Death did not enter the lands of Ogún and Oshún; the Orishas went to the house of the wise man of Ara-Ifé, and Obatalá — who covers what is good and uncovers what is bad — ordered the yellow and green seeds joined together: Olofin put on his iddé and said that door would always be open for his children.
Ebbó: two black adié for Orunmila; akukó and two adié for Oshún. Dress in white for 16 days; kofiborí with orí, efún and obi.
When the Santos were apart, each one lived in his own land. In those days no one could know more than the King and the Queen, and no one could see them. Death moved about at night and, hiding in the dark, took whoever she wanted.
The one land death did not visit was the land of Ogún and Oshún, which caught the attention of the other Orishas, who gathered to go to the house of a wise man who lived in Ara-Ifé (Orunmila). When they got there, they saw that the wise man used seeds cut in two halves, hooked onto a chain, to read; he also used a necklace of green seeds and another of yellow seeds, and they did not know what those were for. They knew the seeds looked like the marks of Ogún and Oshún, and that death used them to tie down her victims. None of the people of the town dared say anything, for fear that the wise man was a friend of death.
One day Obatalá came, made himself known and said: «I believe I have come standing for Olofin, and just as I cover everything good, I also uncover what is bad. You do not dare say what you feel, for fear that this wise man is a friend of Ikú, of Ogún and of Oshún; but this had to happen to you: scattered as you were, you could get nothing».
Olofin came down from Heaven and said: «I have the 16 rays of the Sun and I hand you my power so you can find what is false. That old wise man is the gatekeeper, and he has the control and the release of death on Earth».
Obatalá read, and this Odù came out, and it ordered the green and yellow seeds to be joined. He explained that the yellow was the mark of Oshún, who stands for half the world of Gold; and the green seeds, with the chain, are Ogún, who is the killer, sent by the God of Death. That is why death killed no one in the land of the two of them.
«Now you will look for what Olofin wanted: that they know him in the morning and always.» He put his iddé on them and told them: «This door will always be open for all the children of Olofin».