His Guardian Angel gave him the choice between physical strength and Ifism, and marked him sacrifices to Death and to Eshu: he refused both and boasted that neither Death nor Eshu could touch him. Both sent wrongdoers with him: Death a man, Eshu a woman. He married the beautiful woman; the son born to them was Death's rogue. The son denounced his father to the king for human sacrifice — Eshu had left skulls and bodies at the back of his house — and the father, with no defense, was condemned. The king then called the son in: «if you gave away your father, you will give me away too» — and both were executed the same day.
When he was about to leave heaven, his Guardian Angel told him he had to choose between staying with physical strength and the practice of Ifism when he reached the earth. He was directed to offer a sacrifice to the divinity of Death so as to have a long life: a goat for Eshu, a club and red cloth — but he refused to do it. As an alternative, he was told to give a goat to Eshu, and he did not do that either; afterwards he boasted that neither Death nor Eshu could do anything to him. When he was leaving heaven, both sent wrongdoers to accompany him to earth: Death sent a man, and Eshu a woman. He became a priest of Ifá, but he was always known for using force: contrary to the precepts of Ifism, he used strong and devilish spells against anyone who offended him. Not long after, he met the woman Eshu had sent: she was very beautiful, he fell in love at first sight and married her. She was pregnant within a month, and gave birth to a boy who was none other than the rogue Death had sent with him.
The son grew up seeing that everyone feared his father and nobody would face him; he became a strong and feared young man, initiated into the king's palace society. Disgusted with his father's ferocious behavior, on many occasions he denounced to the king that his father was performing human sacrifices: he had discovered that Eshu had quietly left a number of human skulls and bodies at the back of the house. The king sent for the father and ordered an investigation, which found two recently killed bodies. Okonron Idi could not account for the presence of the bodies: he saw them for the first time as he was leaving for the palace, and was left under a spell. At the palace, the king accused him of human sacrifice; bewildered, he denied every charge, but with no defense he was sentenced to death and tied up for execution. Afterwards, the king called in the son and told him that if he had been capable of giving away his own father, he would be capable of giving him away too — so he was condemned as well. Both father and son were executed the same day. In Igbodu: the special sacrifice of the clay figures, the goat, the red cloth and Ogún's scissors, serving Death at the crossroads, is made at once — so as to have a long life, so your son does not kill you, and to avoid a murder of you or in your name. If you have children, there is one who looks on you with bad eyes.