Shangó, young and lucky with women, lived with Oyá, older and plain, who turned up at every feast as a whirlwind out of which the boa would suddenly form — and Shangó, embarrassed, quarreled with her. In those parts went Ogún, wanted by the governor over a slander: he was accused of dishonoring the governor's daughter, being the governor's trusted man. The real one was Shangó, who as the governor's guard got to the girl and dishonored her; but Eshu, who was watching the girl because he liked her too, told Oshún — the wrong way around: that it had been Ogún. Oshún told Ogún, who flew into a rage and fled; the news reached the governor, who ordered him seized. Ogún wandered in disguise, took to drink, and ended up going deep into the bush where nobody could see him. Shangó rose in rank — and with him Eshu's jealousy, who, knowing Oyá was Shangó's scorned wife, told Oyá: she rose up like a madwoman, cutting her face and arms. Eshu, frightened by her reaction, ran to tell Oshún the truth of the matter. Oshún, knowing Ogún was innocent, consulted the governor's old healer: Oggunda She came out — only she could save Ogún and the governor's health: go deep into the bush with a gourd of honey and bring him back. When Ogún reached the palace, the governor died; Shangó fled to another land because Oyá was hunting him to kill him — and Ogún was left governor, and with the dead king's daughter.
On this road, Shangó and Oyá lived together. Shangó was young and charming, with a great deal of luck with women; Oyá, on the other hand, was an older woman and not charming to look at, and Shangó was always quarreling with her, because she was always trying to hold on to Shangó and did things Shangó did not like, such as turning up at every feast and place he went. Shangó did not like going with her, but she always turned up; he did not go out with her because he felt embarrassed at her side. When she turned up before Shangó, it was like a whirlwind, and suddenly the boa would form. But almost always in those places there was a man who did not want this trouble, because that person was wanted by the governor of that land over a slander that had been made against him: that man was Ogún. Ogún was slandered as having dishonored the governor's daughter; but Ogún was the governor's trusted man, and he did not want to do it, since there was an old man there whom he respected and looked after, because the old man was the governor's healer.
Ogún grew proud with such a position and would not listen to the old man's advice. It so happened that Shangó was one of the governor's guards, and through his rank he got to the governor's daughter and talked her into being dishonored — and that is what happened; but Eshu was always watching the girl, since he liked her too. He was only the governor's servant and did not get on with Ogún, but Ogún gave him orders. When it happened, Eshu told Oshún, who looked after the girl directly — but he told her the whole thing the wrong way around: that Ogún had been the cause of the dishonor. Oshún, after listening to Eshu, went to tell Ogún, since she got on well with him; Ogún flew into a rage and fled, while the news of what had happened reached the governor, and he ordered Ogún seized. Ogún went about in disguise, a wanderer with nothing, everywhere, above all where there were drums or drink; he took to drink, a wretched beggar, and it went so far that he went deep into the bush where nobody could see him.
Time passed, and Shangó rose in rank before the governor and the people; but as Shangó's authority grew, so did Eshu's jealousy of Shangó. And since Eshu knew that Oyá was Shangó's wife and that he did not want her, he told Oyá; and she rose up so violently that she went like a madwoman, beginning to cut her face and her arms. Eshu, seeing Oyá's reaction, hurried off to tell Oshún everything, how the whole thing had happened. Oshún, learning that Ogún was innocent, did not know how to tell the governor. Oshún spoke with the old healer, and he read for her and saw this Ifá, Oggunda She; and the old man told her that the only one who could save Ogún's situation and the governor's health was her, with a gourd of honey, and that she should go deep into the bush, and she would bring Ogún back. When Ogún reached the palace, the governor died, and Shangó fled to another land because Oyá was hunting him to kill him; and Ogún was left governor, and with the dead king's daughter. Note: this is where Ogún was shunned — and thanks to Oshún they had to acknowledge he was innocent, and gave him the right to be king and to be able to kill.