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Oggunda Masa

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.

Oggunda Masa is Odù number 145 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Ogunda family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 14 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 18 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 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

Oggunda Masa is the «Oggunda crossed over»: Ogún crossed the road Olofin had forbidden, and Olofin ruled — «leave him: if he wants to lose the sense of life, let him find the sense of death». It is the watchman of the igbodun of Ifá, the Oyubona of the signs: like the eagle, it never sleeps — it watches over everyone, and for that reason it must watch over itself twice as hard.

Your larder is guaranteed: like the vulture, you will always have food — Olordumare arranged it; but the vulture knows where it wakes up and not where night will find it: you do not — have a house of your own and do not go wandering. And your origin story calls for healing: your mother cursed you — she did not want you born. The prescription is a wise one: live far from her and get on well with her — your happiness is not at her side, but your peace does depend on that truce.

«Like the eagle who never sleeps, Oggunda Masa watches over the igbodun — and the vulture's table is never empty.»The pulse of Oggunda Masa

You have iron to spare: you want to settle everything with iron — leave it, because it does not suit you: no raised hand (and to your wife least of all — and she is braver than you), no fight with blood and the law in it. You will win the war you are fighting — and after you win it the fear will come: that is normal in this odu; you work on it, you do not run.

The family is brought together with work: the clay pot with everyone's details, the 21 sticks and the seven tools of Ogún — this sign carries the family falling apart (even children who eat their mother) and its remedy too. For the child on the road to prison, take steps beforehand; for the child sent to control you, cleaning at the foot of Ogún; and marijuana, cut off at the root with the work for Elegba: it would be your ruin.

Your personal rites: be baptized three times — the last one in the Santo; you are claimed for Ifá: receive Orunmila; do not sleep naked (it holds you back), do not put on weight (it destroys you), and see to your sight, your kidneys and your constipation with their remedies. Let the gossip that tangles you around run: the watchman of the igbodun does not come down from his post to argue with people who whisper

The sign in one line

Put down the iron, make peace with your mother from a distance and bring your family together in the pot — Olordumare set the food on the table for Oggunda Masa: the peace is his to bring.

The prayer of Oggunda Masa · 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 Oggunda Masa tells you

An Ifá of trouble with holding the family together: to get it, the work has to be done — the clay pot with everyone's details, the 21 sticks and the seven tools of Ogún. An Ifá where the children eat their mother. An Ifá of gossip: you will always be tangled up in it because of the many arayés you have — let it run and make ebbó. The Ifá of the vulture: you will always have food, because Olordumare arranged it that way; but you should have a house of your own and not go wandering or stay out of the house, so you do not live like the vulture — who knows where it wakes up but not where night will find it. The Ifá of the watchman: Oggunda Masa is the watchman of the igbodun of Ifá, like the eagle, who never sleeps.
Oggunda Masa should be baptized three times, and the last one will be in the Santo.
The safe speaks, and the pork smuggler.
You have a child sent by your partner to control you: take them off you with the cleaning at the foot of Ogún.
You may have a child who will be prison fodder: take steps before it happens.
You may smoke marijuana: do the work for Elegba with the three brushwood cigarettes so you avoid it, because it will be your ruin.
Your parents separated because of a woman.
You should live far from your mother and try to get on well with her, so she is not your enemy and does not put ogú (witchcraft) on you. This is a hard Ifá: your mother cursed you and did not want you born — she meant to abort you on purpose. Your happiness is not at your mother's side.
The Awó has a mark on his body, and should not put on weight because it destroys him.
You suffer from constipation: take mineral oil with five drops of anise and five drops of honey.
Look after your sight and your kidneys: you may suffer from kidney stones.
For the woman: a fibroid may form in the neck of your womb — see to it quickly and use vaginal washes with jiba root.
You are claimed for the Santo or for Ifá: you have to receive Orunmila.
You get frightened by anything or any noise, without thinking about why.
You have left the warriors unattended, or you threw them out.
It speaks of one who takes Egun on, and of seating Osha.
You want to settle everything with iron: leave it, because it does not suit you.
Do not raise your hand to anyone, and to your wife least of all: if she asks you questions, pay no attention — you do not like her giving you advice, and she is braver than you.
Keep your relatives in check so you can be all right.
You are at war, and it is after you win that war that you are going to get frightened.
Be careful of a fight where there could be blood or the law could get involved.
Watch out for a trap; you are in an agreement with three people where the law could get involved: make ebbó so you come out of it well.
You like sleeping naked: do not do it, because it holds you back.
Your legs go weak on you and you have trouble with your sight.
You have an Egun who can throw you off a ladder: make paraldo to take it off you.

Proverbs of Oggunda Masa · 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.”
“There is strength in unity.”
“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.”
“There is strength in unity.”

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Iré and Osogbo

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What is born in Oggunda Masa · Ìbí

Erubawao, Olokun's slave women.
Obanlá made them from sand at the shore and bones Olokun had left scattered, and with them the waters were calmed.
That Ogún is handed over along with Oshosi.
From the pact at Orunmila's house: apart, they were nobody.
The igbodun of Osha: the birth of the Santo.
The work of Orunmila and Obatalá so this person does not die before their time.
The calling of the igbodun of Ifá, and its watchman.
Oggunda Masa stands for the Oyubona; the eagle was consecrated in Ifá as watchman, because it never sleeps.
Olofin's treasurer.
The only one who could be treasurer was the one who had been robbed, not the thieves.
That Obatalá holds out his hands for Olordumare to give him power.
That Orunmila told the sky it was vast, but no grass grows there.

What is forbidden · Eewó

6 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 Masa · The sacrifices that open the road

SpiritualThe ebbó of the journey🔒 Babalawo

Pushing death awayThe ebbó of the Erubawao🔒 Babalawo

HealthThe ebbó of Olofin's doorkeeper🔒 Babalawo

MoneyThe treasurer's ebbó🔒 Babalawo

Beating enemiesThe ebbó of the post🔒 Babalawo

LossThe thief's ebbó🔒 Babalawo

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Works of Oggunda Masa · The workings of the sign

SpiritualThe cleaning at the foot of Ogún🔒 Babalawo

LoveThe pot of family unity🔒 Babalawo

Beating enemiesThe two works against the arayés🔒 Babalawo

MoneyThe sarsaparilla of good luck🔒 Babalawo

Pushing death awayThe work for not dying before your time🔒 Babalawo

SpiritualThe oparaldo of the prenda's Egun🔒 Babalawo

MoneyObatalá's panpipe🔒 Babalawo

HealthThe inshé-Osain of the snapper's eyes🔒 Babalawo

SpiritualThe three brushwood cigarettes🔒 Babalawo

Beating enemiesThe afoshé Burukú Otá🔒 Babalawo

SpiritualThe Osain of the wind🔒 Babalawo

Beating enemiesWinning through with Shangó🔒 Babalawo

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Patakíes of Oggunda Masa · The roads of the Odù

1When Ogún was frightened by the noise

Ogún was planning to travel to the land of Ibue; first he went to Orunmila, who saw Oggunda Masa for him: «make ebbó so your journey starts well». He would not, and set out. On the road there was a great river where the frogs were being baptized in the middle of a great racket, and Ogún was terrified when he heard them shouting: «we are going to kill Ogún!». Full of fear he went home; his wife, drily: «my husband, such a warrior, has taken fright!». Ashamed, he went back to Orunmila and made the ebbó — a rooster and scissors. On the way back, his wife offered to go with him; he tried to put her off, saying the war was fierce, but she followed him to the river. Ogún threw the offering into the water, as Orunmila had told him — and the frogs fled. Ogún's wife said: «look what frightened you». Do not be frightened: it is all noise. When you are thinking of making a journey, make ebbó so your affairs go well.

Ogún was planning to go to a land called Ibue. Before setting out he went to Orunmila, who made osode for him and saw this Odù, Oggunda Masa, and told him: «Make ebbó, so you can start your journey well». But Ogún would not do it and set out on his journey. On the road there was a great river where the frogs were being baptized in the middle of a great racket; Ogún was terrified when he heard the frogs shouting: «We are going to kill Ogún».

Full of fear he went home and told his wife what had happened, and she answered him drily: «My husband, such a warrior, has taken fright!». Ashamed, he went back to Orunmila's house and made the ebbó he was marked: a rooster, scissors, jutía, fish and palm oil — the ebbó is thrown in the river. On the way back, his wife offered to go with him and cross the river; he tried to put her off, saying the war was very fierce, but she, unwilling, followed him to the river. Ogún threw the offering, exactly as Orunmila had told him; when it fell in the water, the frogs fled. Seeing the frogs, Ogún's wife said: «Look what frightened you». Note: this Ifá says do not be frightened, it is all noise. When you are thinking of making a journey, you should make ebbó so your affairs go well and nothing goes wrong.

2The birth of the Erubawao, Olokun's slave women

Obatalá gave birth to Ogún in the bush, and Elegba, who was nearby playing the agogó with sticks, heard the child crying in the undergrowth, picked him up and raised him in complete freedom: Ogún grew up powerful, willful, a warrior and a tireless worker, fond of an argument. He married Yemayá, also a warrior, and was recognized as the most powerful balogun in those lands — waging war without rest. One day Yemayá told him: «the war should be over by now»; but he went on like a madman. The Oshas met, and Yemayá said: «leave it to me». She took the machete and went at Ogún: he ran at first, then fought — and Yemayá, seeing herself losing, called Olokun with a song. Olokun stirred up the bottom of the ocean, the seas overflowed, and every Osha, Ogún included, fled to the hill. Obatalá sheltered them and planted his white flag; Ogún went into the bush, ashamed that his wife had made him run. Obanlá went to Orunmila: Oggunda Masa — take sand from the shore and the bones Olokun had left scattered, crush them and make the secret called Erubawao: two slave women bound with chains. Obanlá took them to Olokun; he calmed, the waters went back where they belonged, and the Oshas came down from the hill. But Ogún stayed living in the bush, and Yemayá in the sea, along with Olokun.

Obatalá gave birth to Ogún in the bush, and Elegba was nearby playing the agogó with sticks from every kind of wood and singing: «Agogo laro agogo Laroye Elegba Ode Mata ago». Just then he heard a child crying inside the undergrowth; he came closer and saw Ogún crying, picked him up and took him away, and raised him in the middle of the bush. Ogún grew up powerful and strong, and since Elegba raised him in complete freedom, he did as he pleased and lived by his whims; everyone recognized what he was worth as a warrior and a tireless worker — and he was also very fond of an argument. Ogún met Yemayá, who was a warrior too, and married her, and was recognized as the most powerful balogun in all those lands, waging war without rest.

One day Yemayá told Ogún: «The war should be over by now»; but he was like a madman and went on fighting. All the Oshas met to see how the war could be ended, and then Yemayá told them: «Leave it to me, I will end it». And she took the machete and went at Ogún; at first he was frightened and ran, but afterwards he set to fighting with Yemayá, and she, seeing that she was losing, began to call Olokun and sang to him: «Olokuoo iya wawa waoo kamemebao, Olokuoo obake bawaoo namemelodo». Then Olokun, who heard the song, stirred up the bottom of the ocean and the seas overflowed, and all the Oshas, Ogún included, had to flee to the hill. Obatalá sheltered them and planted his white flag on the ground, and Ogún went into the bush, ashamed at his defeat — because his wife had made him run.

Obanlá went to Orunmila's house, and he made osode for her and saw this Ifá, Oggunda Masa, and told her to take sand from the shore and some of the bones Olokun had left scattered; she crushed them, and with that she made a secret called Erubawao. She bound them with chains and sent Obanlá to see Olokun; and when she arrived, she put the chains with the secret on him — they were slave women — and Olokun calmed down, and the waters went back where they belonged, and all the Oshas came down from the hill to live on the earth again. But Ogún stayed living in the bush, and Yemayá in the sea, along with Olokun. Note: this is the birth of the Erubawao, Olokun's slave women, who are two and are made with sand from the shore, Egun bones, a fish head, the rubbish the sea throws up on the coast (sticks, weeds, glass and so on), erú, obí, kolá, osun, obi motiwao, jutía, fish and Orunmila's cloth.

3The eagle, watchman of Ifá

The eagle was an iworo — a santero — and was king of the birds: he made Santo for the alakoso and the ground dove and set them as his helpers. One day he fell gravely ill and called the alakoso to read for him: he could do nothing; he called the ground dove: nothing either. Then he called Orunmila, who saw this Ifá for him: «Ifá has to be made for you to save you from Ikú», giving an ebbó to Olokun. The até was made from the forehead of a small elephant, and from the leg bones the hands of Ifá were made, called ikines — and the ceremony was performed. Once consecrated, the eagle was no longer an iworo but an Awó: watchman of Ifá and nothing else. That is why Ifá was consecrated for the eagle — because he never sleeps — and why he is also placed on Osain.

The eagle was an iworo and made Santo for the alakoso and the ground dove; the eagle was king of the birds, and once the alakoso and the little ground dove were crowned, he set them as his helpers. One day the eagle fell ill and gravely so, and called the alakoso to read for him, but he could do nothing for him. Then he called the ground dove for the same purpose, but she could do nothing either.

The eagle called Orunmila, who made osode for him and saw this Ifá and told him: «Ifá has to be made for you to save you from Ikú, giving an ebbó to Olokun». From the forehead of a small elephant the até was made for him, and from the leg bones the hands of Ifá were made, which were called ikines. And the ceremony was performed. Now the eagle had Ifá consecrated, but he was no longer an iworo but an Awó: watchman of Ifá and nothing else. Note: that is why Ifá was consecrated for the eagle — so he would be the watchman of Ifá, because he never sleeps; and that is also why he is placed on Osain.

4Obatalá, Olofin's doorkeeper🔒 Babalawo

5When the rooster laughed at the ferret🔒 Babalawo

6The vulture and the hawk🔒 Babalawo

7The pig smuggler🔒 Babalawo

8The joining of Ogún and Oshosi🔒 Babalawo

9When Oggunda Masa went to ask Olordumare for ashé🔒 Babalawo

10The shunning🔒 Babalawo

11Ogún's fury🔒 Babalawo

12The second Ife🔒 Babalawo

13The gold and the perfume🔒 Babalawo

14How to turn earth into silver🔒 Babalawo

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Frequently asked questions about Oggunda Masa

What does the Odù Oggunda Masa 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 Oggunda Masa among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

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

Which orishas speak in Oggunda Masa?

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

What is a proverb of the Odù Oggunda Masa?

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

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