Oshé Nilogbe

nº 227 of 256

An Ifá of kings where Oshún governed above Obatalá: the secret of Oshósi is born — as long as your Angel does not leave you, no King can stop you.

24 patakíes 8 eewó 18 ebbós and works 19 proverbs

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Oshé Nilogbe is Odù number 227 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Oshe family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 24 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 18 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 227 of 256
Composition: Oshe over Ogbe
In the Diloggún: 5-8 · Oshé tonti Eyeunle
Orishas that speak: Obatalá · Oshósi · Aroní · Elegbá · Shangó · Yemayá · Oshún · Olokun · Odduduwa · Egun

What Ifá says in this sign

Oshé Nilogbe — also called Oshemina and Oshé Lobe — is an Ifá of kings where Oshún governed above Obatalá — and where Obatalá is the one who saves you: as long as your Angel does not leave you, no King can stop you. Its promise is one of relief: your suffering will be replaced by prosperity, if you do not go into partnership with wicked people and do not let yourself be dragged along by your feelings.

Its emblem is the blind beggar who was crowned King thanks to the red snapper that gave the crown back: the eyes are looked after — the Awó and the aleyo can lose their sight, and the eyes are cleaned with eggs, since that secret was born here — and the crown arrives from where you least expect it. You live many years: so many that they will have to carry you out into the Sun.

«The blind beggar was crowned King by the red snapper that gave the crown back — the prosperity of Oshé Nilogbe arrives from where nobody is looking.»The pulse of Oshé Nilogbe

Its door has a hard law: you take nobody in and you do no favors of shelter — Oketé, taken in, courted Orunmila's wife, and the porcupine destroyed the crop of the dog who took him in and then accused him of theft besides: the very one you protect is the one who accuses you. Here informers and tell-tales were born: measure what you say and who you say it to.

Its war has a face: a woman who is a sorceress, a palera or a mayombera — and a well-laid plot, like the one Oshósi suffered in Ketú, whose cult and whose secret — the gunpowder and his three arrows — were born here. There is besides an oath sworn to an Egun and not kept — to avenge him or to finish what he left undone —: until you keep it, you will not be in iré; and papers giving trouble: you can be sentenced for slander in the post you hold.

Its gifts are of the highest: here second sight and the power of traveling in spirit were born — you have a music inside you. Do not let weariness put it out: the woman alone grows weary and should join with someone; the man who talks too much and spreads himself gives people something to talk about — and no greed, which is the leak in this odu. God says: look after yourself, and I will look after you — do your part, and your Angel does his.

The sign in one line

Take nobody in, keep the oath you swore to your Egun and look after your eyes — as long as your Angel does not leave you, no King can stop Oshé Nilogbe.

The prayer of Oshé Nilogbe · Yoruba

Oshe Lobe Abagdo Koye Awa Osina Adofawa Nibati Olokun Iya Koro Koto Awa Ni Aye She. Awo Oshina Adifafun Orunmila Ni Bati Olosordo Olokun Akuelo Saba Da Awo Kayo Awo China Adifafun Orunmila Umbati Ni Osode Olokun.

Súyere
Baba Awo Oshe Oshe Moguero Nogun Oshe Baba Awo Oshe Nogun, Baba Awo Oshe Oshe Nogun.

Ifá says — what Oshé Nilogbe tells you

An Ifá of kings who govern: here Oshún governed above Obatalá. The Ifá where the knife tastes everything first and cuts anyone. An Ifá of high spiritual powers: here traveling in spirit and second sight are born. An Ifá of plots: a well-laid plot is made, like the one Oshósi suffered in Ketú. The person of this Ifá is not trusted and the secrets of Ifá are not revealed to them; if it is an Awó's sign, he is sly and does not much believe in Orunmila. He lives many years, so many that they have to carry him out into the Sun.
The war is with a woman who is a sorceress, a palera or a mayombera.
God says: look after yourself, and I will look after you. You say that as long as God does not want it, nobody can do anything to you.
You have a music inside you.
The Awó and the Aleyo can lose their sight: it has to be looked after.
It speaks of a mind fixed on another person, and of heat or burning in the body.
In the waning quarter the woman is in crisis over the man: that is when she is most active in her intimate life, according to this Odù's treatise on the Moon.
The obiní does not look after herself; alone she grows weary: she should marry or join with someone.
The okuní talks too much and spreads himself in every order of life, and that is why people speak ill of him.
An oath was sworn to an Egun to avenge him or to finish something he left undone; until you keep it, you will not be in iré.
There is trouble with papers and documents; in this Ifá you are condemned in the post you hold and sentenced for slander.
The man finds his wife with another man and throws her out of the house.
The people of this Odù tend to be very greedy.
The very one you protect is the one who accuses you of theft: that is why you take nobody in and do no favors.
In this Ifá some say one thing and others say another.
Out of weariness, you have wanted to kill yourself; you live held back and with no mastery of yourself.
The blind beggar speaks, who was crowned King thanks to the red snapper that gave the crown back.
The red snapper (ejá bó) speaks: Orunmila is given red snapper blood in Baba Eyiogbe, Ogbe Ate, Oyeku Biká, Oshé Nilogbe and Oshé Lezo.
Oketé speaks, the one taken in who courted Orunmila's wife: whoever is given shelter can destroy the house.
The porcupine speaks, who out of greed destroyed the crop of the dog who took him in and then accused him of theft.
The salta perico speaks, the dove with the corn in her crop, and the hawk, Obá of the birds.
The jagüey speaks, who widens his shade to shelter whoever needs it.
The Moon speaks and her pull: the peaks of temper and of ovulation at the full Moon; the woman most active in the waning quarter.
The tomeguín speaks, who carried the abandoned girl to heaven, and the guásima, the tree with no responsibility.
The lips speak, as something pleasing, or kisses that are not forgotten.
The eweses of this Odù are hierba pajón and rabo de zorra; the baths, with poplar and atiponlá, with a fish dropped into them.

Proverbs of Oshé Nilogbe · Òwe

“As long as your Guardian Angel does not leave you, no King can stop you.”
“In revenge lies death.”
“Money does not stay quiet in any pocket, and harm done in this life does not go unpunished.”
“You can always do good to whoever needs it, wherever you happen to be.”
“Nobody knows the good they have until they lose it.”
“To pass judgment you have to hear both sides.”
“Be careful that a friend of the house does not turn out to be the husband.”
“Folly is bound to the heart of a boy; but the rod of correction will drive it away from him.”
“Whoever holds back the grain, the people will curse him; but blessing will be on the head of whoever sells it.”
“Every coin has two faces and an edge.”
“Orunmila said it would be wise to suffer first in order to prosper afterward.”
“A bad head brings us misfortune.”
“The glutton shames his parents.”
“The axe and the knife are nobody's friends.”
“Blood feeds the brain only when the circulation is good.”
“Pride wipes out humility.”
“Whoever scratched you should paint you.”
“Whoever gives away his friend is cruel; whoever gives away his brother is vile.”
“He walked into the wolf's mouth.”

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Iré and Osogbo

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What is born in Oshé Nilogbe · Ìbí

Why the eyes are cleaned with eggs.
Orunmila passed two eñí adié with this sign painted on them over Olofin's empty eyes and he got his sight back.
The cult of Oshósi and Aroní.
From the road of Agbombon, who gave up his parents' cult and was left prisoner of his own deities.
Amnesia and catalepsy; those born unlike others, and the deaf and mute.
Agbombon turned up asleep in a tree with no idea of what had happened.
The spiritual power of traveling and second sight.
Oshé, Olofin's wife, caught his thought and found his eyes among the black-eyed peas.
Informers and tell-tales.
From the road of the blind man and the King's crown: his enemies went to the King with the story.
The secret of Oshósi: gunpowder (etubón), and his three arrows.
Orunmila gave him the afoshé of etubón brought from the Ashanti mina land, with which he escaped the plot of Ketú.
Olofin's curse on the town of Ketú.
The three arrows of Oshósi laid the curse that from the North, the East and the West enemies would come to enslave them, and so it happened.
The secret of the tingling of the scalp.
You go numb when someone works on your head.
The Ndoki and the flying witches.
The war in this Ifá is with a woman who is a sorceress, a palera or a mayombera.
The making of the office of Agbombon.
In Ifé, in honor of the Awó who handed out the ewé and the adimuses at the ceremonies of the Orishas.
That an eyelé is given to the belly of the pregnant obiní.
To prevent the birth of a child unlike others, with the sixteen Meyi painted on the belly.
Giving ejá bó (red snapper) to Orunmila in this Odù.
It was the red snapper who brought happiness to the land of Egbado, with Olofin's leave.
The secret of the jagüey.
Under its shade, squeezing together, the five who were fleeing the rain all fitted: you can always do good.

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

You do not give shelter to anyone in your house.
The porcupine accused the dog that sheltered it, and Oketé courted the wife of Orunmila, who had taken him in as a favor.
Do not do favors: charge for what you do.
The very one you protect is the one who accuses you of being a thief; the woman you always do favors for treats you out of self-interest.
Black beans and organ meats are not eaten.
From the road of the boy with the flute, whose fortune was black-eyed peas and corn.
You do not wear a black hat or a hat with black ribbons, nor costume jewelry.
Rules of the treatise of this Odù.
You cannot give Elegbá to anyone.
Elegbá fell into three traps and he must be cared for a great deal; the one who saves here is Obatalá.
Your wife must not give her hand to anyone nor help out of a good heart.
From the road of Oketé: trust opens the door to betrayal.
Do not argue over things that have no sense and no value.
The town of Ogon Ilórun lived in fighting and uproar over anything of little value.
Do not abandon the Orishas or Ifá, even if you work Ozain and everything else.
Agbombon abandoned the worship of his parents and was left a prisoner of his own deities.

Ebbós of Oshé Nilogbe · The sacrifices that open the road

MoneyKey ebbó of this Odù🔒 The Notebook MoneyEbbó for luck🔒 The Notebook MoneyFor money to come along🔒 The Notebook LossTo lift the curse🔒 The Notebook Beating enemiesEbbó to beat the Ndoki🔒 The Notebook HealthFor the eyes🔒 The Notebook LoveTo settle matters of love and to marry🔒 The Notebook SpiritualOparaldó of this Odù🔒 The Notebook Keeping death awayEbbó of the plot (Oshósi)🔒 The Notebook

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Works of Oshé Nilogbe · The workings of the sign

SpiritualEjá bó to Orunmila (great ceremony of the red snapper)🔒 The Notebook HealthInshé Ozain of the gourd (rogation with red snapper)🔒 The Notebook LossWork for things to move on (the two graves)🔒 The Notebook Beating enemiesTo settle situations🔒 The Notebook MoneyInshé for olé and work for owó🔒 The Notebook SpiritualBath for luck (with Odduduwa)🔒 The Notebook Beating enemiesWork for an uproar🔒 The Notebook SpiritualElegbá of Oshé Nilogbe (for an obiní)🔒 The Notebook LoveWork of the jagüey (to please Shangó and Oshún)🔒 The Notebook

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Patakíes of Oshé Nilogbe · The roads of the Odù

1Oketé courted Orunmila's obiní

Orunmila had taken Oketé in as a favor, and he courted his wife; with the corn scattered along the road Orunmila came back from the bush where Oketé had abandoned him, and he threw his wife out of the house.

In Orunmila's house lived Oketé, taken in there out of pure charity. Every time the owner of the house was away, the guest used the chance to make advances to his wife, and she ended up confessing her fear to him: deceiving Orunmila was impossible, because nothing escapes his sight or his knowledge.

One day Orunmila needed some herbs, and Oketé offered to go with him to the bush to gather them. Before leaving, Orunmila put corn in his trouser pockets and went dropping the grains along the way. Oketé did not notice any of that: all his attention was on his host getting lost in the brush, so he could leave him there and keep the woman.

Sure that he had lost him for good, Oketé left him behind and went back to the house. There he began to make proposals to the woman, and she turned them down. The guest then showed himself: he told her that Orunmila was lost in the bush and that he would not be coming back from there. She answered that he should save that invitation for another day.

The trail of corn brought Orunmila back. Oketé ran off, and the woman was thrown out of the house.

Work for the Awó: ebbó of corn. Orunmila is taken to the river and there the corn is thrown into the tureen; then you come back home with him and the grain is planted. The woman is warned not to shake hands with anyone and not to help out of a good heart.

2The blind beggar and the necklace

The blind man said that as long as his Guardian Angel did not leave him there was no King who could stop him; his enemies threw into the sea the necklace the King had given him to keep, and the rogation with the red snapper gave it back to him inside the fish.

There was once a blind beggar who made his living with a snare drum, singing to the King. One day he declared that, as long as his Guardian Angel did not abandon him, he would not stop playing or singing, and that no King would have the power to stop him. His enemies heard that and ran to repeat it to the sovereign, who had the blind man brought without delay and handed him his coral necklace.

Back at his house, the blind man hid the piece where it seemed safest to him. But the enemies had been following his steps and, as soon as they had the chance, they took the necklace and threw it into the sea.

Days later the sovereign sent for him again and demanded the necklace back. The blind man went home and looked for it until he lost his mind; then he decided to consult Orunmila, who told him to do a head prayer with a very big red snapper and to open it when he finished. He did as he was told and inside the animal the necklace appeared. He took it and handed it to the King.

Note: about this road, some say one thing and others say another. For the eyesight: ebbó misí with ewé dun dun and atiponlá, Iroko, ayapá and a fresh fish.

3The blind man and the King's crown: in revenge lies death

The King's daughter died of a bite from the blind flute-player's snake; the King, to take revenge, gave him his crown to keep and had it stolen from him. The red snapper of the ebbó gave the crown back, the King died of the fright, and they crowned the blind man.

A very prosperous King had a small daughter whom the courtiers treated with every consideration. One morning the girl was playing with other children of the court in front of the palace door when a blind man happened to pass by playing the flute, charming with it some snakes he carried in a basket. The children mocked him and even threw stones at him. That was not enough for the girl: she put her hand into one of the blind man's cages, a snake bit her and she died on the spot.

Seized and taken before the sovereign, the blind man told what had happened. The King spoke to him this way: "I know you are not guilty of my daughter's death and, as proof of this, I give you my crown to keep, which is the scepter of my rule in this kingdom". But inside he was after his revenge: losing the crown would cost the blind man his life, even though he knew he was innocent.

The blind man put the crown in one of his cages and went home. The King sent four guards after him with orders to steal it so as to demand it back later, and that is what happened. At dawn, the blind man went for the crown and did not find it; his fright was great, because he knew the price of that carelessness. The King, with the crown already in his hands, took a boat, rowed to the middle of the sea and threw it into the water.

Meanwhile, the blind man, badly shaken, had gone to Orunmila's house. Orunmila marked him ebbó and ordered him: "Go to the beach and buy the biggest red snapper you can find". He did so, and handed the fish to Orunmila; when it was opened to take out the guts, inside was the King's crown.

The blind man went to give it back. When the King took it out of the bag, the fright he got killed him on the spot. Seeing this, the courtiers crowned the blind man King.

Note: whoever has this Ifá must be careful about keeping other people's packages, because they can bring him trouble and even jail. He should take care of his eyesight and not look in the dark with matches. Here informers and snitches were born. This person is not to be trusted.

4The blind man they set an obiní on🔒 The Notebook 5Olofin's curse on the town of Ketú🔒 The Notebook 6Oluwere, the son of Olokun🔒 The Notebook 7The dog takes in the porcupine🔒 The Notebook 8Do not ill-treat him any more, I will buy him🔒 The Notebook 9Ogon Ilórun and his flute🔒 The Notebook 10The poor boy who became King with his flute🔒 The Notebook 11The making of the office of Agbombon🔒 The Notebook 12The marriage of Orunmila and Yemayá🔒 The Notebook 13The abandoned girl🔒 The Notebook 14The son who loved his mother and turned his back on her when she otokú🔒 The Notebook 15The two doves and the corn in the crop🔒 The Notebook 16The secret of the jagüey🔒 The Notebook 17The birth of traveling in spirit🔒 The Notebook 18May I never lack for food🔒 The Notebook 19Elegbá fell into three traps🔒 The Notebook 20Red snapper to Orunmila🔒 The Notebook 21The witch and the king🔒 The Notebook 22The turtle and the prince🔒 The Notebook 23The good cat and the bad cat🔒 The Notebook 24The young man and the five songs🔒 The Notebook

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Frequently asked questions about Oshé Nilogbe

What does the Odù Oshé Nilogbe mean in Ifá?

An Ifá of kings where Oshún governed above Obatalá: the secret of Oshósi is born — as long as your Angel does not leave you, no King can stop you.

What number is Oshé Nilogbe among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

Oshé Nilogbe is Odù number 227 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Oshe family.

Which orishas speak in Oshé Nilogbe?

In the Odù Oshé Nilogbe these orishas speak: Obatalá, Oshósi, Aroní, Elegbá, Shangó, Yemayá, Oshún, Olokun, Odduduwa, Egun.

What is a proverb of the Odù Oshé Nilogbe?

One of the proverbs of Oshé Nilogbe says: «As long as your Guardian Angel does not leave you, no King can stop you.».

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