Eya Areni, the salmon, and Agbon Oko, the drone of the hive, were close friends and both lived by conquering women. The salmon longed for the love of Oroyori Oshún, who lived inside a pearl oyster at the mouth of the river. The drone desired Agbon Ayaba, the queen of the hive.
To give her love, Oroyori Oshún demanded that sandbanks be brought to her kingdom, the river, where she could rest at ease. Queen Agbon Ayaba demanded her crown of wax. Not knowing what to do, the two friends visited Orunmila, who cast the odu Okana She for them and explained that a man makes himself a slave through love. They had to make ebbó, or otherwise they would be enslaved and love would sacrifice them for the survival of the species.
Both agreed to carry out the ebbó to win their beloved ones, but only Eya Areni completed it. Agbon Oko, undisciplined and lazy, did it halfway.
Each one came before his beloved with gifts. Oroyori saw that Eya Areni brought exactly what she longed for, and she fell in love with him. She let herself be guided to the upper part of the river and, on the sandbanks he had brought, she gave herself to love and settled in that place. That is why every year Eya Areni has to go down to the depths of the river, where those of his kind are born, to make love to her. This is the sacrifice of love: the salmon, although he achieved his purpose, became the slave of Oroyori Oshún.
Agbon Oko, on the other hand, lost his life for love. He fertilized the queen and died, since during the act his reproductive organ is torn off and comes out with the intestines.
From this path were born the sand of the river and the vaginal spasm, considered the supreme sacrifice of love. It also explains why the salmon lives in the sea and goes up the river to spawn. It is said that this is an Ifá of madness.
This path includes a work by which the awó obtains the power of persuasion over women, and it holds the secret of Oshún Miwa Ilé Bombó. The elements and the preparation are not detailed here.
Love turns into slavery when it is not protected with ebbó. Whoever completes it keeps his life and finds his place; whoever does it halfway may end up sacrificed by love itself.
A lot of money, a pearl, virgin wax, eku, eja, two black hens (adie meji dundun), gbogbo tenuyen, agborán otá and oni añaki odo.
The work of the pearl oyster and what belongs to Oshún Miwa Ilé Bombó are reserved for the awó; their content is in the full treatise.
Okirike Iyape Agbon Tu Oloko Enshike Agaragoro Okoriko Efufe Omo Lofe, Adifafun Oko, Adifafun Eya Areni, Lodafun Oroyori Aje Shaluga Oshun Miwa Ile Bombo.
Afere Afere Oni Sefun Orunmila Komamu Obinima