Odù 227 of 256 · Oshe family

Oshé Nilogbe

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.

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; the detail of iré and osogbo, the eewó and the full recipes open with the Babalawo plan — that locked part is still written in Spanish.

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

8 eewó (taboos) in this Odù, locked.What the child of this sign must not eat, do or wear. Written in Spanish for now.Unlock →

Ebbós of Oshé Nilogbe · The sacrifices that open the road

DineroKey ebbó of this Odù🔒 Babalawo

DineroEbbó for luck🔒 Babalawo

DineroFor money to come along🔒 Babalawo

La pérdidaTo lift the curse🔒 Babalawo

Vencer enemigosEbbó to beat the Ndoki🔒 Babalawo

SaludFor the eyes🔒 Babalawo

AmorTo settle matters of love and to marry🔒 Babalawo

EspiritualOparaldó of this Odù🔒 Babalawo

Alejar la muerteEbbó of the plot (Oshósi)🔒 Babalawo

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Works of Oshé Nilogbe · The workings of the sign

EspiritualEjá bó to Orunmila (great ceremony of the red snapper)🔒 Babalawo

SaludInshé Ozain of the gourd (rogation with red snapper)🔒 Babalawo

La pérdidaWork for things to move on (the two graves)🔒 Babalawo

Vencer enemigosTo settle situations🔒 Babalawo

DineroInshé for olé and work for owó🔒 Babalawo

EspiritualBath for luck (with Odduduwa)🔒 Babalawo

Vencer enemigosWork for an uproar🔒 Babalawo

EspiritualElegbá of Oshé Nilogbe (for an obiní)🔒 Babalawo

AmorWork of the jagüey (to please Shangó and Oshún)🔒 Babalawo

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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.

Orunmila had taken Oketé into his house as a favor, but Oketé, when Orunmila went out, began courting his wife, to the point that she told him she was afraid of deceiving him, because Orunmila knows everything and sees everything.

One day Orunmila wanted some herbs and Oketé offered to go and fetch them from the bush with him. Orunmila, before going out, filled his trouser pockets with corn and went scattering it all along the road. Oketé did not notice, being too busy making sure Orunmila got lost in the thick of the bush so he could abandon him and get his wife.

When Oketé was sure of his end, he abandoned Orunmila, went back to the house and began propositioning the wife, who turned him down. Oketé confessed to her, saying that Orunmila had been left lost in the bush and could not come back, to which the wife answered that he should leave his proposition for another day.

Orunmila came back home following the trail of corn: Oketé ran off and he threw his wife out of the house.

Work for an Awó: ebbó with corn; Orunmila is taken to the river, the corn is put into the tureen, it is brought home and it is planted. The lady should not shake anyone's hand or help out of good-heartedness.

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 played the side drum and sang to the King. One day the blind man said that, as long as his Guardian Angel did not leave him, he would go on playing and singing, and that there was no King who could stop him. The remark was heard by his enemies, who went to the King with the story, and he sent for the blind man at once and gave him his coral necklace to keep.

The blind man went home and put the necklace in the place he thought safest, but his enemies had followed him and, as soon as they could, took the necklace and threw it into the sea.

A few days later the King sent for the blind man and asked him to give back his necklace. The blind man went home and searched himself half mad for it, and decided to go and see Orunmila, who told him to make a head rogation with a very big red snapper and to open it when he finished. So it was done, and inside the animal he found the necklace. He took it and brought it to the King.

Note: some say one thing and others say another. For the eyes: ebbó misí with ewé dun dun, 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.

In a very prosperous kingdom there was a King who had a small daughter, much loved by the court. One day the girl was playing with other children of the court at the palace door, and just then a blind man passed who played the flute, with which he charmed some snakes he carried in a basket. The children mocked him, to the point of throwing stones at him. That was not enough for the girl and she put her hand into one of the blind man's cages: a snake bit her and she died on the spot.

The blind man was arrested and brought before the sovereign, to whom he explained what had happened. The King said: «I know you are not to blame for my daughter's death and, as proof of it, I give you my crown to keep, which is the scepter of my rule in this kingdom.» But the King, even knowing the blind man was not to blame, wanted to take revenge: if the blind man lost the crown, he would answer for it with his life.

The blind man put the crown into one of his cages and went home. The King sent four of his guards to steal it so he could demand it back afterward, and that is what happened. The next morning, when the blind man went to fetch the crown, it was gone, and he took fright, since he knew what the carelessness would cost him. The King, on getting the crown from his guards' hands, took a boat, went out to the middle of the sea and threw it in.

While this was happening, the blind man, frightened, had gone to Orunmila's house, who marked him ebbó, telling him: «Go to the beach and buy the biggest red snapper you can find.» So he did, and brought the snapper to Orunmila, who, on opening it to take out its innards, found the King's crown inside.

The blind man went to hand the crown back to the King. He, on taking it out of the bag, got such a fright that he died on the spot. The court, seeing this, crowned the blind man King.

Note: this person has to be careful about keeping other people's parcels, which can bring them trouble and even prison. Look after your eyes; do not look about in the dark with matches. Informers and tell-tales were born. This person is not trusted.

4The blind man they set an obiní on🔒 Babalawo

5Olofin's curse on the town of Ketú🔒 Babalawo

6Oluwere, the son of Olokun🔒 Babalawo

7The dog takes in the porcupine🔒 Babalawo

8Do not ill-treat him any more, I will buy him🔒 Babalawo

9Ogon Ilórun and his flute🔒 Babalawo

10The poor boy who became King with his flute🔒 Babalawo

11The making of the office of Agbombon🔒 Babalawo

12The marriage of Orunmila and Yemayá🔒 Babalawo

13The abandoned girl🔒 Babalawo

14The son who loved his mother and turned his back on her when she otokú🔒 Babalawo

15The two doves and the corn in the crop🔒 Babalawo

16The secret of the jagüey🔒 Babalawo

17The birth of traveling in spirit🔒 Babalawo

18May I never lack for food🔒 Babalawo

19Elegbá fell into three traps🔒 Babalawo

20Red snapper to Orunmila🔒 Babalawo

21The witch and the king🔒 Babalawo

22The turtle and the prince🔒 Babalawo

23The good cat and the bad cat🔒 Babalawo

24The young man and the five songs🔒 Babalawo

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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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