Ogunda Sa

Also called Oggunda Masa, Oggunda Osa

nº 145 of 256 · Edited by Ricco Ledesma

The «Oggunda crossed over»: the Babalawo above all others for calling the igbodun of Ifá; bring your family together, because peace is Olordumare's to give.

14 patakíes 6 eewó 18 ebbós and works 18 proverbs

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Ogunda Sa is Odù number 145 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Ogunda family. It is also written as Oggunda Masa or Oggunda Osa. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 14 patakíes (3 in full in plain sight, with their teaching, ebbó and chants), its proverbs, 18 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 145 of 256
Composition: Ogunda over Osa
In the Diloggún: 3-9 · Ogundá tonti Osá
Orishas that speak: Ogún · Obatalá · Olokun · Yemayá · Oshosi · Elegba · Oduduwa · Olofin y Olordumare

What Ifá says in this sign

Ogunda Sa, also known as Ogunda Osa and Oggunda Masa, is the sign where Erubawao was born, the slave women of Olokun, along with the birth of the Saint in the igbodu of Osha and the custom of giving Ogún together with Oshosi. Here Olodumare gave Obatalá command of the world, and the eagle, which never sleeps, became the guardian of the Igbodu of Ifá. Its ruling has two faces: you will never lack bread, because Olodumare willed it so, but you may leave before your time if you do not place yourself under the protection of Orunmila and Obatalá.

This sign rewards honesty. Like someone who endures theft and mockery without becoming the same, you can become fully trustworthy and keep great wealth, because the treasurer of Olofin was born here. Money comes through steady work and a kept word, not through easy gains, and joined with others you achieve what you cannot reach alone. Have a home of your own, with a garden and a cypress, so you do not live wandering like the vulture.

«Like the eagle that never sleeps, Oggunda Masa keeps watch over the igbodun, and the table of the turkey vulture is never empty.»The pulse of Ogunda Sa

Ogún defends you in a legal case, but you want to solve everything with iron, and that does not suit you. Do not strike anyone, and your partner even less: this sign warns of a tragedy with blood in which the law may step in. Be wary of a trap and of an agreement among three people. Gossip follows you because of the many enemies you have: let it pass. You will win the war you are in, and right afterwards fear will come to you. Choose your friends well, because if they drag you into reckless acts, you are the one who loses everything, and marijuana would be your ruin.

Family is your wound. Your parents separated because of another woman, and your mother did not want you to be born: live far from her, but at peace, so she does not curse you. Here children wear out their mother, and you may have a child your partner sends to dominate you, and another who could end up in prison if you do not stop him early. The unity of your family is achieved through the works of Ogún. Do not abandon the warriors, and look after the Egun, a child of Yemayá, who gives you everything if you care for him.

In health, take care of your eyesight, your legs, which grow weak, and your kidneys, which can form stones. You suffer from constipation and must not gain weight. The woman of this sign may develop a fibroid in the womb and must treat it promptly. An Egun can make you fall from a ladder. The Saint and Ifá are calling you: receiving Orunmila can save your life, as it saved the eagle's.

The sign in one line

Let go of the iron, make peace from a distance with your mother and unite your family around the pot, because Olodumare put Oggunda Masa's food there: he puts the peace there too.

The prayer of Ogunda Sa · Yoruba

Ogunda Masa awara wara sokonde awara wara loyere awara wara Olorun ayo adifafun Gunugun ni aundi ebo kere.

Súyere
Akuedi nimu mama, yerimo yere igi kimano; akuedi nimu mama, yerimo yere igi kimano Awo Osheminie.

Ifá says — what Ogunda Sa tells you

Oggunda Masa must receive baptism on three occasions, the last of them within the Santo.
The strongbox speaks, and the pig dealer.
You have a son sent by your spouse to dominate you: get him away from you with the cleansing at Ogún's foot.
You may have a child destined to end up in prison; take precautions before it happens.
The person may smoke marijuana: do the work for Elegba with the three chamizo cigars so that he avoids it, because that will be his ruin.
Your parents separated because of a woman.
You must live far from your mother and try to keep a good relationship with her, so that she does not become your enemy or send you ogú (witchcraft). It is a harsh Ifá: your mother cursed you and did not want you to be born; she intended to abort you. Your happiness is not beside your mother.
The Awó carries a body mark and must not gain weight, since that destroys him.
You suffer from constipation: take mineral oil with five drops of anise and five drops of honey.
Take care of your eyesight and your kidneys: you may suffer from kidney stones.
For the woman: a fibroid may appear on the cervix; she should be treated without delay and do vaginal washes using jiba root.
You are bound to the Santo or to Ifá: you must receive Orunmila.
The person is frightened by anything or any commotion without analyzing its causes.
You have neglected the Warriors, or you threw them away.
It speaks of someone mounted by Egun, and of settling Osha.
That you try to settle everything with iron; give up that idea, because it does not suit you.
It says that you must not raise your hand against anyone, and even less against your wife. When she asks you things, let them pass: you do not like her giving you advice, and she is better looking than you.
That you should put a brake on your relatives if you want to live in peace.
That you are in the middle of a fight, and when you win that war is when fear will enter you.
That you should be careful with a tragedy in which there could be blood or the justice system could intervene.
That you should beware of a trap: you have an agreement with three people and the justice system could intervene in it; make ebbó to come out well.
That you are in the habit of sleeping without clothes; do not do it, because it holds you back.
That your legs weaken and you have trouble with your eyesight.
That there is an Egun able to make you fall from a ladder; do paraldo to remove it.

Proverbs of Ogunda Sa · Òwe

“The bird that imitates the vulture dies behind the stove.”
“There is no bird in the world like the vulture.”
“The vulture knows where it wakes up, but not where night will find it.”
“Olofin splits the difference.”
“Not understanding life.”
“The Saint is the one who never falls, and Olorun always speaks standing up.”
“Speaking without arguing clears a great many things up.”
“For as long as the world is this way, the vulture does not eat grass.”
“In union there is strength.”
“Whoever does not know the road of life will come to know the road of death.”
“There are those with a head and no cap, and those with a cap and no head.”
“To put your finger in the wound is cruelty.”
“Only whoever has broken the law needs a lawyer's defense.”
“A little pleases; too much annoys.”
“A sick person is obedient and does everything to get well.”
“Above every head there are nine solid heavens.”
“A glad heart, a happy face; a sick heart, a sad face.”
“In union there is strength.”

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Iré and Osogbo

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

Iré · what the sign brings

The person never lacks food, because Olodumare arranged it that way from the beginning.
An Egun, child of Yemayá, gives them everything they wish for in life, as long as they look after him.
If they have a home of their own and a garden with a cypress, they lack nothing throughout their life.

Osogbo · what the sign warns

They have problems with unity in their family, and to achieve it they need to do works.
The children consume the mother.
They may have a child sent by their partner to dominate them.

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What is born in Ogunda Sa · Ìbí

Erubawao, the slave women of Olokun.
Obanlá made them from sand of the shore and bones that Olokun left scattered, and with them the waters were calmed.
That Ogún is always given together with Oshosi.
From the pact in Orunmila's house: separated they were nobody.
The igbodun of Osha: the birth of Santo.
The work of Orunmila and Obatalá, which prevents someone from dying before their time.
The call of the igbodun of Ifá, together with its guardian.
Oggunda Masa represents the Oyubona; the eagle was consecrated in Ifá as a watchman, because it never sleeps.
Olofin's cashier.
The only one who could be treasurer was the one who had been robbed, not the thieves.
That Obatalá stretches out his arms so that Olodumare entrusts him with the power.
That Orunmila told the sky that it is enormous and yet no herbs grow in it.

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.
The kidneys suffer, and the pig was the animal of your mockery and your test.
Do not sleep naked.
It harms you and holds you back.
Do not get fat.
The Awó of this sign destroys himself if he gets fat.
Do not live with your mother.
She can throw ogú at you: your happiness is not at her side.
Do not let your friends push you into committing irresponsible acts.
The hawk died from a shotgun blast because of its misdeeds; the vulture, which flew along without taking part, found its food. Be careful when you choose your friends.
Do not wander about and do not stay out of your house.
So you do not live like the vulture, which does not know where night will catch it. Have your own house.

Ebbós of Ogunda Sa · The sacrifices that open the road

SpiritualThe ebbó of the journey🔒 The Notebook Keeping death awayThe ebbó of the Erubawao🔒 The Notebook HealthThe ebbó of Olofin's doorkeeper🔒 The Notebook MoneyThe treasurer's ebbó🔒 The Notebook Overcoming enemiesThe ebbó of the post🔒 The Notebook LossThe thief's ebbó🔒 The Notebook

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Works of Ogunda Sa · The workings of the sign

SpiritualThe cleansing at Ogún's foot🔒 The Notebook LoveThe pot of family unity🔒 The Notebook Overcoming enemiesThe two works against the arayés🔒 The Notebook MoneyThe sarsaparilla of luck🔒 The Notebook Keeping death awayThe work to avoid dying before one's time🔒 The Notebook SpiritualThe oparaldo of the Egun of the prenda🔒 The Notebook MoneyObatalá's bread flute🔒 The Notebook HealthThe Inshé Osain of the snapper's eyes🔒 The Notebook SpiritualThe three chamizo cigars🔒 The Notebook Overcoming enemiesThe afoshé Burukú Otá🔒 The Notebook SpiritualThe Osain of the wind🔒 The Notebook Overcoming enemiesVictory with Shangó🔒 The Notebook

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Patakíes of Ogunda Sa · The roads of the Odù

1Ogún and the frogs of the river

Ogún planned to travel to a land called Ibue. Before leaving he stopped at Orunmila's house, who consulted for him and Oggunda Masa came out. Orunmila told him: “Make an ebbó so that your trip goes well.” Ogún did not want to and set out without doing it. On the road he had to cross a large river where the frogs were baptizing themselves with an enormous uproar. When he heard them shout “We are going to kill Ogún,” he froze with fear.

He went back home frightened and told his wife what had happened. She answered with irony: “My husband, such a warrior, has become afraid!” Ashamed, Ogún returned to Orunmila's house and made the ebbó that had been marked for him: a rooster, scissors, jutía, fish and palm oil, to be thrown into the river. On the way back, his wife offered to go with him until they had crossed the river. Ogún tried to talk her out of it, saying that the war was going very hard, but she paid no attention and did not leave his side until they reached the bank. Ogún threw the ebbó into the water as Orunmila had told him, and as soon as it touched the water the frogs ran away. Seeing them flee, Ogún's wife said to him: “Look at what frightened you.”

The warning of this Ifá is that one should not be frightened, because everything ends in noise, and that before starting a trip it is advisable to make an ebbó so that things go well and no setbacks appear.

What it teaches

Fear often comes from a mere noise and not from a real danger. Making an ebbó before traveling avoids the fright and the setbacks that appear on the road.

Ogún's ebbó

A rooster, scissors, jutía, fish and palm oil. It is thrown into the river.

When it is advised

Before starting a trip, so that things go well and no setbacks appear.

Prayer of this path

Ogunda Masa mansonyoa abure koni kon kon logusi lodo umbo lori oma adifafun Ogun lorugbo akuko alemagayo.

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2Yemayá Calls Olokun against Ogún

Ogún was born in the wilderness, a son of Obatalá. Elegba was walking nearby playing an agogó decorated with twigs from many plants, and he sang. He heard a baby crying in the thicket, searched and found Ogún; he picked him up, took him along and raised him in that same thick growth. The boy grew strong and very powerful. Since Elegba set no limits for him, Ogún did what he wanted and lived by whim. As a warrior and as a tireless worker no one found fault with him, although he liked to argue. He met Yemayá, also a warrior, and they married. He came to be recognized as the most powerful balogun in the whole region, and he never stopped making war.

One day Yemayá asked him to put an end to the war. He, beside himself, went on. Then the orishas gathered to find a way to stop him, and Yemayá said she would take care of it. With a machete in her hand, she attacked him. At first Ogún was frightened and ran away, but then he came back and faced her. Seeing herself at a disadvantage, Yemayá called on Olokun with a song. Olokun heard her, shook the depths of the sea, and the waters flooded the land. The orishas had to take refuge on a hill, Ogún among them. Obatalá gave them shelter and planted his white flag there. Ogún, ashamed that his own wife had put him to flight, withdrew into the wilderness.

Obanlá consulted Orunmila, and the osode showed the odu Oggunda Masa. The order was to gather on the shore what Olokun had left scattered. Obanlá worked it, and from it came a secret called Erubawao. In this way some slave women held with chains were prepared, and Orunmila sent Obanlá before Olokun. When he arrived, Obanlá put the chains on them with that secret. Olokun calmed down, the water returned to its place, and the orishas were able to come down from the hill and live again on firm ground. Ogún never left the wilderness; he stayed there forever. Yemayá remained in the sea beside Olokun.

This path is the origin of the Erubawao, the two slave women of Olokun. How they are prepared is an awó secret and is not told here.

What it teaches

Strength without restraint ends up meeting a greater power. What Yemayá could not achieve with the machete was settled by the work that Orunmila marked, and in the end each one took the place that belonged to him.

The Erubawao

The Erubawao are born here, two slave women who belong to Olokun. They are made with an awó secret; their elements and preparation are in the full treatise.

What Elegba sang while playing the agogó through the wilderness

Agogo laro agogo Laroye Elegba Ode Mata ago

What Yemayá sang to call Olokun when she was losing against Ogún

Olokuoo iya wawa waoo kamemebao, Olokuoo obake bawaoo namemelodo

Prayer of this path

Obanla iyami Ogun iremoye Elegba Eshu bi laye agongo laroye Ogun enigbe Yemaya ataramagua asayasi Olokun ayaba otanitolokun iña Ogun oloshure biaye oke osha ni boye asia ni erowa Olokun Ifa ni kaferefun Obatalá ni Orunmila.

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3The eagle, guardian of Ifá

The eagle, initiated as an iworo, ruled over the birds. She herself had initiated the tojosa and the alakoso, and once they were crowned she named them her helpers.

One day she fell gravely ill. She asked the alakoso to consult for her, but he achieved nothing. She tried the tojosa, with the same result.

At last she had Orunmila come. He did the osode and found an Ifá that said she must receive Ifá as protection against Ikú, and that ebbó had to be made to Olokun. From the forehead of a small elephant the até was prepared, and its leg bones gave the hands of Ifá, which were called ikines. Then the ceremony was performed.

From the time Ifá was consecrated, the eagle was no longer an iworo but an Awó, with the sole function of watching over Ifá.

This is the reason Ifá was consecrated to her: a guardian who never sleeps was wanted. For the same reason, it is also placed in Osain.

What it teaches

Not even the greatest power frees one from needing the protection of Ifá against illness. Keeping watch without sleep is a sacred mission, and whoever is saved by Ifá comes to serve him.

Ebbó to Olokun

Orunmila indicated giving ebbó to Olokun, together with the consecration of Ifá, to free the eagle from Ikú. The passage does not say what it contains.

4Obatalá, Olofin's doorkeeper🔒 The Notebook 5When the rooster laughed at the ferret🔒 The Notebook 6The turkey vulture and the hawk🔒 The Notebook 7Olofin looks for an honest treasurer🔒 The Notebook 8The union of Ogún and Oshosi🔒 The Notebook 9When Oggunda Masa went to ask Olodumare for ashé🔒 The Notebook 10Discrimination🔒 The Notebook 11Ogún's wrath🔒 The Notebook 12The second Ife🔒 The Notebook 13The gold and the perfume🔒 The Notebook 14How to turn earth into silver🔒 The Notebook

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Frequently asked questions about Ogunda Sa

What does the Odù Ogunda Sa mean in Ifá?

The «Oggunda crossed over»: the Babalawo above all others for calling the igbodun of Ifá; bring your family together, because peace is Olordumare's to give.

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

Ogunda Sa is Odù number 145 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Ogunda family.

Which orishas speak in Ogunda Sa?

In the Odù Ogunda Sa these orishas speak: Ogún, Obatalá, Olokun, Yemayá, Oshosi, Elegba, Oduduwa, Olofin y Olordumare.

What is a proverb of the Odù Ogunda Sa?

One of the proverbs of Ogunda Sa says: «The bird that imitates the vulture dies behind the stove.».

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