Okonron Tutu, the merchant, sacrificed before coming down: a goat to Eshu, a rat, an eagle and a vulture to his head — Eshu made the eagle fly low and Ogún hunted it, catching a chill at the seashore, cured by Orunmila with fire and a turtle —, pigeons at the three roads, God's blessing and a pigeon to Olokun. Olokun did not come down, but sent her representative: «do not forget her on earth». In the world they went their separate ways without recognizing each other: he traded coral without success; she idled outside her destiny. Both sacrificed — and at the market she was taken with the beads she could not pay for: he took her home to serve her head, they slept together, and Olokun confirmed to him in a dream that she was the wife he was meant to have. They married, she gave birth, and prosperity flourished for good.
His nickname was Okonron Tutu, the trader, and he planned to go down to the world with that same trade. Before leaving he had a reading, and five works were marked for him: a goat for Eshu; a rat with an eagle and a vulture for his head together with his Guardian Angel; the meeting of three roads, served with four doves and white cloth, where the priest also had to bathe; the blessing of God, asked for with a dove and cloth, both white, plus cascarilla and parrot feathers; and last, Olokun, served with one of those doves. The order mattered: Eshu went first, because getting the eagle and the vulture depended on him, and behind him came Ogún, with a dog.
Eshu went to talk to the eagle and convinced it to fly lower, since food was easier to get down below; then he moved Ogún to shoot at it. The bird was eating bananas on a farm when the hunter brought it down and handed it to Okonron Tutu; also by Eshu's doing, that same hunter killed the vulture by the sea. The job cost Ogún dearly: he was not used to the shore and got sick with the flu. Orunmila built him a fire, gave him a turtle, and with that he got well. Now with the eagle and the vulture, Okonron Tutu added the rat and served his head and his Guardian Angel. He also did the rest and asked Olokun to go with him. Olokun did not accept, but promised to send him someone to keep him company, with a warning: that he should not leave her forgotten down there. So he set out, with the representation of Olokun.
Once on earth, each one followed their own path and neither recognized the other. He set up his trade and it did not go well, and he could not find anyone to marry; she, away from the course destiny had marked for her, gave herself over to idleness. He had a reading: work for Eshu, for Ifá and for his head, with a medicine the Awoses prepared for him in a gourd and a bath in the river; after that he went on selling coral beads at the market. She had a reading too, looking for a husband, and they marked a goat for Eshu, plus beads and a dove to serve her head; they warned her that the man had to be an Awó. She served Eshu and went to the market for the beads and the dove, and the beads she was looking for were exactly the ones Okonron Tutu sold.
Seeing her and falling for her was one and the same thing, and she felt drawn to him too; but when she heard the price she said she had no money on her. He convinced her to come with him to his house to make the sacrifice there: he set down the dove and the beads and served her head, and since tradition says that whoever serves their head must not go out, she stayed there to sleep; they slept together and lay together. That night Olokun appeared to him in a dream and scolded him for not having looked sooner for the representation she had sent him: the woman at his side was the one sent, the wife meant for him. She also asked him for a sacrifice with a dove, cascarilla, cowries and parrot feathers, along with everything that is offered at the sea. When he woke he consulted Ifá, which confirmed the dream; without letting time pass he took her as his wife and she soon got pregnant. The business prospered, and they lived happy and healthy forever.
In Ugbodu: the person must receive Olokun; if single, the next woman who comes to him is the wife who belongs to him, and if married, he will meet a daughter of Olokun after being initiated. In an ordinary reading: a goat for Eshu and the usual gifts with a dove, either at the sea or at the river, because Olokun has a gift kept for him.