Oggunda Koroso

nº 141 of 256

The Ifá of the pelican, who leaves the nest as soon as its feathers come in: you travel, but like the fish, you always have to come back to your own land.

20 patakíes 6 eewó 10 ebbós and works 12 proverbs

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Oggunda Koroso is Odù number 141 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Ogunda family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 20 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 10 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 141 of 256
Composition: Ogunda over Iroso
In the Diloggún: 3-4 · Ogundá tonti Iroso
Orishas that speak: Elegba / Eshu · Obatalá · Yemayá · Yewá y Olosa · Osun · Ogún y Oshosi · Orishaoko e Inle Oguere · Nana Burukú y Olokun

What Ifá says in this sign

Oggunda Koroso — also called Oggunda Waneye — is the Ifá of the pelican: birds, as soon as their feathers come in, leave the nest and never come back — that is what some godchildren and protégés will do: they will get what they wanted, leave without a word of thanks and speak ill of you. Raise them anyway: other people's ingratitude does not cancel your own work. Your own osogbo is a different one: pride and boasting.

Your compass is in the water: like the fish that is born in the river, grows in the sea and comes back to the river to die — you came into the world far from where you are today and you long to go back: you will probably return, even if only at the end. Meanwhile, the letter asks for direction: a settled life, without changing your ideas every other minute — whoever lives this sign with no direction needs someone to guide him: lean on Orunmila and on the Saints, or you will be lost.

«The fish is born in the river, grows up in the sea and comes back to the river — Oggunda Koroso always returns to what is his.»The pulse of Oggunda Koroso

Your sight is your alarm: you can lose an eye — see to it, and be careful of blows, sharp points and corrosives. Do not sleep with your mouth open just anywhere — witchcraft gets in that way — and see to lumps and your bowels, with work for Obatalá and a doctor: the operating table is avoided by doing the work first.

The tangles that are announced: a false accusation out of envy with the law involved — like a theft: do not carry someone else's blame —, blackmail of the man by a woman, the whispering because of the company you keep, and a dead one who was your sweetheart in life and will not let you be happy in your marriage: send them off with light and with work — jealousy from beyond is settled too.

It costs you twice as much to get what you want — but you get it: that is this odu's signature. When the Awó is down, the two white pigeons from his head lift him up; the pregnant woman will have a boy, and the old woman on the road brings a very beautiful daughter of Oshún. Little salt, full humility: the fish of Koroso always comes back to its river — may it find you prosperous and at peace

The sign in one line

Settle your life, look after your sight and send off the jealous dead one — what costs Koroso double, in the end he gets in full.

The prayer of Oggunda Koroso · Yoruba

Ogunda Koroso adifafun eni tinsheru, osiadié, adié lebó, oboñú imbeube osa olosa unshawo guri adifafun Lashure oti shona Orisha kirin buruku ati Oshún lodafun Egun, Odé, ati Ogún.

Súyere
Ogunda Iroso ebbó wa inla Obatalá, talabo iré eyelé ebbó, eyé ni eyelé alaebo, niloroniso Obatalá Bara lodeo.

Ifá says — what Oggunda Koroso tells you

The Ifá of the pelican: birds whose feathers come in leave the nest and do not come back — be careful with the godchild: when he gets what he wants, he will leave and be grateful for nothing, and will speak ill of his godfather. An Ifá of blackmail: be careful of whispering about a man's manhood or a woman's womanhood because of spending time with homosexuals — it is the road of the young rooster's transformation. The Ifá of the disorganized life: this person has no direction — they should lead a settled life and not change their mind all the time. The Ifá of the return: the fish is born in the river, grows up in the sea and comes back to the river to die.
Look after your sight: you can lose an eye — see to it, and be careful of blows, falls, sharp things or corrosive products that could damage an eye. It orders your eyes washed with a small child's urine.
When the Awó or the iworo is down: two white pigeons from his head onto Osun, and afterwards the prayer — also when the Awó sees this Odù for himself in a reading.
If the woman is pregnant, she will have a boy.
It speaks of physical weaknesses and difficulty performing sexually.
You want to change your job or the house you live in.
You may suffer from lumps: the work with Obatalá, and the brew of custard-apple root with crushed plantain stem.
Look after your insides: bowel trouble — you may end up on an operating table.
To the man: be careful of blackmail from a woman.
You were born far from where you are, and you long to go back to where you came from: you will probably return, even if only to die.
To be well you have to lean a lot on Orunmila and on the Saints; whoever does not do it can be lost.
You have two husbands together in the same house, and a dog and a cat together.
You will meet an older woman who has — or will have — a very beautiful daughter, a daughter of Oshún; and you want to win over two or more: be careful, because there may be a fight over you.
A false accusation will be made against you out of envy, and the law will get involved — it is like a theft: be careful of paying for or carrying someone else's blame and going to prison.
Do not fall asleep anywhere with your mouth open: witchcraft can be put on you through your mouth.
You will have a child who will wrong you a great deal, and you will lose something you will miss badly.
You have a dead one who was your sweetheart in life and today will not leave you in peace or let you be happy in your present marriage.
It takes a great deal of work to get what you want, even though you get it in the end.
Do not eat much salt.
Be careful of betrayal by friends or by people you study, work or party with.
Be careful nobody throws out what you have of this religion, or tries to pull you away from it.

Proverbs of Oggunda Koroso · Òwe

“Being old does not make you worn out.”
“Mockery is paid back with mockery.”
“When the rooster crows, the lazy man grumbles.”
“A trap has only one price: blood.”
“Faith moves mountains.”
“You do not need a big stick to break a rooster's head.”
“The fever is not in the sheet.”
“Those who get to the river first find the cleanest water.”
“A donkey always gives thanks with a kick.”
“Straight thinking makes you win; wild thinking makes you suffer.”
“The man of faith respects the sacred signs; the unbeliever mocks them.”
“Wisdom lives in the mind that reasons.”

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Iré and Osogbo

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What is born in Oggunda Koroso · Ìbí

The destruction and regeneration of human bodies.
Arun Buburu Tobakikan rotted the flesh — and Obatalá and Orunmila found the way to turn it into regeneration, as long as Ikú did not get there first.
That Ogún and Elegba eat white female goat.
From the trap set for Osun with Obatalá's female goat.
That Yemayá ate fried pork and plantain chips.
The Ifá of the pelican.
As soon as the birds get their feathers and have the strength to fly, they leave the nest never to come back.
Blackmail, and the young rooster turning into a hen.
That a man raises his hand to a woman.
That you go from the wide to the narrow.
That Ogún and Oshosi traveled together.

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

Carnal relations are forbidden.
By sentence of Olofin, there is no male who stays a whole man after touching a daughter of Yewá or of Olosa.
Do not sleep in someone else's place with your mouth open.
They can throw witchcraft into your mouth.
Do not be proud or boastful.
It is the great osogbo of this Ifá.
Do not raise your hand to a woman, and do not treat your spouse with bad manners.
Do not change your ideas all the time.
Like the Obá of the land of Disha Nile: his people were a kite in the wind — with no character and no will.
Do not eat much salt.

Ebbós of Oggunda Koroso · The sacrifices that open the road

HealthThe ebbó of the tumors🔒 The Notebook Beating enemiesThe ebbó of the yagruma🔒 The Notebook SpiritualThe ebbó of the fish of two waters🔒 The Notebook Keeping death awayThe ebbó of the priestesses🔒 The Notebook LossThe ebbó of unsteadiness🔒 The Notebook LoveThe ebbó of the ewe's curse🔒 The Notebook

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Works of Oggunda Koroso · The workings of the sign

HealthThe two pigeons of the one who is down🔒 The Notebook SpiritualThe godchild's gall🔒 The Notebook HealthThe washing of the eyes🔒 The Notebook LoveYemayá's offering🔒 The Notebook

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Patakíes of Oggunda Koroso · The roads of the Odù

1When Oggunda Iroso was accused of theft

The king's trusted man, Oggunda Iroso lost the post because of his bad treatment of his companions and because he ignored what Orunmila told him in a reading. The root of it was a rooster he owed Eshu and never gave him; in the market they found a sack with the king's jewels on him and they marked him as a thief.

The king had Oggunda Iroso as his trusted man. The bad treatment of his companions and having ignored what Orunmila marked for him in an osode cost him the post: that is how they removed him from the position he held.

Behind all of it there was an unpaid debt: a rooster promised to Eshu that he never handed over. Walking through the market, they found a sack with the king's jewels on him, and from that came the accusation of theft. The small debt with Eshu is collected with the big misfortune.

2The warrior priestesses of Africa

Yewá and Olosa lived in the lagoon receiving offerings, and their favorite was Lashure, a handsome young man who fished there. When he reached manhood, his good looks seduced the daughters of Yewá and Olosa, making them break their vow of chastity: they wept bitterly, but did not want to kill him. Orunmila saw Oggunda Koroso for them: «have the prayer made to change his sex — there is no man on earth who stays a whole man after touching a daughter of Yewá or Olosa: Olofin's ruling». They made ebbó, and the handsome young man became adodi. The pregnant daughters miscarried and buried their unborn in jars at the riverbank with gold chains; on their return, Yewá gave each of them an omotigú knife, and they swore chastity and virtue before her: that is how the sisterhood of priestesses was formed. That is why this Ifá forbids sexual relations, and Yewá has her own knife.

The lagoon was the home of Yewá and of Olosa, and the offerings of all their subjects came there. Among their favorites they counted Lashure, a young man of great bearing who made his living fishing in those same waters. Once he was a man, Lashure's manly beauty became a problem: one by one he seduced the daughters of Yewá and of Olosa, and made them break their vow of chastity. Bitter was the weeping of Yewá and of Olosa; since they did not want to kill Lashure, they came before Orunmila.

Out of the osode came this Ifá, Oggunda Koroso, and with it the sentence: "You have to make a rogation to change that young man's sex, because there is no male on earth who is a whole man after touching a daughter of Yewá or of Olosa, who can live as such — and this is by sentence of Olofin". They made the ebbó, and in a short time the beautiful young man kept changing until he was turned into adodi. The daughters who were pregnant miscarried; the fetuses went underground, in clay jars set beside the river with gold chains on top. Back at Yewá's house, she put in the hands of each one an omotigú knife so they could hold themselves up, though in exchange they had to swear chastity and virtue to her; that is how the sisterhood of priestesses was born. Note: this Ifá forbids carnal trade, and because of it the Orisha has her own knife.

3When he did not attend to Elegba at the yagruma

Oggunda Waneye, a son of Ogún and the king's trusted man, was odd in his ways and did not get on with his fellow Awoses; Orunmila always told him to attend to Elegba to secure his house — and he never listened. His colleagues plotted before the king and he was removed from his post: all because of a rooster he owed Eshu at the foot of a yagruma. At the market they set the trap: they found the king's jewels in his sack, accused him of theft, and the police came in — but he fled, and ended up at the foot of the yagruma: there Eshu appeared, telling him to be read. He saw Oggunda Koroso, remembered what he had been told, got a rooster and his sack, made ebbó walking seven times around the tree with his Elegba in the sack and the rooster at his waist, and gave it to Eshu's otá: his luck improved, and in a bigger land he prospered — through obeying Orunmila and keeping his promise to Eshu.

A son of Ogún, Oggunda Waneye enjoyed the trust of the king of that land, though his character was odd and with his companions — Awoses like him — there was never good treatment. Orunmila kept telling him to attend to Elegba, that this way he secured his house; he never obeyed what he was told. His companions took advantage: they schemed before the king and got him removed from the post. Deep down, the cause was another one: a rooster promised to Eshu at the foot of a certain yagruma tree, which he never handed over.

He went to the market not knowing that a trap had been set for him: the king's jewels turned up in his sack; the accusation of theft came, and with it the police (ashelú). He managed to run and ended up at the foot of that yagruma tree; there Eshu appeared to him and demanded that he be looked at. In that very place he was looked at, Oggunda Koroso came out, and the order from Orunmila came back to his mind: he got a rooster and his sack, and with the ebbó he went seven times around the tree, the Elegba inside the sack and the rooster at his waist; at the end the rooster went to Eshu's otá, at the very foot of the yagruma (bayekun). His luck changed, he left for a bigger land and prospered there, all for obeying Orunmila and paying Eshu. Note: the Awó of this Odù has to go to the yagruma tree with his Elegba and give a rooster to the otá of Eshu that lives in that tree, and this three times a year: in the seven days that open the year; in the middle of the year, within the first seven days; and in the last month of the year, also within the first seven days.

4When Elegba lost an eye🔒 The Notebook 5When Obatalá took offense at humankind🔒 The Notebook 6The Obá's unsteadiness🔒 The Notebook 7The fish that comes back to the river to die🔒 The Notebook 8When they turned against Orunmila🔒 The Notebook 9The ferret and the cat🔒 The Notebook 10When Ogún, Elegba and Osun were friends🔒 The Notebook 11Pride and boasting🔒 The Notebook 12The ewe's curse🔒 The Notebook 13When Ogún was looking for his wife🔒 The Notebook 14The black bridge of Orun🔒 The Notebook 15Esu turns into a crocodile🔒 The Notebook 16Guilty or innocent🔒 The Notebook 17The ivory ikines🔒 The Notebook 18Malice and innocence🔒 The Notebook 19The hunter of the hills🔒 The Notebook 20The moon's three children🔒 The Notebook

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Frequently asked questions about Oggunda Koroso

What does the Odù Oggunda Koroso mean in Ifá?

The Ifá of the pelican, who leaves the nest as soon as its feathers come in: you travel, but like the fish, you always have to come back to your own land.

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

Oggunda Koroso is Odù number 141 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Ogunda family.

Which orishas speak in Oggunda Koroso?

In the Odù Oggunda Koroso these orishas speak: Elegba / Eshu, Obatalá, Yemayá, Yewá y Olosa, Osun, Ogún y Oshosi, Orishaoko e Inle Oguere, Nana Burukú y Olokun.

What is a proverb of the Odù Oggunda Koroso?

One of the proverbs of Oggunda Koroso says: «Being old does not make you worn out.».

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