Otrupon Kana

nº 189 of 256

Where smuggling was born and Orunmila ate fresh fish: people speak ill of the Awó and he finds out — luck comes to you by sea, so keep your own counsel.

12 patakíes 4 eewó 8 ebbós and works 12 proverbs

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Otrupon Kana is Odù number 189 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Otrupon family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 12 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 8 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 189 of 256
Composition: Otrupon over Okana
Orishas that speak: Ogún · Eshu / Elegba · Orunmila · Oshún · Osain · Oshosi (Odde) · Agayú · Obatalá

What Ifá says in this sign

Otrupon Kana — also called Otrupón Okana — is the sign where smuggling was born and where Orunmila ate fresh fish for the first time. Its mark is uncomfortable and direct: you speak ill of the one who helped you — and the one who helped you finds out. That is why this Ifá finds whoever is being read held back: your tongue closed the door that a hand had opened for you.

The sign paints you without mercy: no fixed place, your business gone, hiding from friends because you have nothing to wear, and even thinking of taking your own life. Ifá stops you there: wars are not won with money — they are won with a work: give food to Elegba and to Ogún, because Ogún is already setting the trap for your enemies.

«He spoke ill of the one who set him on his road, and the man found out — the setback of Otrupon Kana starts with the tongue.»The pulse of Otrupon Kana

The repair starts at the top: coconuts to your head — the Awó of this sign gives himself two when this odu comes up — and a correction of the mouth: go back to the one who set you on your road and mend what was said. Once that is done, the sign turns over: they will send for you from the job you had so you can take charge of it, they will give you a post of importance, and you will win the lottery.

Your property wants defending: the plot of land under dispute that the lawyers want to take from you — see to it in time —, the penned animal you have to make ebbó with, the hen sitting on eggs that must be looked after. And one law for life: do not trust anyone with your secrets — in the sign of smuggling, whatever is known gets used.

The sea is your horizon: you have family far away, and luck is coming to you by sea. Do right by your children — the ebbó that keeps them from ruin —, and hold on to your gratitude when things improve: here whoever prospers forgets the one who read for him — do not be that story again.

The sign in one line

Mend what your mouth damaged, give food to Elegba and to Ogún, and trust nobody with secrets — luck comes to Otrupon Kana by sea.

The prayer of Otrupon Kana · Yoruba

Otrupón Kána Caran Otrupon Olokaran Guini Bedi Ochica Teñe Cobe Ache Arai Bata A Un Babalawo Lodafun Cuoba Tiora Oibo Leri. Ifa Agui Guasi Omini Guasa Ochi Bolene Eya Meta Awo Agui Guasu Orubo.

Súyere
Larifa Fifeto ibareta Fifeto, Fifeto Awo Fifeto omo Fifeto ariku babagua.

Ifá says — what Otrupon Kana tells you

The Ifá where smuggling is born. The Ifá where Orunmila ate fresh fish for the first time. The Ifá where you speak ill of the Awó who reads for you, and he finds out. The Ifá where the war of Ogún comes to the house. The Ifá where a man improves and forgets the Babalawo. The Ifá where wars are not won with money.
You speak ill of the Awó who reads for you, and he finds out.
You have no fixed place and your business is gone.
You are thinking of taking your own life: you are worn out and you have a pointed knife.
When you are walking in the street and you see a friend, you hide, and you still have nothing to wear.
Your mind is on a plot of land you can lose, since the lawyers are in a dispute to take it from you.
You have a penned animal you have to make ebbó with.
The herb of the sign: maravilla.
Give food to Elegba and to Ogún and you will be well, because Ogún is setting the trap for your enemies.
From where you used to be employed, they are going to send for you so you can take charge of the job you had.
Give coconuts to your head.
You have a hen sitting on eggs: look after her.
You have family far away, and luck is coming to you by sea.
Do not trust anyone with your secrets.
You went and spoke ill of the one who set you on your road, and that person — who may be a babalawo — found out, and that is why you are held back.
You are going to win the lottery.
They are going to give you a post of importance.
If you have children, you will have to make ebbó for them so they do not come to ruin.

Proverbs of Otrupon Kana · Òwe

“However much you fish, there are still fish left in the sea.”
“When a man improves, he forgets the Babalawo.”
“The ungrateful man soon forgets the hand that helped him, and poverty clears his memory.”
“Whoever signs without reading gives away his own goods.”
“Whoever fights with his mother loses Olorun's blessing.”
“A woman of virtue is her husband's honor; a loose one, his shame.”
“The fool loses his temper at once; the wise man masters the moment of anger.”
“Prudence hides knowledge; folly announces itself.”
“Only Olorun knows what is hidden, and he reveals it to the one who understands.”
“Whoever looks for four legs on a cat ends up wounded.”
“A good name brings prosperity; a bad name, poverty.”
“The law was made to be kept, not bent.”

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Iré and Osogbo

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What is born in Otrupon Kana · Ìbí

Smuggling.
Shangó, wanting Agayú's position, picked men — Ogún among them — to steal the food ships of the great kingdom, with an inshé of Osain that put a spell on Elegba.
Where Orunmila ate fresh fish for the first time.

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

Do not speak badly of the Awó who reads for you, nor of the one who set you on your road.
He finds out, and that is why you are held back.
Do not trust your secrets to anyone.
Do not attempt against your own life.
Boredom puts the knife in your hand, but Ogún is setting the trap for your enemies.
Do not hide from your friends out of shame.
Your luck comes to you by the sea, and they are going to give you a post.

Ebbós of Otrupon Kana · The sacrifices that open the road

Beating enemiesThe ebbó of the ewe (for the child)🔒 The Notebook Keeping death awayEbbó to drive Ikú off🔒 The Notebook Beating enemiesThe ebbó of the striped cloth🔒 The Notebook LoveEbbó for the woman🔒 The Notebook MoneyThe ebbó of Odde's guinea hens🔒 The Notebook

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Works of Otrupon Kana · The workings of the sign

Beating enemiesThe rooster to Osain (war of Ogún)🔒 The Notebook SpiritualThe gourd that undoes the sign🔒 The Notebook Beating enemiesThe Osain of Oguelemu Eye Ni Osain🔒 The Notebook

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Patakíes of Otrupon Kana · The roads of the Odù

1The princess who forgot Orunmila

A woman who was weary and hounded by her arayes came to Orunmila's house, and he saw this Ifá for her: "even though you have a comfortable life, you are weary and persecuted; you are a princess and you are going to be well." He prepared a gourd with blood and water, painted the Odù on it and sprinkled its contents all through the house. As he said goodbye he warned her: "you are going to forget me." Some time later the princess was doing well; one morning Orunmila knocked at her door and she sent the maid to see who it was. Orunmila told her to announce that he was there. The princess answered: "go and tell that man that I do not know who he is." When he got the message, he left; and at that very moment the princess remembered who he was and sent for him with many pleas — to get him up the palace stairs they had to wash them with rooster blood.

There was a woman who was weary and hounded by her arayes, and she went to Orunmila's house. This Ifá came out for her, and it said: "Even though you have a comfortable life, you are weary and persecuted by your arayes. You are a princess and you are going to be well." Orunmila told her this after doing the following: he took a gourd, loaded it with blood and water, painted this Odù on it and poured that liquid all through her house.

As he said goodbye to the young woman, Orunmila warned her: "You are going to forget me."

It was not long before things went well for the princess. One day Orunmila came and knocked at her door, and she sent the maid to see who it was. Orunmila gave her the message: "Tell the princess that Orunmila is here."

The maid passed it on, and the princess answered: "Go and tell that man that I do not know who he is." When his goddaughter sent back that answer, Orunmila left.

It was at that moment that the princess realized who that man was, and she sent for him with many pleas. For Orunmila to climb the palace stairs, they first had to wash them in rooster blood.

2Orunmila's cunning

Ogún held a grudge against Orunmila and learned that he had a rooster tied up in his yard. He called his sons: «Destroy the house where you see a rooster tied up in the yard.» Since Ogún's sons were brutes and talked too much, Orunmila found out what was intended, made osode, this Ifá came up, he made ebbó with the rooster and let it loose in his yard. The rooster, finding itself free, flew up to the roof and ended up in the yard of Ogún's house. Ogún's sons, who were searching the town for the house with a rooster tied up and could not find it, came back disappointed and saw a rooster in their own yard; and since they were brutes, they set off a war among themselves and destroyed each other.

Ogún had a grudge against Orunmila, and word reached him that Orunmila had a rooster tied up in the yard of his house. He gathered his children and ordered them: "Destroy the house where you see a rooster tied up in the yard."

Ogún's children were stupid and loose-tongued, so the plan reached Orunmila's ears. He did osode, this Ifá came out, he made ebbó with the rooster and left it loose in his own yard. The animal, now free, flew up to the roof and ended up landing in the yard of Ogún's house.

Meanwhile, Ogún's children went around town looking for a house with a rooster tied up in the yard, and they did not find one. They came back disappointed to their house and there they saw a rooster in the yard; since they were stupid, a war broke out among them in which they all destroyed each other.

3King Agayú

Agayú ruled the land of Oddo Shaga with Shangó as his immediate chief, and the subject towns had to hand over a ship loaded with food every season. Shangó, who wanted his post, put together a band of men from the town — with Ogún at the head, the favorite guardsman Oddun had given to Agayú and whom Agayú had made keeper of the keys — to steal that food. An inshé prepared by Osain left Elegba under a spell, and so the band stole for their own benefit and for Shangó's women. With the town going hungry, Agayú questioned Shangó, who claimed that ships were no longer arriving. Agayú went to Orunmila and he saw this Ifá for him: Elegba was enslaved and the ones stealing were his own friends. He took Elegba, Orunmila did a work with a guinea for him and removed the spell. When the ship arrived, the thieves came up through the bush confident that Elegba was still under the spell; Elegba and his warriors threw the rope over them, tied them up and broke their legs with the club. Once Ogún was found out as the leader, they took him before Agayú; Obatalá, who was visiting, asked for his pardon. Agayú granted it, and Ogún, frightened, hid behind his brother Obatalá, where he has lived ever since.

In this road, Agayú was oba of the land of Oddo Shaga and Shangó was his immediate chief. Many towns had been subdued by force and, as a tribute of war, had to send a ship loaded with food in each season of the year.

Shangó wanted Agayú's position. For that he picked some men from the town; among them went Ogún, the favorite guardsman Oddun had given to Agayú and whom Agayú had named keeper of the keys. Shangó put Ogún at the head of the group, with the job of stealing the food that arrived by ship in Agayú's great kingdom.

Osain prepared an inshé with which he put a spell on Elegba, and so those men stole for themselves and for Shangó's women.

Agayú's people were left hungry. Seeing there was no food, Agayú sent for Shangó and asked him what was going on; Shangó answered that they no longer sent ships of food.

Agayú ordered the warriors made ready to go collect the tributes, but first he wanted to stop by Orunmila's house, who saw this Ifá for him and warned him that Elegba was enslaved and that the ones stealing from him were his own friends.

Agayú then took Elegba to Orunmila, and he did a work with the guinea for him, which took the spell off.

When the ship arrived, the thieves still believed Elegba was under the spell, and they came through the bush up to the basket, with Ogún in command; Shangó, as always, stayed hidden. Elegba and his warriors threw the rope over them, tied them up and broke their legs with the club.

When they found out that the leader of the thieves was Ogún, they took him before Agayú. Elegba came behind them, singing: "Ilu mayo emanyu" (for having eaten another's food), "baruku mambo Awo kumambo" (for being a thief and being bad, let them beat him with sticks). Behind, they were giving guinea to Elegba, while Orunmila chanted: "Larifa Fifeto ibareta Fifeto, Fifeto Awo Fifeto omo Fifeto ariku babagua".

In Agayú's court Obatalá was already there on a visit. Seeing his brother Ogún in such bad shape, he asked Agayú to pardon him. Agayú told him: "All right, Babá, take him with you." And Ogún, frightened, got behind his brother Obatalá, where he has lived ever since.

Note: this Ifá announces that Ogún's war is coming to the house. A rooster is presented to Osain, just as if it were going to be sacrificed to him, and then it is released alive.

4The road of the guinea hens🔒 The Notebook 5Otrupon Kana gets his riches back🔒 The Notebook 6Wars are not won with money🔒 The Notebook 7Esu, owner of the roads, and Shango, owner of the fire🔒 The Notebook 8The rose and the snake🔒 The Notebook 9The open-handed man and the miser🔒 The Notebook 10The endless debt🔒 The Notebook 11Guard me from my enemies; from my friends I guard myself🔒 The Notebook 12The greedy merchant's mistake🔒 The Notebook

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Frequently asked questions about Otrupon Kana

What does the Odù Otrupon Kana mean in Ifá?

Where smuggling was born and Orunmila ate fresh fish: people speak ill of the Awó and he finds out — luck comes to you by sea, so keep your own counsel.

What number is Otrupon Kana among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

Otrupon Kana is Odù number 189 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Otrupon family.

Which orishas speak in Otrupon Kana?

In the Odù Otrupon Kana these orishas speak: Ogún, Eshu / Elegba, Orunmila, Oshún, Osain, Oshosi (Odde), Agayú, Obatalá.

What is a proverb of the Odù Otrupon Kana?

One of the proverbs of Otrupon Kana says: «However much you fish, there are still fish left in the sea.».

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