Oshé Níwo

The sign at a glance

Order in Ifá

Odù 232 of 256

Composition

Oshe over Ojuani

In the Diloggún

5-11 · Oshé tonti Ojuani

Orishas that speak

Ozain · Eshu · Shangó · Ogún · Elegbá · The Ibeyis · Oshún · Egun

What Ifá says in this sign

The prayer of Oshé Níwo · Yoruba

Oshé Níwe Oshé Boro Níwe Owonrin Níwe Kokoroshe Ewo Oworin Kokore Biaye Eyele, Oshé Moweyo Owonrin Akakalaye Oba Yebi Inu Oni Omo Lala Awo Okuta Awó Lerí Okuta.

Súyere
Ewe Ayo, Ewe Ayo Ayewe Fun Fifun, Ewe Ayo.

Ifá says — what Oshé Níwo tells you

• The Odù Isalayé of Ozain: the Odù of Ifá that came with Ozain on his journey to Earth. Ozain has to be received and the Awó should be sworn into him. An Ifá of hypocrisy, lying and demagoguery: the wickedness of seeming one thing and being another, taking on knowledge and powers that way. The Ifá of the three knives: one for the godfather, one for Ogún and one for the Awó, since Oshé Níwe used to kill. You need to have obé (a knife) for the power. The Ifá of the war between the Awó's protecting guide and his godfather: Awó Oshé Níwo moves away from his godfather, and when he has godchildren, they will move away from him. An Ifá of three people parting. The Ifá where Kuanaldo has to be received in order to reach the power, since they work religious tricks on you and deal with you unfairly.
• You want to know more than anyone and believe in nobody but yourself.
• If you are thrifty and organized, you become a millionaire.
• The dead one and appearances speak: when they cannot get at you, they go after the children.
• The obiní who loves women visits the house between two and three in the afternoon.
• The unmarried woman has a dead one living with her who will not let her have a husband: an oparaldo has to be done. The married one should guard against her lover and her husband, who can kill her; she lives with a man she does not like.
• You go about with three women and one is still with her husband: you will have to hide or flee; there can be grave consequences.
• The woman has trouble conceiving and that makes her weep; guard against parasites in the place where she lives.
• The illnesses of this Odù: catching diseases, viruses, parasites and trouble with the period.
• Promises and commitments are made to a partner that are paid for later at a high price; the woman lives with no peace, since the man turns into a devil.
• The parents are foolish in deciding their children's partners.
• You turn your nose up even at what you eat and afterward you need that very thing, like the Oshas with Obatalá's yam.
• For being disobedient, your spiritual guide leaves you; pay attention to your dreams.
• A sorcerer or palero can pull you away from Ifá, bringing you trouble, hurt to your legs and your eyes, and burns on your body and face.
• Here they tried to kill Orunmila; the house has to be looked after so it is not broken up.
• The Devil disguised as a dog speaks, who married the girl; the jutía (ekú) saved her by falling on him from the carob tree.
• The jutía speaks: the Awó of this Odù should always keep a jutía in a cage at home; the jutía's son killed the dog's son.
• The carob speaks: the house is washed down with its herb and a stick of carob with a red ribbon is set behind the door to settle trouble.
• Aroní speaks, the one who fetched the herbs for Ozain and Orunmila, of great strength and bad temper.
• The dove Eyigbemí speaks, Olofin's daughter, and her dovecote.
• The «foolish man» (Elegbara) speaks, who asked for threads of smoke in exchange for the basket of water.
• The eweses of this Odù are: carob, ewefá and white amaranth.

Proverbs of Oshé Níwo · Òwe

• “He gets out of one only to fall into the other.”

• “If they do not invite you, do not go, so you are not shamed or harmed.”

• “Better not to promise than to promise and not pay.”

• “Let no man come near any close kin of his flesh, to uncover their nakedness.”

• “He refuses the food he had and afterward he needs it.”

• “Help the old man and the beggar, and you will be blessed.”

• “Eyes that do not see, a heart that does not feel.”

• “When the river leaves its bed it destroys; when the blood leaves the body it kills us.”

• “Do not overrate yourself or underrate yourself; simply value yourself.”

• “The more you try to deceive others, the more you deceive yourself.”

• “Whoever is being watched does not get away.”

• “One day I win, another I lose, but I always play.”

• “Justice is slow, but relentless.”

• “The egg-stealing dog, even with his snout burned, goes on stealing eggs.”

• “One day for the dove, another for the hunter.”

• “I give you a finger and you want to take my arm.”

• “The wicked man draws others into his plan and they all go down.”

• “You want the lion to eat me.”

Iré and Osogbo

What is born in Oshé Níwo · Ìbí

• The dovecotes.

  Orunmila ordered a house built for the dove Eyigbemí, Olofin's daughter, just like the houses of men, so her eggs would hatch.

• Where Ozain eats ayá (dog) for the first time.

  Aroní killed the dog who deceived him and ate him together with Ozain.

• The wickedness of those who seem one thing and are another.

  Taking on in that way knowledge and powers, or whatever they are after.

• The Ifá of the three knives.

  The first one is for the godfather, the second for Ogún and the third for the Awó, because Oshé Níwe used to kill.

• The secret Aroní Bebekun Onifá.

  The agborán that always goes with the Ifá of the Awó of this sign, and the secret Ayajún Aroní Bebekun Layeo, mounted on an ox horn.

• That if they do not invite you to a ceremony, you do not go.

  The dog was not invited to Shangó's party, went anyway, and had his head broken with clubs.

• That war breaks out between the Awó's protecting guide and his godfather.

  The godfather Buifó, out of envy, closed the roads on Obegunlé, and Olofin made him open them on pain of losing his life.

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

• Do not live with minors.

  Orunmila said it to Awó Iron: so that your luck is not destroyed and you do not lose your life.

• Do not accept cigars given to you by anyone.

  The Awó who owned the house loaded a cigar with ogú and broke apart the house of Awó Iron.

• If they do not invite you, do not go.

  The dog that went without an invitation to Shangó's party had his head broken open: do not go through shame or harm.

• Do not go where they invite you until three days have passed.

  When this Odù comes out, they want to kill you at the place of the invitation.

• Do not take medicine in the dark.

  You can take one thing for another and poison yourself: you have to look well at what you take.

• Avoid love affairs with people of your blood line or of your religious line.

  You lose your luck: let no man come near any close woman of his own flesh.

• Do not promise what you are not going to pay.

  It is better not to promise than to promise and not pay; Eshu collects his debts with fire.

• Do not do business if this Ifá comes osobo.

  There will be losses.

Ebbós of Oshé Níwo · The sacrifices that open the road

Works of Oshé Níwo · The workings of the sign

Patakíes of Oshé Níwo · The roads of the Odù

Frequently asked questions about Oshé Níwo