The land of Yansá was governed by Elegba and Egun. Olofin wanted Orunmila to travel to the land of Youro and sent Shangó for him. Shangó reminded him that this place belonged to Oyá, who had cursed it when she left and had promised to return someday. Olofin answered that he should look for Orunmila anyway: he wanted to hear his opinion and to know whether there was a way to escape an enormous misfortune that was approaching Youro.
Shangó went to see Orunmila and passed on what Olofin commanded. Before setting out, Orunmila said, they had to look into Ifá. He cast, saw the sign and at once scattered his Ifá in front of the street door, offered two hens and sprinkled liquor. Then he sent for his apetebí, but she could not be found; instead Oyá came forward, lifted the Ifá and carried it along singing. When she set it on the mat, convulsions seized her and she left weeping, and neither Orunmila nor Shangó managed to hold her back.
Orunmila was about to call on Orun and feed Egun. First he asked Shangó to get Elegba out of Youro. While he was feeding Egun, Egun made himself present. Orunmila remarked that, since he was there, it was wise to persuade him, and the two of them sang to achieve it.
Shangó offered to bring Elegba and asked for a rooster. He went out along the road singing, and just then the bleating of a goat was heard. Elegba heard it and looked out. Shangó told him that, if he wanted that animal, he should accompany him to Orunmila's house, and Elegba followed him there.
Then Egun grabbed nine heads of fresh fish, hung them on himself and went to meet Oyá. Suddenly a wind blew, Ikú appeared and the two began to dance and sing.
When that was done, Ikú and Oyá made for Youro and all its inhabitants died at once. The only survivor was Obbamiera. He came before Orunmila and declared that whoever showed disrespect to Orunmila or to the other oshas would meet the same fate; then he died beside Ifá.
Oyá visited Orunmila's house, paid him moforibale and told him that everything had happened so that he would be respected. Ikú and she trusted only in him and in Olofin. Ikú had fallen without warning so that people would know that one dies suddenly, with no chance to be saved. That is called afitivo and it is at the service of Oyá. She proposed that she, Orunmila, Shangó and Elegba should govern together to prevent such sudden deaths, because only Orunmila could save people from them.
Orunmila wondered how to please Oyá and Ikú so that his family would be spared. He went to Olofin and asked for an instruction to win Oyá's help as well. Olofin explained that Oyá had never eaten goat or guinea, and that he should look for Elegba and Shangó to obtain both and offer them to her and to her foundation.
Orunmila obeyed and placed the goat and the guinea before Oyá. While she ate them, he asked her to help him save people from a sudden death. Oyá had a billy goat tied up and left it to Elegba, making clear that he would eat it, but that first the people would cleanse their heads with that goat.
Then Orunmila gathered four bunches of plantains and gave them to Shangó. When he had finished eating them, Orunmila told him that with the four stalks they would make a secret. With the stalks they made four dolls, prepared them, and Shangó and Orunmila buried them, and they sang meanwhile this song. What each doll holds and how they are prepared is an awó secret and is found in the complete treatise.
This path also includes an inshé made with the horns of Elegba's goat, and a cleansing of Elegba with a cloth doll and several plants. Those details are not told here.