Osa She

nº 165 of 256

Where Mother Earth speaks, Inle Oguere: a mother blesses her children even after death, and Olokun, through her ebbó, was left owner of the sea.

18 patakíes 9 eewó 10 ebbós and works 16 proverbs

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Osa She is Odù number 165 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Osa family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 18 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 10 ebbós and works and the signs it shows in the consultation — with the full eewó in plain sight; the detail of iré and osogbo and the full recipes open with The Notebook, in English.

The sign at a glance

Order in Ifá: Odù 165 of 256
Composition: Osa over Oshe
In the Diloggún: 9-5 · Osá tonti Oshé
Orishas that speak: Inle Oguere · Olokun · Oyá · Oshún · Yemayá · Eshu · Egun

What Ifá says in this sign

Osa She is the sign of Mother Earth: Inle Oguere, who for her sacrifice and her giving up received from Olofin the title of Mother — and of the great sacrifice of motherhood: a woman blesses her children even after death. Its justice is famous: the innocent Owa was seen as a thief — and Eshu had the evidence brought forward: the false accusation fell apart on its own.

The mirror of this odu is an uncomfortable one: someone false, treacherous and not keeping their promises — if any of that sounds like you, there is your most urgent ebbó: keep your word. And your hurry is your trap: you live with the cart in front of the oxen — acts done without thinking that weigh on you afterwards: breathe before you decide.

«Eshu had the evidence brought forward and the innocent man went free — false accusations do not prosper in Osa She.»The pulse of Osa She

There is a child in your history: forgotten or left behind, and unknown to you afterwards — and the guilt you carry is cured by looking for them or by blessing them from a distance. And to mothers, the warning from the soul: deep down they are against their children marrying — because nobody will love them the way they do: let go with love, because a mother's love does not compete: it goes alongside.

Your health is a serious matter: even though you look strong, you are ill inside — the woodworm speaks in the blood, in the bones or in one of your organs: a thorough check now, without waiting for symptoms. No wakes, no burials and no alcohol, and to the earth, its ram: the Mother who holds everything up also collects her tribute.

The promises of the sea: Olokun made ebbó and was left the owner — everyone pays her tribute: your luck comes to you through a daughter of Yemayá, and this Ifá saves the godfather. You will have a people — someone to guide —: learn first, so you can guide afterwards; with patience, without wanting everything at once: Mother Earth blesses whoever sows slowly and keeps what they promise

The sign in one line

Keep your word, rein in the cart and look for the child you left behind — the Mother Earth of Osa She blesses whoever puts things right.

The prayer of Osa She · Yoruba

Osa She oni she ni lodafun Shelei Shelei lodafun oko adifafun Obatalá lodafun Eshu, Shangó, obini, maferefun eyele.

Súyere
Shelei shelei arayé shepe unlo, Ikú shelei unlo.

Ifá says — what Osa She tells you

An Ifá of false accusations: like Owa the innocent, whom people saw as a thief — Eshu had the evidence brought forward and he was proclaimed innocent. An Ifá of falseness and betrayal: someone who does not keep their word — Osa She is false, treacherous, disobedient and does not keep their promises. The Ifá of Mother Earth: Inle Oguere, who for her sacrifice and her giving up received from Olofin the title of Mother Earth. The Ifá of the forgotten or abandoned child: who is unknown afterwards, and you live with that guilt wanting to know about them. The Ifá of the cart in front of the oxen: you live your life too fast, and you have done things without thinking that have weighed on you. An Ifá that saves the godfather. The Ifá of mothers' conflict with their children marrying: deep in their souls they are against it, believing nobody can love them or sacrifice for them the way they do.
It marks an illness inside that cannot be reversed: even though you look strong, you are ill — the woodworm speaks in the blood, in the bones or in one of your inner organs.
Ailments: impotence, cancer inside, hemorrhoids, blood and bone trouble, kidneys, stomach upsets, flat feet, deformity in the lower limbs, spine and weakness of the brain.
You hold grudges, and you do not keep your word.
The woman lets the man go hungry and wants to play innocent — like the turtle who stole Olofin's yam.
The woman wants to leave her husband: be careful another woman does not get in the way and you lose your well-being.
Even though you have struggled, you have always lived in the air: your affairs half done — at times you have had to put your hands in the fire, because you have found yourself among wild beasts, and to get by you have had to take risks.
There are enemies around you — at work, in the religion or in the neighborhood — who envy you: your enemy would like to do everything you do or have.
The duck speaks: a dirty animal, with no intelligence, limited in its sex.
You live too fast: you have taken steps without thinking that have weighed on you.
You will have a people: you have to learn, so you can guide others.
You are unsteady, both with women and in religions.
Your luck is due to come to you through a daughter of Yemayá.
You have a whim, and because of it you can wrong an older person.
Hold on to the Saints to come out of your affairs well, and be patient: you want to do many things at once.
You want to fall out with your husband and you will regret it.
Be careful of a child in your house who is always ill.
Be careful you do not have a fall and break a leg.
You want to do something and you cannot decide.
You are due to win the lottery: you are very lucky — when you win, ask Oshún what she wants.
You have three enemies who do you so much harm that they want to see you in the hands of the law.
Do not be so stubborn with women: there is one who tried to force herself on you.
Do not let anyone put their hands behind you.
Give thanks to your mother and your grandmother.
In a dream you were told what you had to do.
Never rush to say «I know», because it costs you.
Your children should follow the same religion you practice, so they are saved.
There is a spirit speaking in your ears: pay attention to what it says.
Look after your brain carefully, because your brain is weak, and you are weak in your nature: see to yourself.
Look after your kidneys and your spine.

Proverbs of Osa She · Òwe

“Every person deserves respect.”
“If you do not know the law we live by here, you will have to go and live in the other world.”
“Parents do not ask their children for a blessing.”
“Do not put your hand on my shoulder.”
“For making ebbó, I am the owner of the sea.”
“The child follows the father's model.”
“If I am not offended, I do not wound.”
“The harm they do me will serve me for good.”
“Whoever condemns the innocent to pardon the guilty has been bought.”
“Man should not be man's worst enemy.”
“Going along with it makes us criminals too.”
“A used basket is no longer beautiful, but it is still useful.”
“The death of an old person is like a library burning down.”
“Nobody is more stubborn than whoever denies what is in front of them.”
“Nobody without understanding can buy wisdom.”
“The old Moor makes a poor Christian.”

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Iré and Osogbo

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What is born in Osa She · Ìbí

The mamu obo.
Orunmila's son was caught with his mouth on the woman's vulva, and she was still on her period: the owner of this Ifá falls into this vice, which takes away the ashé Olofin gives.
Why the life force lives in the earth's crust during the summer, and in the bowels of the Earth during the winter.
From Inle Oguere's pact with Ashikuelu: Afokoyeri lives six months with her mother — the crust, where everything blooms — and six months with him — the shadow, where things germinate.
The great sacrifice of a woman's motherhood.
Inle Oguere gave up the pleasures of the earth to go with her daughter into the darkness: a woman always gives her children her blessing, even after death.
That Olokun is the owner of the sea.
She was told to make ebbó and she made it: for making ebbó, I am the owner of the sea.
That the duck always goes about with his member hanging.
For leaving the ebbó for later and taking the female duck by force: «every time you mount the duck, you will drag your member along the ground».

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

Do not go to wakes or to burials.
Do not drink alcoholic drinks.
Do not live in run-down houses.
The roof or the building in bad shape can fall on you or on a member of your family.
Do not climb up high and do not get up on roofs.
You can get dizzy and fall — like the imitating monkey.
Do not hold back when you need to relieve yourself.
By not going in dirty toilets, you can get sick and have big problems.
Do not tell the secrets.
Do not do many things at the same time.
Do not let women put their hands on you from behind.
Do not do mamu obo.
The owner of this Ifá falls into this vice, which takes away from him the ashé that Olofin gave him.

Ebbós of Osa She · The sacrifices that open the road

SpiritualThe ebbó of Mother Earth🔒 The Notebook MoneyThe plowman's ebbó🔒 The Notebook HealthThe ebbó for the child🔒 The Notebook MoneyThe ebbó for good luck🔒 The Notebook Law troubleThe sacrifice of Owa the innocent🔒 The Notebook LoveThe ebbó of Oshún before Ikú🔒 The Notebook HealthThe duck's ebbó🔒 The Notebook

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Works of Osa She · The workings of the sign

SpiritualThe gourd of Inle Oguere🔒 The Notebook Beating enemiesThe inshé Osain of Osa She🔒 The Notebook HealthThe tibisí and the seahorse🔒 The Notebook

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Patakíes of Osa She · The roads of the Odù

1Mother Earth

Inle Oguere was a beautiful woman with many children, and the most beautiful was Afokoyeri. Ashikuelu, a being who lived in the darkness of the earth's depths, fell in love with her, and knowing his horrible appearance kept him away, he used his arts of enchantment: he stretched the runner of a fine gourd plant — Afokoyeri's favorite food — all the way to his cave, and when she came near, he took her by the hand and carried her down into the depths. Inle Oguere, desperate, went to Orunmila: her daughter had been born to live in the darkness — ebbó, feed Ashikuelu at the cave, and make a pact. Ashikuelu gave her moforibale: «you will have the right to your daughter living six months with you and six with me: you are the crust of the earth, where everything blooms; I am the shadow, where things germinate». Olofin consecrated her: «you, Inle Oguere, will be Mother Earth: all men will have to give you your food, you will serve as a loving mother and as the final dwelling of your children, and every time Egun is fed it will be through you». Her sacrifice in giving up the pleasures of the earth to go with her daughter earned her the title of Mother Earth.

Of all the children of that most beautiful woman, the favorite was Afokoyeri, the most beautiful, who let no suitor in. Madly in love with her was Ashikuelu, a being who lived in the darkness deep in the earth and whose sight depended on the glow and the shine of minerals. He showed his face to this world very rarely, through the mouth of his cave, and only when his children brought him the goat that was his food, with songs that turned the sky black.

The day he saw her he was smitten, and since he knew his frightful looks closed the road to her, he reached for his spells to take hold of that love. Walking through the countryside, Afokoyeri came upon a beautiful pumpkin plant; pumpkin being her favorite food — mother and daughter ate nothing but seeds and fruit —, she went for it, and noticed that the vine stretched all the way to a cave. As she came close, Ashikuelu burst out from the depths, darkening the sky, and before she could react he grabbed her by the hand and took her with him down into the earth.

The news left Inle Oguere with no rest, and she threw herself into looking for her from sorcerer to sorcerer, looking for one able to solve that for her. Since she knew of Orunmila's fame, she decided to come before him. The osode brought out this Odù, and the word was that her daughter had come into the world to live in the darkness, because humans could not grasp the greatness of life; that she should make ebbó, that she should feed Ashikuelu in a cave, that she should call him, and that when he came out, she should make a pact. She did it all: when Ashikuelu came out, she put the food beside the pumpkin, and he, after giving her moforibale, said to her: "Mother, you will have the right for your daughter Afokoyeri to live six months with you and six months with me. You are the crust of the earth: where you are light, everything blooms; I am the shadow of the earth: where everything is shadow, things sprout".

Olofin, who was listening, said to her: "You, Inle Oguere, will be Mother Earth, the one who will always give men the fruit to hold up their lives; all men will have to give you your food, and whoever wants to see you will have to recognize you and your daughter, both in the plowed fields and in the natural pits, and they will see you in every fruit, in every mineral, in the earth's crust and in the bowels of the earth. You will always serve as a loving mother who gives courage, and in the end you will serve as the final home of your children. You will eat and work with Ashikuelu and Afokoyeri, who are your well loved children, and also with Yewá, Osain, Azojuano, Oduduwa, Orun and even with me; you will also keep the memory of every one of those who were on the earth, and every time Egun is fed it will have to be through you, because that is why you are Mother Earth, who must be honored by every one of her children. To Iban Eshu".

Giving up the pleasures of the world to live beside her daughter Afokoyeri in the darkness of the bowels of the earth was such a big sacrifice that Olofin, as a reward for that renunciation, granted Inle Oguere the title of Mother Earth.

Note: here is marked how much a mother gives, one who goes on blessing her children even from the other side of death. It also marks the fight of the mother who does not accept a child's marriage: inside she is always against it, sure that nobody is going to love him the way she does; and even if the son-in-law or the daughter-in-law is not to her liking, she ends up adapting so as not to make her children unhappy.

2When the reading was made for Oluigbo and Oluodan

Osa She, Orin She: the child is made to the father's measure — so it was divined for Oluigbo and Oluodan. The sacrifice marked for both was a goat and 44,000 cowries, and only Oluigbo did it; he was told that all good things would stay in his hands and that the people of the town would come to beg him for them.

Osa She, Orin She: the child is made to the father's measure. So it was divined for Oluigbo and Oluodan.

The sacrifice marked was this: a goat and 44,000 cowries.

Oluigbo was the only one who did it. He was told that all good things would stay in his hands and that the people of the town would come to beg him for them.

3The reading made for Owa the innocent

Osa does not offend, Osa does not wound: the only one we thought had offended us did not offend us. This was read for Owa, whom people saw as a thief when in fact he was innocent. He was told to sacrifice to Eshu so he would not be set up as an innocent man falsely accused: two pigeons, gourd purée, yam and 4,400 cowries. Eshu had the evidence of his innocence brought forward, and Owa was proclaimed innocent.

Osa does not wrong, Osa does not hurt. The one we thought guilty of an offense did us no offense.

So it was divined for Owa, who was taken for a thief without being one. Sacrifice to Eshu was marked for him, so he would not be left an innocent man carrying a false accusation.

Sacrifice: two doves, pumpkin purée, yam and 4,400 cowries.

Eshu saw to it that the proof of his innocence came to light, and Owa was declared innocent.

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Frequently asked questions about Osa She

What does the Odù Osa She mean in Ifá?

Where Mother Earth speaks, Inle Oguere: a mother blesses her children even after death, and Olokun, through her ebbó, was left owner of the sea.

What number is Osa She among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

Osa She is Odù number 165 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Osa family.

Which orishas speak in Osa She?

In the Odù Osa She these orishas speak: Inle Oguere, Olokun, Oyá, Oshún, Yemayá, Eshu, Egun.

What is a proverb of the Odù Osa She?

One of the proverbs of Osa She says: «Every person deserves respect.».

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