofin, so as not to be caught in a lie and to prove he was not lying, insisted the prisoners were pigs. When Orunmila went into that room, he found that what Olofin had there were indeed pigs: Olofin had told the truth. That is why pigs' bodies are the same as human beings'; that is why this Odù marks transformation, and pigs are not killed — they are used in the ceremony as a change of head.

On this road, Olofin had people in prison, and they made a great racket in the cell. Orunmila asked for their release; Olofin assured Orunmila that he had nobody in prison. Orunmila went on hearing the people's racket. Olofin, realizing that Orunmila had heard the people again, and so as not to be caught in a lie and to prove that he was not lying, assured Orunmila that the prisoners were pigs.

When Orunmila went into that room, he found that what Olofin had there were indeed pigs. So Olofin had told the truth. That is why pigs' bodies are the same as human beings'. Note: along this road, this Odù marks transformation; pigs are not killed — they are used in the ceremony as a change of head.

3The siempreviva

The siempreviva was thought the weakest plant on earth: when it was trodden on, it died. One day it went to Obatalá to ask for power, and Obatalá told it: «from today you will live forever». Obatalá had a neighbor who was his enemy and would not leave him in peace; the siempreviva, grateful, went to ask him to leave Obatalá alone — and the neighbor, annoyed, gave it a beating and shredded it in the mud: «now go and let Obatalá cure you». When he got home, he found it covered by an enormous vine of siempreviva; in a rage he hacked it up with a machete and set it in the sun. Next day, a thicket of siempreviva barely let him through; furious, he tore it up and threw it in the river to rot — and the next day the siempreviva covered the whole river, so that it was all you could see anywhere. Obatalá's enemy then went to step out on the covered river — and sank into the mud: the more he fought to get out, the deeper he sank, until he drowned. That is how the siempreviva beat Obatalá's enemy — which is why it is the ewe of this Odù.

On earth, the siempreviva was thought the weakest of plants, since when it was trodden on, it died. One day it went to Obatalá to be given power, and Obatalá told it: «From today you will live forever». But Obatalá had a neighbor who was his enemy and would not leave him in peace. The siempreviva, in gratitude, went to that neighbor's house to ask him to leave Obatalá alone; the neighbor was annoyed, and gave it a beating and shredded it in the mud. After the beating, he told it: «Now go and let Obatalá cure you».

The neighbor left; but when he got home, he found it covered by an enormous vine of siempreviva. He went in in a rage, took a machete, hacked it up and set it out in the sun. The next day, what a surprise it was to see a thicket of siempreviva that barely let him through. Furious, he tore it up and threw it in the river to rot; but the next day the siempreviva had the whole river covered, and so much so that it was all you could see anywhere. Obatalá's enemy, seeing that, then went to step out on the covered river and sank into the mud; the more he fought to get out, the deeper he sank into the mud, until he drowned. That is how the siempreviva beat Obatalá's enemy. Note: the ewe of this Odù is the siempreviva.

4When they made Oshosi king🔒 Babalawo

5The hunchback🔒 Babalawo

6Oshún's daughter who had never made Santo🔒 Babalawo

7The proud son: Abeyi Lorun Ifá🔒 Babalawo

8The two brothers🔒 Babalawo

9The slave🔒 Babalawo

10The violence and the dog🔒 Babalawo

11When Oggunda Fun married Oshún, Olofin's daughter🔒 Babalawo

12The traveler at the miser's house🔒 Babalawo

13The beads of Oyó🔒 Babalawo

14The peacock and the guinea fowl🔒 Babalawo

15The dog and the blacksmith🔒 Babalawo

16The spider and the cat🔒 Babalawo

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Frequently asked questions about Oggunda Fun

What does the Odù Oggunda Fun mean in Ifá?

An Odù of curses, where the head has to be prayed over at once: everything the earth gives goes back to it — the siempreviva saved Obatalá.

What number is Oggunda Fun among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

Oggunda Fun is Odù number 151 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Ogunda family.

Which orishas speak in Oggunda Fun?

In the Odù Oggunda Fun these orishas speak: Oshún (Iyalorde), Obatalá, Ogún, Egun, Eshu Ashikuelú, Oshosi, Shangó, Orunmila.

What is a proverb of the Odù Oggunda Fun?

One of the proverbs of Oggunda Fun says: «Everyone is as Obatalá made them, but becomes what they make of themselves.».

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