Ogunda Wori

Also called Oggunda Kuaneye, Oggunda Iwori

nº 139 of 256 · Edited by Ricco Ledesma

«Ogún with his machete destroyed the sorcerer»: surgery was born here (they opened Ogún's belly) and the tree that is pruned sprouts again.

21 patakíes 5 eewó 11 ebbós and works 17 proverbs

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Ogunda Wori is Odù number 139 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Ogunda family. It is also written as Oggunda Kuaneye or Oggunda Iwori. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 21 patakíes (3 in full in plain sight, with their teaching, ebbó and chants), its proverbs, 11 ebbós and works and the signs it shows in the consultation — with the full eewó in plain sight; the rest of the iré and osogbo and the full recipes open with The Notebook, in English.

The sign at a glance

Order in Ifá: Odù 139 of 256
Composition: Ogunda over Iwori
Orishas that speak: Ogún · Oshún · Elegba · Shangó · Osain · Obatalá y Orun · Yemayá · Oshosi

What Ifá says in this sign

Ogunda Wori, also known as Oggunda Kuaneye, tells how Ogún, with his machete, put an end to the lord of witchcraft. In this sign were born the strength of the blood, surgery, the false prophet and trade that leaves a profit, which comes from Ogún and opens for you if you make your offering in time. Here too Elegba does harm and does good. Its ruling is one of rebirth: like the tree that is pruned and puts out branches again, you rise and grow once more after every cut.

The first warning is inside the house. In your home there is someone who fights every day, an elder who gives good advice that no one listens to, and another who drinks and talks without restraint. Listen to the elder and ask the one who fights to stop, because in the home that fights without rest, Ogún ends up coming in and sweeps everyone away. Because of those quarrels the owner of the house may throw you out and the neighbors may report you for making a scene. Pride breaks the home apart.

«The tree that is pruned sprouts again: what is cut from Oggunda Kuaneye today grows double tomorrow.»The pulse of Ogunda Wori

In the street, if you see a tragedy or a disturbance on the corner, do not stop: keep going on your way, because they could kill you, drag you into the matter or take you to prison. The law is watching you, and the sign warns plainly that you could kill someone or die at another's hands; avoid every quarrel. Do not let yourself be caught in someone else's house. Many are against you and no one is loyal to you, not even your godfather. Do not give away photos of yourself: with them and with your shadow they can do witchcraft on you. Distrust whoever arrives promising more than your usual protector, because what he gives he collects later.

In love, the sign speaks of separation. The man praises his wife in front of others but cannot stand her, or believes she is a witch; the woman may be quarrelsome, and he ends up leaving. The woman of this sign is looked down on and someone wants to keep her by force: protect yourself in that relationship. The spirits that accompany you fight among themselves and drive your partner away; tend to them and calm will return.

In health, watch for tumors and cysts inside, because operations repeat themselves. The woman runs a risk of cancer in the breasts or in another part of the body. Pork is forbidden to you, and do not look straight at the sun, since it harms your eyesight. Pay your debts to Ogún and Yemayá, and do not live at anyone's expense. With sacrifice, even one who loses his mind recovers it.

The sign in one line

Do not stop at another person's tragedy, do not give away your photos and pay Ogún and Yemayá; for the business of Kuaneye prospers, and what is pruned sprouts again.

The prayer of Ogunda Wori · Yoruba

Ogunda Iwori Ogunda alaye Iwori olefa kashare yere adifafun Akatampo ton losi yaun eyelé lebó Ifá lodafun Olokun kaferefun Shangó.

Súyere
Ogún kueleo Arere bawoshe, Oshún de Oshún ayo ekiori yeyeo.

Ifá says — what Ogunda Wori tells you

It announces misfortunes inside and outside the home, or that you will be expelled from your dwelling and your job: the owner of the house will ask you to move out.
It refers to tumors, internal cysts and surgeries that repeat. If the sick person is a woman, it indicates cancer of the breast or of another part of the body.
In your home there is someone who is always in fights: tell that person to stop, because one day Ogún will make himself present there. There is an old man who gives advice and is not listened to, and another who gets drunk and speaks harshly.
Be careful not to try to live at another person's expense; rather, let it be that person who lives at yours.
For a man: he considers his wife a witch or believes that she is doing witchcraft against him. In this Odù the woman is looked down on and there is an attempt to keep her by force.
There are unfulfilled obligations to Yemayá and Ogún, and a cleansing with feathers is still pending.
The law is bearing down on you: offer two fresh fish to your head and do ebbó to prevent you from taking someone's life or someone taking yours.
Your neighbors could report you for being disorderly; someone is dumping trash in front of your door.
With you no one is straight, not even your godfather. You distanced yourself from one person when you caught him in a failing.
If an Awó gets this Odù when he is consulted, a head rogación is performed for him with eight pieces of ekó.
That if, while walking down the street, you come across a tragedy on the corner, do not stop: keep going. If you disobey, they can kill you or involve you in it; do not get into brawls or mobs.
That you should refrain from giving portraits of yourself to anyone: they can be used to work against you, since witchcraft is being done, or will be done, to you by means of your shadow or your photograph (that is why, at the atefá, the Ikofafun or Awofakan of this sign may not hand over photos).
That you should move so as to avoid a tragedy.
That you should listen to the advice of the old man whom no one pays attention to.
That you should take care not to be caught inside someone else's house, because your life could be in danger.
That if you plan to travel by ship, you should do ebbó in order to arrive safely: your enemies are following you closely and could make you ill with witchcraft.
That you are in conflict with many people and have numerous opponents: do ebbó so that you come out victorious wherever you may be.

Proverbs of Ogunda Wori · Òwe

“A dog's dream never comes to anything.”
“The pruned tree grows back.”
“An elder who wants to learn Ifá does not have to eat coconut.”
“Whoever knows how to greet knows how to slander.”
“Whoever does not build a house does not live: they sleep in the tree.”
“Whoever does not plow the yam does not have to eat the mud.”
“An old man who does not learn Ifá does not have to eat aged kola nuts.”
“Nothing ruins a marriage more than jealousy.”
“Nobody is a prophet in their own land.”
“Better the rooster's blood should run than ours.”
“Whoever flatters, slanders; whoever slanders, betrays.”
“Peace at home, war in the street.”
“The law comes in through the house.”
“Talent is always condemned by dogma.”
“Practice makes the master.”
“Every action on earth has its reward in heaven.”
“There are no impatient intelligent people, and no stupid ones with patience.”

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Iré and Osogbo

Three iré and three osogbo of this sign, open to everyone.

Iré · what the sign brings

Trade and profit prosper, and for whoever is born under this sign a road of abundance opens if the offering is made in time.
The person has strength of their own and is destined to support those around them, like someone who gives shade to others.
When they obediently do what they are told, roads open for them that nobody expected, and what seemed like an accident turns out to be the hand of Eshu working in their favor.

Osogbo · what the sign warns

Tragedies threaten them both inside the home and outside it, and they may be expelled from their dwelling and their employment.
They may have tumors, cysts inside the body and surgeries that repeat.
Looking at the sun directly harms their eyesight, because the strength of the light damages it.

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What is born in Ogunda Wori · Ìbí

The vigor of the blood in people.
In the region of Ogunda Ni Eyo everyone had strong blood, and Ogún came looking for it.
The false prophet.
Elegba, in disguise, offered a free party, and on the third day he charged.
Surgery.
In this Odù Ogún received a machete blow that cut open his belly.
The river's ambition (Oshún).
That Elegba does harm, but also does good.
That Orun gave Orunmila a wife.
That you cannot look the sun in the face.
The intensity of light affects a person's sight.
The breaking up of a marriage, and that the trouble has no cure.
That the pruned tree grows back.
Business and profits that thrive.
It was Ogún who gave prosperity to commerce.

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

Do not eat pork.
Because it does serious harm to health; an omó of Yemayá can never eat it.
Do not look straight at the sun.
Strong light harms their eyesight.
Do not give photos of yourself to anyone.
They can work against you with them through witchcraft, and also with your shadow.
Do not stop where there is a fight, a riot or a mob.
They can kill you or have you locked up.
Do not gather herbs without asking Osain for permission and without leaving in the wilderness the offering that is owed to him.
The main character of this Odù made that mistake with Osain.

Ebbós of Ogunda Wori · The sacrifices that open the road

Overcoming enemiesThe ebbó of the three arrows🔒 The Notebook LoveThe ebbó of the two dolls🔒 The Notebook LossThe ebbó of Ajaolele🔒 The Notebook Overcoming enemiesThe ebbó of the dragonfly🔒 The Notebook HealthThe ebbó of strong blood🔒 The Notebook MoneyThe ebbó of the journey🔒 The Notebook HealthThe ebbó of madness🔒 The Notebook MoneyThe ebbó of the newborn Abigbore🔒 The Notebook

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Works of Ogunda Wori · The workings of the sign

LoveThe scissors of the marriage🔒 The Notebook Overcoming enemiesThe inshé at the door🔒 The Notebook SpiritualThe inshé-Osain of the shell🔒 The Notebook

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Patakíes of Ogunda Wori · The roads of the Odù

1Lerin, the woman with the scissors

Lerin was a woman who was always fighting with her husband and with the whole family. From her pride and bad temper came three misfortunes for the house. In an argument she threw a pair of scissors that stayed stuck in the door, and a sick relative, frightened, died. Besides, the money she had saved was spent on other things, and so the home fell apart.

When she saw herself in that situation and noticed that nobody wanted to deal with her because of her bad temper, she went to see Orunmila. He performed the osode for her and this Odù came out, Oggunda Iwori. He told her to give up her pride and arrogance and to make ebbó with two roosters, cascarilla and other ingredients. In addition, this path has an inshé of Osain for the door of the house, whose foundation is reserved for the awó. The rest was determined by Orunmila.

What it teaches

Pride and a bad temper kept up over time empty the house of people and of money. Whoever recognizes the state he has been left in and asks for guidance can still correct his character and protect his home with ebbó.

Lerin's ebbó

Two roosters, cascarilla and other ingredients that Orunmila indicated.

Osain inshé for the door

Orunmila prepared for Lerin an inshé of Osain that is placed at the door of the house. Its foundation is in the complete treatise.

This path keeps 1 awó secret in the complete treatise.🔒 The Notebook

2The Farmer with Two Arrows

A man who owned a farm noticed that his animals were disappearing and did not know who was stealing them. He decided to keep watch at night and found the culprits by their tracks: a tiger and a lion had passed through. To get rid of both, he prepared a pair of arrows.

The following night he climbed a tree on the land and waited. When the beasts came near, he shot the first arrow, which lodged in the lion's chest, and the lion died on the spot. The tiger, however, threw itself on the man at the moment he was coming down, knocked him over, and they began to fight. There was no time to shoot the second arrow: the man used it as a hand weapon and drove it into the animal. But it was of no use. He was badly wounded, bled to death, and in the end the two bodies lay on the ground. Maferefún Oshosi.

What it teaches

A plan with no room for error puts everything one owns at risk. Going out to face two threats with means for only one can cost a life.

3The Day Ogún Had Had Enough of His House

Ogún's house was made of palm leaves, and he could no longer bear the difficulties in it or what kept happening to him. One day he went out, and when he came back, beaten down by the weariness of so many things, he finished off everything he found: his wife, his children and the other relatives.

That is the warning of this Ifá. When someone in the home spends life fighting, that person must be asked to stop, since at any moment Ogún may appear.

What it teaches

When a house lives in conflict, the one with strength may lose patience, and the whole household pays the price. It is wise to calm in time whoever causes the fights.

Advice of the odu

If someone lives fighting without stopping, ask that person to stop, because Ogún may appear any day.

4The ceiba that ended up giving shade to everyone🔒 The Notebook 5The strength of blood🔒 The Notebook 6The false prophet🔒 The Notebook 7When Ajaolele came to have followers🔒 The Notebook 8The two eguns who fought and drove women away from the awó🔒 The Notebook 9How the dragonflies defeated the spiders🔒 The Notebook 10Where pork was forbidden🔒 The Notebook 11The trip and the black dog🔒 The Notebook 12Madness🔒 The Notebook 13The business of Abigbore🔒 The Notebook 14The pact of the foods🔒 The Notebook 15The single leg🔒 The Notebook 16How the moon tricked the sun🔒 The Notebook 17The key to the heart🔒 The Notebook 18The worm, the snake and the cricket🔒 The Notebook 19The little sparrow and Ikú🔒 The Notebook 20The whip and the snake🔒 The Notebook 21The ceiba and the shade🔒 The Notebook

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The full treatise is in English. With The Notebook, the whole sign opens on this page in English: the full text of every patakí, the recipes for the ebbós and works, and the iré and osogbo readings. · This page is also available in Spanish: See Ogunda Wori in Spanish →

Frequently asked questions about Ogunda Wori

What does the Odù Ogunda Wori mean in Ifá?

«Ogún with his machete destroyed the sorcerer»: surgery was born here (they opened Ogún's belly) and the tree that is pruned sprouts again.

What number is Ogunda Wori among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

Ogunda Wori is Odù number 139 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Ogunda family.

Which orishas speak in Ogunda Wori?

In the Odù Ogunda Wori these orishas speak: Ogún, Oshún, Elegba, Shangó, Osain, Obatalá y Orun, Yemayá, Oshosi.

What is a proverb of the Odù Ogunda Wori?

One of the proverbs of Ogunda Wori says: «A dog's dream never comes to anything.».

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