Oshé Polokána

The sign at a glance

Order in Ifá

Odù 234 of 256

Composition

Oshe over Okana

In the Diloggún

5-1 · Oshé tonti Okana

Orishas that speak

Obatalá · Ogún · Orunmila · Eshu · Egun · Olofin

What Ifá says in this sign

The prayer of Oshé Polokána · Yoruba

Oshe Karan Lodafun Baba Yelede Orunmila Lobe Owo Medilogun Omoni Tela Ifa Lodo Orisha Omo Meta Obatala Oshalofun, Oshagriñan, Oshanla, Awire Ayaguna Oun Guibanu Lodafun Tinshola Olordumare Wewe Mamuraye.

Súyere
Mamuraye Iku Mapo Senda Eure Mamuraye.

Ifá says — what Oshé Polokána tells you

• The Ifá of the Mamuraye: the goat's teats are set over Ifá and the tureen is covered; they stand for Ikú by the Devil's curse, and that is why they are eaten, to beat Ikú. The Ifá of the woman gone astray: more woman than mother. The Ifá where at the Atefá nothing is spoken until another euré is given to Orunmila, and this is done quickly. The Ifá of appearances that deceive: the man who could not walk who seemed useless filled Obatalá's room with parrots. The Ifá of the need for a companion in life.
• You need a companion in life: do not throw yourself at the easy life.
• When this Odù comes up for a sick child, you have to move fast: treat them with the doctor and with Osha, give them goat's milk and hand them Ikofafún or Awofakán to save them.
• The result of the works is seen after seven days.
• You have three enemies: one has a beaked mouth, another a hairy chest and the third one's body stinks (the elephant, the monkey and the camel); they will come to you as something good.
• You have done favors and nobody thanks you for them; you carry a sorrow you have told nobody about.
• You like things done for you fast, and things have their own time.
• The women go astray: they do not attend to their children and attend only to the parties, the work and their new conquests.
• The woman suffers injuries to her breasts, breast cancer and illnesses of the armpits: hidden illnesses that come out into the open; the man loses his head over a woman's breasts.
• You can be lamed in your limbs; through commitments taken on and not kept you suffer public humiliation and can be left maimed as a public example.
• The mother's neglect and lack of care turn into a deadly end for the children.
• They do not help you in the business and you have to change partner; the business is left unfinished for lack of steadiness in your feelings.
• With your own effort and the wish to be useful you make great gains: you cannot let yourself be beaten by what your body or your schooling cannot do.
• You are unlucky in love, but by making sacrifices you can win it, although you are given to not doing what you are told.
• You have success over your enemies if you make the sacrifices marked; you can end up in prison.
• You have a relic of Ozain and it is no good for you: Obatalá is behind it.
• The goat (euré) gone astray speaks, her teats and her milk: the Mamuraye.
• The man who could not walk speaks, who with the trap of the ebbó caught the flock of parrots: appearances deceive.
• The parrots (aikordié) and their feathers speak, Obatalá's trade.
• The dog speaks who untangles the chain of the orugbó: the dog you keep has to be well looked after.
• The eweses of this Odù are: flor azul, borage, breadfruit and ateje — all of them soothing, tied to tumors and to blood in a bad state; note how much their fruits look like a woman's breasts.

Proverbs of Oshé Polokána · Òwe

• “Appearances deceive.”

• “More woman than mother.”

• “A friend of three days is not shown everything.”

• “For everything there is a season, and everything wanted under Heaven has its time.”

• “The woman who goes out to meet you dressed as a harlot cannot keep her feet at home: her house is the road to the grave.”

• “I do not like it, you do not like it.”

• “Poverty walked on its own account.”

• “The evidence accuses, the proofs confirm.”

• “Out of traps and accidents, death is born.”

• “Whoever is capable demands capability.”

• “Secret sorrows weigh us down and public ones kill us.”

• “Selfish wishes are the worst enemies of the law.”

• “When a mother ill-treats a child, a terrible cry splits the sky in two.”

• “Whoever disobeys Olorun is punished with interest.”

• “Rule by the just is gladness; rule by the wicked is suffering.”

Iré and Osogbo

What is born in Oshé Polokána · Ìbí

• The Mamuraye.

  The goat's teats cut off by Ogún, which are given to everyone to taste and are set over Ifá: the ceremony of Itá Somá to beat Ikú.

• That at the Atefá nothing is spoken until another euré is given to Orunmila.

  The goat's teats were set over Ifá and covered (it stuck).

• That Jesus, Mary and Joseph speak.

  The three children of Obatalá Oshalofun, who died of hunger through the goat's unreliability.

• The speaking of the man who could not walk.

  Obatalá's slave who could not walk, with his effort and his wish to be useful, caught the parrots and won his freedom.

• The speaking of breast cancer.

  The teats of the goat gone astray grew until they dragged on the floor and fell ill: hidden illnesses that come out into the open.

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

• Do not listen to gossip.

  So that you are not lost and do not get involved.

• You cannot look down on anyone.

  The one you think is the most humble or the most limited, because of his money or his body, can get you out of trouble, like the man who could not walk did for Obatalá.

• Do not abandon your children for parties, work, or love affairs.

  The mother's abandonment led to the death of Obatalá's children and to the public punishment of the she-goat.

• Do not demand that everything be solved for you in a hurry.

  Each thing has its time: for all things there is a season.

• Do not break the promises you have made.

  You suffer public shame and even mutilation, as an example to others.

Ebbós of Oshé Polokána · The sacrifices that open the road

Works of Oshé Polokána · The workings of the sign

Patakíes of Oshé Polokána · The roads of the Odù

Frequently asked questions about Oshé Polokána