Ogún ruled the land of Awa Nilaye through his son Awo Obarayiré: with frightening songs at nightfall and heavy footsteps before dawn, the people worked without rest, eating nothing but meat and fish, until they fell ill. Osain cured them in secret with herbs and sticks, and told Shangó, who summoned Ogún through a crowd of eguns and made him swear on the machete to share his strength with everyone. Once the people were cured by Osain, they all gave moforibale to Shangó — and then told him they no longer wanted them there. Shangó, furious, turned three ram's turns and threw the curse (shepe): Ogún went out to kill his own, and Shangó stopped him: «your son will go on ruling this land, because he is the only one who understands these people — but you are coming with us». And he put ashé in Awo Obarayiré's mouth: «you will have the power to call this land Osa Bara, so that everyone lives under your ashé: Osa Shepe».
Ogún was held to be the greatest force in the world, and his rule reached the land of Awa Nilaye, which he had placed in the hands of an Awó who was a son of his, named Obarayiré, who enjoyed those enormous powers of his father. With such backing he ruled the place as he pleased, and when the day was well along, at the hour when it was already getting dark, he would sing: "Obalayekun laye mo beyelekun laye kayere gbogbo oni omo kayere gbogbo oni". Out of fright, the people of Awa Nilaye went out to work instead of going to bed, and so they never rested. The father backed up what the son did with his own drive: on his feet from four in the morning, he beat the ground with his feet, stamped hard, called all the people and sang: "Omo ladire dide omo ladire owa keun omo abadishe omo ladire". Those who were still asleep got up to work.
So in Awa Nilaye nobody had any rest, and everyone was worried, because they barely had time to eat what father and son handed out, which was nothing but beef and fish, measured out so they could stand more work. That food ended up harming them: they were left weak, poisoned, and there was no one who did not fall ill.
One day Osain came to Awa Nilaye, to visit Ogún and his son and to look closely at that rule. The first thing he ran into was a sick people who, even so, were still forced to work. He went straight to tell the two of them, and they heard him and got annoyed with him. Osain did not answer back; he kept quiet, and since he was carrying two baskets loaded with herbs and sticks, he began going around the houses and handing them out so the people would get well, with the order that they do it in hiding. Awo Obarayiré went out on his rounds and noticed what the people were doing and taking, and he asked them; they answered that these were things found around there. Meanwhile, the people were getting their strength back.
Seeing how things stood, Osain went off to Awa Tilaye, home of Shangó, and gave him the whole account. Shangó did not like the matter, and with Osain himself he sent word for Ogún to come. The two of them left Awa Nilaye, and Osain came singing along the way, and with that he announced to Shangó that Ogún was arriving: "Ogún baranire Awo alele Ogún lokun lorun". With no warning eguns sprang up everywhere; Ogún could not see anything else, and fear had him beaten. Once in front of Shangó, he began to beg him to take that off him, that he could not stand it. And Shangó explained to him: "All that you have on you is caused by the harm your son Obarayiré is doing in your land, leaning on you and on your strength. If you want me to take off what you have on you, you have to swear to me that you will go with me to take away the rule you gave your son". Ogún answered: "I promise you", and he took the machete (agada) in his hand and passed it over his head. Then came Shangó's curse, and he added: "From today you have to keep your promise and do what I say: the strength you have given only to your son, you have to share it with all the children of the land of Awa Nilaye".
Ogún set out back to Awa Nilaye together with Shangó. As soon as he came in he called his son, and Shangó stopped him: "Wait a moment: the one who has to look for him is me; the one who has to punish him is you — but we have to give time for Osain to work". Osain set to handing out herbs to drink, and sticks too, and with that the people got back the health they were missing. By the seventh day there was no one left weak and everyone was happy; at midday they all went down on their knees to give moforibale to Shangó and to Osain for so much good received. Shangó, meanwhile, kept the son, Awo Obarayiré, hidden.
After a while, the children of that land called Shangó and Osain to tell them that, happy and grateful as they were with them, they no longer wanted them there. Shangó, not believing it, asked: "What is it you are saying?", and they repeated the same thing. Shangó flared up, turned three somersaults, broke into cursing (shepe) and sang out loud: "Ogún belekun leri eje belekun yere". When Ogún heard what they were saying, he went out machete in hand to kill his own people. Shangó and Osain threw themselves on him to stop it and warned him: "Stay still, because your son Obarayiré will go on governing this land, since he is the only one who understands these people — but you are leaving with us".
Afterwards Shangó went for Awo Obarayiré, called him and ordered him: "Open your mouth". He emptied the ashé inside him and finished: "You will have the power to call this land Osa Bara, so that everyone lives under your ashé: Osa Shepe".
Note: that song of the angry Shangó is sung during the ebbó; it is the person concerned himself who kills the chicken and smears its blood on the ebbó, while the Awó taps the board without stopping with the irofá. The head of the chicken also goes into the ebbó.