Okana Ogunda

Also called Okana Kuña, Okonron Ogunda, Okana Kakuin

nº 129 of 256 · Edited by Ricco Ledesma

The creation of the earth: Orunmila spread it over the water and the world expanded in Ilé Ifé, and here the Rainbow was born.

21 patakíes 5 eewó 9 ebbós and works 18 proverbs

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Okana Ogunda is Odù number 129 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Okana family. It is also written as Okana Kuña or Okonron Ogunda or Okana Kakuin. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 21 patakíes (3 in full in plain sight, with their teaching, ebbó and chants), its proverbs, 9 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 129 of 256
Composition: Okana over Ogunda
In the Diloggún: 1-3 · Okana tonti Ogundá
Orishas that speak: Ogún · Obatalá · Shangó · Oyá · Eshu (Alayiki) · Eziza (Ajija) · Abita

What Ifá says in this sign

Okana Ogunda, also known as Okana Kuña and Okana Kakuin, is the sign where the creation of the Earth is established. Here were born the rainbow, the worship of the heavenly bodies, the ashé that God gave to announce the truth and the deep faith in Elegba, who resolves everything. It is a good time to start businesses or relationships, always with caution. Its ruling is twofold: you succeed in everything you undertake, but success creates enemies for you, and that is why you must keep your Ogún and your Ifá well attended.

You have fire in your mouth. If they let you speak, no one can beat you, but your own mouth can get you killed: say only what you should. You carry a great deal of envy and have strong, powerful enemies who disguise themselves as friends. This sign marks wars, disunity, prison and chains. There is danger of being killed for something that belongs to you, or of being drawn into someone else's problem because of something of yours. Look after your valuables, for they may be stolen.

««Let it expand quickly», said Orunmila, and the world grew: Okana Kuña carries that seed.»The pulse of Okana Ogunda

Make sure no blood is shed in your home, and do not raise your hand against anyone. If you attack someone with a weapon, a knife or a stone, you will find yourself in serious trouble with the law. You are upright and demanding, and at times you want the impossible. You believe in your own way and come from a family of paleros, but your situation worsens if you do not believe in Orunmila or in Shangó as your Guardian Angel. If you are an awó, work your Ifá and teach those who do not know, without resting on what you have already achieved.

In love, a woman from another city comes to marry the man, and to the woman, a foreigner who asks for her hand. It is good for the man to receive his own Ifá, and the woman prospers if she marries a babalawo or if her husband receives Ifá. Make sure your wife is not discredited. The woman of this sign is much given to pleasure and must not keep two men under the same roof. The sign also warns of mother and child left helpless when the man abandons them or dies.

In health, take care of your throat and stomach, your nerves and your head, which calls for attention right away. There is risk of poisoning and of operations, and the woman may suffer in the womb from induced abortions. In old age you may become disabled. But if you do not turn away from your Ifá, Orunmila frees you from your enemies and raises you to the very top.

The sign in one line

Moderate the fire of your mouth, improvise the sacrifice if need be, and teach the one who does not know, for Okana Kuña's world expands for the one who works.

The prayer of Okana Ogunda · Yoruba

Okana Kuña shukudu olo dide abashe kueredi irawo shasha Awó ile pampa eyelé lebó, ashó fun fun, abó, omo ofun iña, owó la meyo kaferefun Ogún ati Obatalá.

Ifá says — what Okana Ogunda tells you

The person inherits the kimbisa tradition from the family; believes in his own way; and at the end of his life ends up disabled: take care that it does not happen to you.
The person has fire in the mouth: if allowed to speak, no one can kill him. Moderate your way of speaking so as not to harm yourself, because you can be killed through your mouth.
The woman must be careful about having two husbands at the same time, and she is a person extremely given to pleasures.
It points to the abandonment of a mother and her child, through the desertion and death of the man, as happened with the girl and the prince's son.
Beware of theft by intruders, and of the theft of valuable jewelry.
It points to illnesses running from the throat to the stomach, constipation, nervous system disorders, death by poisoning, ailments of the head and operations; the woman is ill inside because of induced abortions caused by doubts about paternity.
The Awó is expected to occupy himself with Ifá or with his trade, without growing complacent or slacking off, in order to reach the peak of prosperity.
Success in all your work will create enemies.
A woman from another city will come to marry him; a foreigner will propose marriage to the woman.
The woman is pregnant and will certainly give birth after doing ebbó with six colored birds.
About taking care that blood does not run in your home, because justice will come: do not raise your hand.
About how a piece of your jewelry was lost and turned up in another place, and how, when you go to claim it, you will receive insults.
About being careful that your wife is not discredited, and about not being so demanding.
About your situation getting worse because you do not believe in Orunmila, nor in Shangó as your Guardian Angel.
About you wanting something impossible and wanting a binding spell done for you quickly: that is why you have switched course in the kimbisa, and even so you have seen no result.
About being careful with stones, metal bars, firearms or bladed weapons: do not use any of them to attack someone, for you will find yourself in serious trouble.
About the need to do the rogación de cabeza as soon as possible and ask Shangó what he wants to eat.
About you carrying a lot of envy upon you, and about the Awó needing to teach the one who does not know.

Proverbs of Okana Ogunda · Òwe

“Fire melts the chain.”
“Black fades and white gets dirty.”
“Success breeds enemies.”
“The woodpecker is the sculptor of all the birds.”
“Gray hair makes its home on an old man's head.”
“The powerful one enjoys the world.”
“Fire does not melt fire, but it melts metal.”
“The good man leaves an inheritance to his grandchildren; the wicked one piles up what will belong to the just.”
“The glutton cannot fight with the cook.”
“The stars give tendencies; the orishas give orders.”
“The angry earth throws up lava; the angry man throws up blood.”
“An enemy stays an enemy even after death.”
“No nation prospers at war with another.”
“You have to make the best of it.”
“Whoever corrects their child does so because they love them.”
“There is no worse wedge than one cut from the same tree.”
“You have to carry two sacks: one for giving and one for receiving.”
“The wise man builds his house; the fool tears it down.”

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Iré and Osogbo

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

Iré · what the sign brings

It is a good moment to start new businesses or bonds, as long as they move forward carefully.
If they sacrifice in time, they avoid hunger.
They succeed in everything they undertake.

Osogbo · what the sign warns

Prison and chains, war and separations are announced for them.
The woman must beware of having two husbands at the same time.
Mother and son are left helpless by the man's abandonment and death.

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What is born in Okana Ogunda · Ìbí

Giving food to the drains and the garbage.
That with no means for the sacrifice, you improvise with other things.
A chicken that provides the blood and feathers of the birds that are asked for, or else the bones of what is eaten every day.
The Awó teaching whoever does not know.
The instinct for survival.
The great trust in Elegba to solve things.
The honor guard that watches over the prince's coffin.
Agbalumo (the cherry), and the Rainbow.
Offering crocodile to Ifá and to one's own head.
That God gave the ashé for predicting truths.
The priest of the oracle sacrificed white cloth, opa atori, cascarilla, white kola nut, and parrot feathers.
That the horse yawns over and over because it is calling its rider.
Ifá calls the Awó to work: do not turn away from your Ifá.
That Okana Kuña sets down the creation of the earth, and that battles can bring wealth and honor.

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

Do not say what you should not say.
You have fire in your mouth, and through your mouth they can kill you.
Do not use bladed weapons or firearms, stones or iron rods to attack anyone.
You will find yourself in serious trouble with the law.
Do not doubt the word of Orunmila or of your father Shangó.
The man who doubted saw lightning fall in front of him, and only then did his luck change.
A woman must not have two husbands under the same roof.
Do not neglect your Ifá.
The horse that yawns is calling its rider: Ifá calls the Awó to work.

Ebbós of Okana Ogunda · The sacrifices that open the road

HealthThe washing of the head🔒 The Notebook Overcoming enemiesThe ebbó of the chain and the fire🔒 The Notebook Overcoming enemiesThe ebbó of the snare🔒 The Notebook SpiritualThe ebbó of the instinct for survival🔒 The Notebook LoveThe ebbó of the thunderstone🔒 The Notebook MoneyThe ebbó of strength🔒 The Notebook

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Works of Okana Ogunda · The workings of the sign

SpiritualThe saraekó of the heavenly bodies🔒 The Notebook Overcoming enemiesOshún's honey for Eshu🔒 The Notebook HealthThe turtle at the door🔒 The Notebook

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Patakíes of Okana Ogunda · The roads of the Odù

1The goat and the cherries of the divinities

In heaven, three awó consulted for 480 animals and 480 divinities. The awó were: the one who interprets Ifá by twenty paths, the one who does it by thirty, and the leaves of agboyin, so many that not even the children of the bush could count them. All were given the same warning: offer sacrifice or go hungry. Each one had to give four roosters and agbalumo cherries.

The divinities did what was indicated; the animals did not. Hunger came to heaven and nobody knew where to eat. The divinities turned to God, who gave them cherry seeds, and they planted them on the spot. Eshu poured air and water on them. After three days the shoots appeared, after ten there was fruit and after seventy the harvest was ripe. So the divinities could feed themselves.

One day the goat passed by and saw the ripe cherries on the ground under the tree. It took all it could carry for its own and from then on came back every morning. The divinities realized that someone was taking fruit without permission, and set traps at the foot of the tree. The next time, the goat fell into one and shouted for help.

When they found it, each divinity released gas near its head, and that toxic air killed it. When they asked who would eat the condemned one, Eshu offered himself and took the body away. From this come the unpleasant smell of the goat's head and the fact that it is, to this day, Eshu's favorite food.

If this odu comes out in an ordinary consultation, a goat is offered with black soap: with the blood and the soap the person's head is washed in front of Eshu's altar, to treat an illness of the head. If the consultation is for a community, a sacrifice is made to spare it the scarcity of that year.

What it teaches

Sacrifice protects from scarcity whoever carries it out. Taking without permission the fruit that others grew leads to a fatal trap, even when the motive is to feed the family.

Ebbó for animals and divinities

To avoid hunger, each one was marked with four roosters plus agbalumo cherries.

Head washing before Eshu

A goat and black soap to wash the head of the person consulted before Eshu, against an ailment of the head.

For a community

A sacrifice so that the year does not bring scarcity to the community.

The divination verse of the three awó for the animals and the divinities

OKONRON KOGUN KOGUN, OKONRON KOGBON KOGBON. AKA I KATAN NI OMODE N KA EWE AGBOYIN NI PORO OKO. ADIFA FUN ERANKO MERINDILOJO.

2The Awó Who Adapted the Ebbó to Each Person

Before leaving heaven, an Awó consulted about his destiny. He was told to attend to Ogún with palm wine, a dog, a rooster and a turtle, so that Ogún would not kill him on earth; to Eshu, a goat; and for his head and his Ifá, a crocodile. He did everything, obtained the blessing of God and came down to earth.

On arriving, the elder Awoses did not even look at him. They noticed him only when they found that his divinations and his ebbós worked. He acted as Orunmila wants his followers to act: if the client lacked the means for an expensive ebbó, the matter had to be solved with whatever he had at hand (aseboru). When the ebbó demanded a guinea fowl, a hen, a rooster, doves, a female goat or a ram, he asked Ifá whether it could be replaced by a chicken, from which he took the blood and feathers of the birds requested, or by the bones of the animals that are slaughtered every day for food. People came in crowds, and with them came the envy of the other priests.

At the meetings of priests they mocked him and often looked down on him, and the priests of Ogún turned against him. He consulted again and was marked offerings: for Ogún, palm wine together with a rooster, a turtle and a dog; for Eshu, a goat; and for Ifá, a crocodile. He fulfilled them, and his enemies left him in peace. He kept reaping praise for how effective his work was and came to enjoy great well being.

When this path comes out in the Igbodu, the advice is to prepare one's own Ogún, so that no one can harm the person with it. He will do well in any work he takes on, although that success will bring him enemies. In an ordinary consultation the advice is to have one's own Ifá and Ogún, or else to serve Ifá with a crocodile and offer a goat to Eshu.

What it teaches

The ebbó can be adjusted to what each person has within reach without losing its effect, and whoever does it well ends up recognized, even if at first he is looked down on. Since success stirs up envy, when enemies appear the offering is made again.

Offerings marked before coming down

For Ogún: a jicotea (turtle), a dog, a rooster and palm wine. For Eshu: a goat. A crocodile for the head and for Ifá.

Offerings when the enemies rose up

For Ogún: a rooster, palm wine, a jicotea (turtle) and a dog. For Eshu: a goat. For Ifá: a crocodile.

Ebbó adapted for someone with few resources (aseboru)

When the ebbó demands a ram, a female goat, doves, a rooster, a hen or a guinea fowl and the client cannot afford it, the Awó asks whether it can be replaced by a chicken, taking from it the blood and feathers of the birds requested, or by bones of animals slaughtered daily for consumption.

What is advised when this path comes out

In the Igbodu: prepare one's own Ogún, so that no one can harm with it. The person will do well in any work, although that success will bring enemies. In an ordinary consultation: have one's own Ifá and Ogún, or serve Ifá with a crocodile and offer a goat to Eshu.

3Ogún, Servant of All, and the Ashé of the Oracle

Before leaving heaven, the awó consulted Ogún and warned him that, to avoid ending up as everyone’s servant, he had to offer fourteen birds and animals of different kinds, as a banquet, to his Guardian Angel, and give a goat to Eshu. Ogún refused. That is why today he is a servant whom neither gods nor men acknowledge with gratitude.

He also consulted the priest of the oracle. He recommended that he offer God cascarilla, parrot feathers, white cloth, a white kola nut and opa atori (squirrel stick). The priest complied, and God rewarded him with the ashé, the instrument of authority, so that whatever he predicted would be true. That is the reason for his popularity on arriving in this world.

What it teaches

Whoever refuses the prescribed ebbó ends up serving everyone without appreciation. Whoever fulfills it receives authority so that their word comes true, and with it gains fame and respect.

Ogún’s ebbó, which he did not carry out

Fourteen different birds and animals, served as a banquet to his Guardian Angel, and a goat for Eshu.

The ebbó of the priest of the oracle

For God: cascarilla, parrot feathers, white cloth, opa atori (squirrel stick) and a white kola nut.

4The three priests of the nicknames🔒 The Notebook 5The horse that yawns🔒 The Notebook 6Eshi in Oyó🔒 The Notebook 7Eziza, the divinity of the wind🔒 The Notebook 8Babara the father and Babara the son🔒 The Notebook 9The snail shell🔒 The Notebook 10Ogungbemi must not run from the fight🔒 The Notebook 11Ogún tied Shangó up🔒 The Notebook 12The cat, the hen and Obatalá🔒 The Notebook 13Where Oyá saved Shangó🔒 The Notebook 14Elegba, Shangó, and Osain unite two lands🔒 The Notebook 15The son who doubted Shangó🔒 The Notebook 16The son who met his dead father🔒 The Notebook 17The wedge and the tree🔒 The Notebook 18The cloth, the colt and the staff🔒 The Notebook 19The quarrel between the stone and the bamboo🔒 The Notebook 20The respect of the town🔒 The Notebook 21The ruined garden🔒 The Notebook

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Frequently asked questions about Okana Ogunda

What does the Odù Okana Ogunda mean in Ifá?

The creation of the earth: Orunmila spread it over the water and the world expanded in Ilé Ifé, and here the Rainbow was born.

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

Okana Ogunda is Odù number 129 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Okana family.

Which orishas speak in Okana Ogunda?

In the Odù Okana Ogunda these orishas speak: Ogún, Obatalá, Shangó, Oyá, Eshu (Alayiki), Eziza (Ajija), Abita.

What is a proverb of the Odù Okana Ogunda?

One of the proverbs of Okana Ogunda says: «Fire melts the chain.».

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