Osa Trupon

Also called Osa Otrupon

nº 162 of 256 · Edited by Ricco Ledesma

The legend of the mermaids, the songs of the daughters of Olokun: infertility that is overcome by giving to Ogún, and the godson saves the godfather.

15 patakíes 6 eewó 10 ebbós and works 17 proverbs

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Osa Trupon is Odù number 162 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Osa family. It is also written as Osa Otrupon. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 15 patakíes (3 in full in plain sight, with their teaching, ebbó and chants), its proverbs, 10 ebbós and works and the signs it shows in the consultation — with the full eewó in plain sight; the rest of the iré and osogbo and the full recipes open with The Notebook, in English.

The sign at a glance

Order in Ifá: Odù 162 of 256
Composition: Osa over Otrupon
Orishas that speak: Ogún · Shangó · Olokun · Orunmila · Inle Abata · Osain · Egun

What Ifá says in this sign

Osa Trupon, also known as Osa Otrupon, is the sign of the mermaids, daughters of Olokun, and of the doll that represents Agana Eri; the cast net and sunflower oil were also born here. Here the anus ruled over the head, to teach that no part is so small that it can be scorned. Its ruling speaks of offspring: without sacrifice the children do not come; with it, you have a long life and the children you wish for, perhaps twins. Here the godchild saves the godfather.

You are stubborn and willful, and that is why what you plan becomes impossible and you live behind: keep the promise you made to the saints. Luck goes with you, you handle a good deal of money, chance may favor you, and if you never had a business of your own, you will. Someone you helped wants to thank you, and your deceased mother or grandmother prays for you: have a Mass said for them. Do not scorn anyone: when Orunmila fainted and fell into the river, he was rescued by some adodi whom nobody took into account. And whoever is born adodi or alakuata, according to the law of the Cadua, returns to atone for the harm their forebears did by despising the helpless.

«The anus dominated the head: in Osa Trupon, the despised one shows his importance.»The pulse of Osa Trupon

Your enemies want to destroy you, and someone you stand in the way of wants to see you disappear, even by killing you. Do not carry a knife or a machete, because you may end up wounded or taking someone's life, and never raise a weapon against anyone. Witchcraft was done against you at three corners. Do not carry off anything belonging to others, above all if it is covered, because it brings trouble with the law, nor accept invitations to eat. A false testimony will put you to shame; in your home lives someone who tells your affairs, and envy can break your marriage or the bond between siblings.

In love, the man has two girlfriends and does not marry, and there is a woman pulling him to live with her. Receive Orunmila to have peace in marriage. This sign warns of violence: a drunk man may beat his partner, and a woman may suffer a rape in the open street; do not go out alone at night or with someone who drinks. The woman of this sign, disillusioned with men, may think of taking her own life. If that thought comes to you, talk about it at once with someone you trust, see a doctor or a professional and do not stay alone.

In health, when the body closes up and does not eliminate what it does not need, the whole body falls ill: fever, a hard liver, stomach pain and lack of strength. Do not give away the adornments or the sacred pieces of your saints, because no one thanks you and only you lose. Whoever walks badly ends badly; whoever fulfills the sacrifice endures.

The sign in one line

Sacrifice to Ogún for your children, soften the cobra of your character and honor your brotherhoods, for Osa Trupon is finally recognized by the world.

The prayer of Osa Trupon · Yoruba

Osa Trupon ariburu Trupon Osa rulu Otrupon omayele elodi odefa aba tinshomo olu oda Osa kuna Otrupon omayele lodi adafun pakere tinshomo olubo Osa Trupon Osa lanu.

Súyere
Laye laye omo Olokun, laye laye omo Olosa — laye laye omo Olokun, laye laye omo Olona.

Ifá says — what Osa Trupon tells you

It points to the ruin of the marriage and of siblings.
The person is stubborn and capricious, and finds it hard to achieve what they want.
The woman lives disappointed by men; she may come to take her own life. If she feels this way, she should talk to a person she trusts, seek help and not stay alone.
There are enemies of yours who want to harm you and finish you off.
Whoever has this Odù and has not had a business will have one.
About effeminate men and inverted women, the law of the Cadua teaches: whoever is born inverted owes it to having done much harm in earlier generations and having despised the helpless, believing himself superior through wealth, strength or position; in this stage he returns to Earth to purge, in his own flesh and spirit, the suffering he caused others.
If the person does not want to destroy themselves, they must not give anyone any attribute or ornament of their Santos: nobody will thank them and the only one who loses is the person.
The herb of the Odù is the stinking herb (guanina).
That you are very stubborn and have a very hard head.
That you plan to go to a certain place: do not go without first doing the ebbó, since the result will be bad.
That you must not take anything that is not yours, or anything covered or wrapped; examine it first, because it could get you into trouble with the law.
That three doors or three corners are working Congo witchcraft against you.
That you want to do something you have been thinking about for a long time and it always becomes impossible for you.
About a Mass you must have said for your deceased father or mother. And attention: your enemies seek to harm your father or mother, to make you go through an embarrassment.
That you must buy tickets, offer a goat to Orunmila, honor the promise you made, not be stubborn and give attention to your Guardian Angel.
That you should not go to any meal you are invited to.
That you are four siblings or four children.
That you did a good deed and the person who received it is looking for you to give you a gift.
That you should pay no attention to gossip, and you must have luck: play games of chance.
That you should move away from where you live.
That, having asked for a wife, he keeps two courtships and has not married yet.
That you go around with a knife or machete.
That you have a twin child or will have one.
That you are in the way of another person, who wishes you would disappear even if by killing you.
That you handle a lot of money but have not yet done what you were meant to do, and for that reason you are falling behind.
That a false accusation has been made up against you and, because of it, you will have to go through a humiliation.
That you must nourish your head with fresh fish.
That a woman is pulling at you so that you will go to live with her.

Proverbs of Osa Trupon · Òwe

“Do not raise a weapon against anyone, because it can fall on you.”
“Curiosity costs you your life.”
“Deceit and slander destroy happiness.”
“Whoever goes about badly ends badly.”
“The song of the mermaids is Olokun's daughters.”
“The anus rules the head.”
“A woman's vulva pulls harder than an ox.”
“The stubborn man goes from one failure to the next.”
“Whoever lets themselves be enslaved by passion loses their will.”
“A lamp from the dump is no true lamp.”
“The wind fans the fire; water puts it out.”
“A loudmouth's words lead to a quarrel.”
“The wind is older still and it goes on blowing.”
“However good the sails, sailors with no captain do not reach port.”
“Whoever creates obstacles trips over them.”
“A tongue with no measure shames a head that does not think.”
“A cruel messenger is never lacking to whoever goes looking for a fight.”

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Iré and Osogbo

Three iré and three osogbo of this sign, open to everyone.

Iré · what the sign brings

If they have not had a business of their own, they come to have one.
With the sacrifice made, they reach a long life and the children they want arrive.
The godchild saves the godfather when he needs it most.

Osogbo · what the sign warns

If they do not make the sacrifice, the children they want do not come and the marriage is left without descendants.
They are a stubborn and capricious person with a hard head, and for that reason it is hard for them to achieve what they wish.
What they have wanted to do for a long time always becomes impossible, and for that reason they live behind.

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What is born in Osa Trupon · Ìbí

Sunflower oil.
Here it had its origin and became known.
The cast net.
The smell of hen's blood set the spiders moving; their threads became tangled and so the net that the fishermen cast into the sea was formed.
The doll of Olokun that represents Agana Eri.
She lives buried in the large clay jar.
The legend of the mermaids.
The songs of the sirens are what the daughters of Olokun sang in answer to Olosa and Olona, their mothers.
That the anus dominates the head.
The head declared itself king of the body and the anus closed; on the tenth day, both the head and the rest of the body had to beg it to open.
That the thunder stone (odu ará) be placed for Ogún.
That the head be prayed over with a big fish.
With ten fishhooks: when the rogation is concluded, two doves are given next to the body of the fish and on top are put flour with okra, red beans and toasted corn; then it is taken to the sea.

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

Do not take anything that does not belong to you, or anything covered or wrapped without examining it first.
It can bring you trouble with the law.
Do not go to any meal you are invited to.
Do not give anyone objects or adornments that belong to your Saints.
No one will thank you for it and only you will lose; the prohibition aims to keep the person from ruining themselves.
Do not look down on anyone, not even those who show some physical or moral flaw.
You never know who will help you tomorrow.
Do not raise a weapon against anyone.
It can fall on you.
Do not accept partnerships or friendships that are offered to you.
Deceit and slander put an end to happiness.

Ebbós of Osa Trupon · The sacrifices that open the road

Keeping death awayThe ebbó of the ram and the ten hooks🔒 The Notebook MoneyThe ebbó for good luck🔒 The Notebook MoneyThe ebbó of the fruits🔒 The Notebook Overcoming enemiesThe ebbó of the sandbox tree🔒 The Notebook LoveThe ebbó of the slandered wife🔒 The Notebook SpiritualThe ebbó of the mermaids🔒 The Notebook

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Works of Osa Trupon · The workings of the sign

HealthThe rogation of the big fish🔒 The Notebook Overcoming enemiesThe inshé Osain of the majá🔒 The Notebook Overcoming enemiesOgún's thunder stone🔒 The Notebook MoneyThe bunch of Shangó and the gourd of Orunmila🔒 The Notebook

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Patakíes of Osa Trupon · The roads of the Odù

1When the effeminate men saved Orunmila

Inle ruled the territory of the adodi and the alakuata. One day he sent for Orunmila, who prepared for a long journey. In every land he crossed, the inhabitants wanted him to stay and live with them, but when they learned that he was heading for the domains of Inle Abata, nobody wanted to give him help. In time the food in his bag ran out and he suffered greatly on the way.

Orunmila reached the domains of Inle Abata without strength and very thin. To go to the ruler's house one had to cross a bridge over a river. In the middle of the bridge he fainted from exhaustion and fell into the water.

Several adodi, effeminate men, witnessed the fall. They said to one another that a traveler had fallen into the river. “Can't you see that a man has fallen?” asked one. “Who could it be, if nobody wants to visit us?” answered another. They went to the bank and found a man covered in mud. The necklace he wore revealed that he was Orunmila, the visitor Inle Abata was expecting. Some ran off to give notice, and the others pulled Orunmila out of the mud, washed him and dressed him in clean clothes; then they offered him food.

When Inle Abata appeared before him, Orunmila had already recovered and was well dressed, thanks to the help of those men.

The lesson is that nobody should be despised, not even someone who carries a flaw in body or in behavior. Such a person deserves the same respect as everyone else, as long as he behaves with decency in his own home. One never knows who will come tomorrow to help anyone: it may be a hawk, a dove or any other bird.

What it teaches

Nobody should be treated with contempt, not even someone who carries a flaw of body or character. No one knows from whom help will come when it is most needed, and sometimes it comes from the one least expected.

2Ashamed, Yemayá withdraws alone to the bush

Shangó lived with Yemayá, although his lover was Oyá. Oyá sent him witchcraft works (ogú) and Shangó was the one who received them; for that reason he became a drinker.

While drunk, he met Yemayá and, right in the road and in front of people, forced her into what is called ofikale trupon. Dying of shame, she left for the bush to live. There she found the lightning stone called odu ará and kept it. She soon noticed its effect: the stone cut off what Oyá sent her, and Yemayá felt relief in her mind and a peace she had not known for a long time.

She lived like that for seven years, alone and calm. Then she joined Ogún, who was waging a difficult war against Shangó without being able to win it with his strength; his cauldron lacked something important, though he did not know what. Yemayá put the stone in the cauldron for a few days. Ogún soon found that, with the stone there, everything went well for him. Then he devoted himself completely to the war against Shangó and abandoned Yemayá.

Abandoned, she asked him to give the stone back, since he was not going to take care of her, but Ogún kept it. As Oyá kept up her witchcraft, Yemayá fell back into her illness once she was without the stone, and in a short time she was as bad as before, or worse.

She asked for the stone a second time, Ogún refused again, and the dispute ended with him hitting her. Humiliated and without trust in men, Yemayá returned to her house in the bush, where she lived alone, and there she died by her own hand.

What it teaches

Handing over what protects you to someone who does not value it leaves a person exposed to harm again. Shame and mistreatment can leave her alone and without faith in others. Anyone who lives through something similar needs to talk about it with someone they trust and seek help, rather than staying alone.

When this odu comes out

Here the woman may even take her own life, because she stops trusting men. To have peace in the marriage, Orunmila must be received.

3Curiosity costs a life

A family of very hardworking farmers, with a daughter and a son, lived humbly from what they grew. They cultivated a little of everything; what they did not eat, they sold. They also had a pond where they raised turtles (jicoteas), which they sold or gave away to the needy. The water of the pond had another use: it cleansed what was harmful, both when someone bathed and when the house was cleaned.

Every day, Oba Niem noticed that seven or eight people visited the farmer to buy from him, and that others came and went asking for free vegetables and roots. Those who passed in front of his farm he asked how much they had been charged for the tomato and the cassava. Learning how cheap they were, he felt envy and selfishness: he feared that family would bring him to ruin, and he decided to finish them off. He convinced himself that their strength lay in the turtle pond, and he went around saying that the farmer practiced witchcraft to attract buyers, besides speaking badly of what he sold. Although Oba Niem’s farm was large, people did not come to it and his business went worse than his poorer neighbor’s. He grew only corn and melon.

A rooster of that family used to perch on the roof and crowed at no fixed hour. While the farmer harvested, the rooster stood guard; if it discovered an enemy, it warned its master. This way no one managed to observe how the harvest was going in order to discredit it later when it was sold. The products were in such demand that they had to plant and work more, and that was the cause of their prosperity and wealth.

One day the farmer sent the boy on an errand and he ran into Oba Niem, who gave him a little powder of salvadera seed and asked him to pour it into the pond. The young man wanted to know what it was for; Oba Niem answered that it was to keep the water clean. With innocent goodness, the boy poured it in, and the turtles all died poisoned.

At dawn, the father found the turtles dead and went to Orunmila, who performed osode. This Odù appeared in the consultation and Orunmila specified the ebbó: poisoned water from the pond, salvadera seeds, a turtle, and a rooster. When that was done, Orunmila ordered him to take it to the enemy’s farm.

Oba Niem had ditches on his farm. With the rain they overflowed and the poison spread through all the furrows; the melons and the corn dried up. The horse also drank that water, and died. That awoke Oba Niem’s curiosity: he tasted the water, remarked that it had nothing in it, and kept drinking until he died poisoned.

This odu warns: no one should raise a weapon against anyone, since it can turn against oneself.

What it teaches

Envy leads a person to prepare harm for another, and that harm can return against the one who prepared it. Curiosity about trying what has already proved dangerous is also very costly. For that reason it is not wise to raise a weapon against anyone.

Ebbó of the story

The poisoned water of the pond, salvadera seeds, a jicotea, and a rooster. Orunmila ordered it taken to the enemy’s farm.

Ebbó of the path

A lot of money, cane liquor, smoked fish, hutia, toasted corn, a chick, a rooster, a jicotea, a doll, jicotea water, a trap, plowed earth, used clothes, salvadera seed, and cloths and ritual herbs of paraldo.

Warning of this odu

Do not raise a weapon against anyone, because it can turn against the one who does so.

4The enemy hidden in Obatalá's roof🔒 The Notebook 5The envious neighbor who slandered a wife🔒 The Notebook 6When the anus closed and the head had to beg it🔒 The Notebook 7The woman of Iwo who did not sacrifice in order to have children🔒 The Notebook 8The skin that made ebbó to outlive everyone🔒 The Notebook 9The betrayal of Agana Eri, the daughter of Olokun, against her sisters🔒 The Notebook 10The ikines and the gourds🔒 The Notebook 11The gourd's dress🔒 The Notebook 12The cholera🔒 The Notebook 13The cobras and the zebras🔒 The Notebook 14The blocking of the oracle🔒 The Notebook 15The crooked souls🔒 The Notebook

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Frequently asked questions about Osa Trupon

What does the Odù Osa Trupon mean in Ifá?

The legend of the mermaids, the songs of the daughters of Olokun: infertility that is overcome by giving to Ogún, and the godson saves the godfather.

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

Osa Trupon is Odù number 162 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Osa family.

Which orishas speak in Osa Trupon?

In the Odù Osa Trupon these orishas speak: Ogún, Shangó, Olokun, Orunmila, Inle Abata, Osain, Egun.

What is a proverb of the Odù Osa Trupon?

One of the proverbs of Osa Trupon says: «Do not raise a weapon against anyone, because it can fall on you.».

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