The land of Osa Rete Nifa Inle Okun Fekun Dudu was the land of volcanoes: fire lived beneath it, nothing grew, and everything born died. The earth spent its time cursing and complaining, until it was nearly mud in the shape of a person. Olofin sent it ashé so it could ask, and sent Osa Irete to understand it: «it has to be divided». Shangó dressed himself in lightning and thunderbolts and divided the black earth (Inle Okun Fekun Dundun) from the red (Inle Okun Fekun Pupua); the wind cleaned it, and Olofin let the water loose: it rained, the earth was washed clean of all its wicked creatures, and it produced okra, corn and grain; cotton, the ceiba and the coconut were born, and some of the creatures became animals and the rest people. But Olofin told the earth: «now you see how ungrateful you are: you will always have to live complaining and enslaved — there will be earth under the water, which will be the strength that holds you up». The only Saints left on it were Obatalá, Elegba and Shangó.
Osa Rete Nifa Inle Okun Fekun Dudu was the land of volcanoes: fire lived beneath it, it produced nothing, nobody could live there, and everything born died. Olofin watched this but said nothing, because the earth spent its time cursing and complaining about everything. The earth could bear no more, since it was nearly turning into mud in the shape of a person; that shape would come apart and turn back into mud. Then Olofin sent it ashé so the earth could ask: it cracked and made sounds, and in those sounds Olofin could not understand — it seemed as if it were asking forgiveness, and it sang: «Baba kuele ni laure, baba kuele ni lare, modupue baba».
Olofin sent Osa Irete to see whether he understood the same as he did. He reached the land and said: «What my father has said is true», and went back to Olofin and told him: «Father, the earth is wicked, and what you have heard is quite true: it is always cursing. It has to be divided, telling one piece from another».
Olofin spoke with Shangó and Yemayá Afefelorun and told them: «I need you. A way has to be found for Osa Irete to live on the earth, and for the earth to produce, so its produce is eaten at the proper time, and things are allowed to live as long as they have to live, so the world can hold together». Shangó said: «I will begin, but I am going to divide the earth». He filled himself with stones, dressed himself in lightning, thunderbolts and flashes that fell on the earth and divided it as they went: he marked the black earth and called it Inle Okun Fekun Dundun; he marked the red earth and called it Inle Okun Fekun Pupua.
Shangó went back to Olofin and told him: «I have divided the lands». Olofin told him: «I know what you did, but you left the red earth dry». Shangó answered: «Because this will serve for painting different things, and when Afefe Ayé (the wind) cleans the lands, the dust will be carried off and will serve to feed them». Along with the rain he sent the wind, and it cleaned the lands; but it could not hold the red earth, it let it go and it mixed with the dark earth. Olofin sent a funnel cloud and a waterspout to gather the water and lift it upward. They reported to Olofin, and he said: «Let the water loose» — and it began to rain.
The earth was washed clean of all the wicked creatures it held, and the first thing it produced was okra (ailá), the second corn (aguadó) and the third grain (eré). The first tree born was the cotton (oú), the second the ceiba (aragba) and the third the coconut (obi). Olofin sent a blessing to the earth, and some of the creatures became animals, and the rest became people.
The earth was glad with all Olofin's children, and he heard it and told it: «Now you see how ungrateful you are; but you will always have to live this way. And this I will never forgive you: there will be earth under the water, which will be what gives the strength to hold you up, or you will never be able to live except by complaining, and as a slave, since that is what you are. I will send all the Orishas to help you live». The Earth, still not satisfied, told him no, and all the Orishas, when they came down, had to go back up again. The only Saints who stayed were Obatalá, Elegba and Shangó.