Osa Trupon

Inle ruled the land of the homosexuals (adodi and alakuatas), and once he sent for Orunmila, who made ready for the journey to that far-off land. Every time he reached a land, its people pressed him to stay there, and when they learned Orunmila was making for the land of Inle Abata, they refused him every kind of help; and so the food he carried in his bag (apó) ran out and he began to suffer.

When Orunmila reached the land of Inle Abata he was exhausted and in a poor state, and as he crossed the bridge over the river that led to Inle Abata's house, he fainted and fell into the river.

In that state he was seen by a group of effeminate men (adodi), and among themselves they said: «A traveler has fallen into the river». Then one of them said: «Do you not see a man has fallen into the river?», and another replied: «Who could it be? Since nobody wants to visit us». They came down to the river and saw a man lying in the mud, and by the necklace he wore at his throat they realized it was Orunmila, whom Inle Abata was expecting. Some of them went to tell Inle Abata, and others pulled Orunmila out of the mud, bathed him, dressed him in clean clothes and gave him food.

When Inle Abata came before Orunmila, he was already recovered and dressed in clean clothes, thanks to those people who had helped him.

Note: do not look down on anyone, not even those with some physical or moral flaw; value them and respect them like everyone else, as long as they behave properly in your house — because you do not know who will be the one to help you tomorrow: a hawk, a pigeon or a bird.

Yemayá lived with Shangó, but he had Oyá as a lover, and because of the witchcraft (ogú) Oyá sent — which Shangó was the one who picked up — he took to drink.

Drunk, he met Yemayá in the street and did ofikale trupon with her by force, in the middle of the street and in front of everyone. Yemayá, shamed, went to live in the bush; there she found a thunderstone (odu-ará) and kept it. A few days later she realized that stone neutralized what Oyá sent, because she felt cleared in her mind and with a peace she had not enjoyed for a long time.

Seven years passed in which Yemayá lived alone and at peace, and at the end of them she took up with Ogún, who was keeping up a hard war with Shangó, but who in spite of his strength could not win it. Ogún knew his cauldron was missing something essential, but did not know what. One day Yemayá lent Ogún the thunderstone to put in the cauldron for a few days. A few days later, Ogún realized that since he had put the thunderstone in his cauldron his affairs were going well, and he threw himself into the war with Shangó, forgetting Yemayá.

Yemayá, finding herself abandoned by Ogún, demanded he give the thunderstone back if he was not going to see to her anymore, but Ogún did not return it. Oyá, who was still working her witchcraft against Yemayá, from the moment she gave her thunderstone to Ogún made her begin to feel unwell again, and before long she felt as bad as before she had the stone, or worse.

Yemayá demanded again that Ogún give her back the thunderstone, and he refused, so an argument broke out between them, and in the end Ogún struck her. Shamed and disillusioned with men, she withdrew to live alone in her house in the bush, where one day she hanged herself.

Note: here the woman lives disillusioned with men and may even take her own life. Orunmila should be received for peace in the marriage.

There was a family of very hardworking farmers: a married couple with two children, a girl and a boy. They were very humble and made their living growing various crops, for their own use, and what was left over they sold. This family had a pond with turtles in it, and they sold them and gave them to whoever needed them; besides, the water served to take off anything wicked there might be — both for bathing and for cleaning the house.

Oba Niem saw how every day seven or eight people went to buy from the farmer, plus the others who came and went to be given some vegetables; and he asked anyone passing his farm how much the cassava and the tomatoes had cost them. Seeing that he sold so cheaply, Oba Niem was overcome by envy and selfishness, because he began thinking they could destroy him and leave him with nothing, and he set about getting rid of them. He came to think the farmers' power was owed to the turtle pond, and he began telling everyone that the farmer worked witchcraft on them so they would buy from him, and speaking badly of his produce as well. Oba Niem's farm was a large one; even so, people did not go to his house and his business did not go like his neighbor the farmer's, poor as the man was. Oba Niem grew only corn and melon.

The neighboring farmers had a rooster that would perch on the roof and had no fixed hour for crowing: when the farmer set about gathering his harvest, the rooster kept watch, and when it saw an enemy nearby, it warned its owner — and so the enemies had no time to see how the harvest was going so they could speak badly of it when it was sold. The demand for their produce was so great that they were obliged to plant more, and therefore to work more — and so prosperity came to them and they grew rich.

One day the farmer sent his son on an errand, and the boy met Oba Niem, who gave him a powder of sandbox seed and told him to throw it into the turtle pond. The boy asked what it was for, and the man told him: «That is to keep the water clear». The boy, in good faith, threw it into the pond, and every turtle died poisoned.

The father, seeing all the turtles dead the next day, went to Orunmila's house. He made osode for him, saw this Odù and told him: «You have to make ebbó with a rooster, a turtle, sandbox seeds and the water from the pond that is poisoned». The man made the ebbó, and then Orunmila told him to throw it onto his enemy's land.

Oba Niem's farm had ditches, and when it rained the water overflowed and the poison spread through every furrow: the melon and corn plants dried up. The horse drank the water and died too — and this made Oba Niem curious, so he drank the water and said: «There is nothing wrong with this water», and went on drinking, and died poisoned.

Note: this Odù foretells that you should not raise a weapon against anyone, because it can fall on you.