Odù 189 of 256 · Otrupon family

Otrupon Kana

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.

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; 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 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.”

12 proverb interpretations in this Odù, locked.Every proverb explained: which road it comes from and how it applies. Written in Spanish for now.Unlock →

Iré and Osogbo

6 iré and osogbo readings in this Odù, locked.The iré and osogbo of the sign, sorted by subject — health, money, love, death, loss… Written in Spanish for now.Unlock →

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

4 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 Otrupon Kana · The sacrifices that open the road

Vencer enemigosThe ebbó of the ewe (for the child)🔒 Babalawo

Alejar la muerteEbbó to drive Ikú off🔒 Babalawo

Vencer enemigosThe ebbó of the striped cloth🔒 Babalawo

AmorEbbó for the woman🔒 Babalawo

DineroThe ebbó of Odde's guinea hens🔒 Babalawo

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Works of Otrupon Kana · The workings of the sign

Vencer enemigosThe rooster to Osain (war of Ogún)🔒 Babalawo

EspiritualThe gourd that undoes the sign🔒 Babalawo

Vencer enemigosThe Osain of Oguelemu Eye Ni Osain🔒 Babalawo

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Patakíes of Otrupon Kana · The roads of the Odù

1The princess who forgot Orunmila

A woman worn out and hounded by her arayés went to Orunmila, who saw this Ifá for her: «Even with a comfortable life, you are worn out and hounded; 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 through the whole house. On leaving, he told her: «You are going to forget me.» Before long the princess was well, and one day Orunmila knocked at her door; she sent her maid to see who it was, and Orunmila told her to say Orunmila was there. The princess answered: «Go and tell that gentleman I do not know who he is.» Orunmila left; at that moment the princess remembered who he was and sent for him with many pleas — and for him to climb the palace stairs, they had to be washed with rooster's blood.

There was a woman who was worn out and hounded by her arayés, and she went to Orunmila's house; this Ifá came up, and it told her: «Even though you have a comfortable life, you are worn out and hounded by your arayés. You are a princess and you are going to be well.» Orunmila said this to her after preparing a gourd with blood and water, and painting this Odù on the gourd, and sprinkling its contents through her whole house.

When Orunmila took his leave of the young woman, he told her: «You are going to forget me.»

Before long the princess was well; and one day Orunmila knocked at her door. The princess sent her maid to see who it was. Orunmila told the maid: «Tell the princess that Orunmila is here.»

When the maid told her, the princess said: «Go and tell that gentleman that I do not know who he is.» Orunmila, on receiving that message from his goddaughter the princess, left.

At that moment the princess remembered who Orunmila was, and she sent for him with many pleas; and for Orunmila to climb the palace stairs, they had to be washed with rooster's 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 held a grudge against Orunmila, and he learned that Orunmila had a rooster tied up in the yard of his house. Ogún called his sons and told them: «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 Ogún intended, made osode and this Ifá came up, and 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 out in the town looking for the house where there was a rooster tied up in the yard, did not find it, and came back home disappointed, and saw a rooster in their yard; and since they were brutes, they set off a war among themselves, and they all destroyed each other.

3King Agayú

Agayú was oba of the land of Oddo Shaga, and Shangó his immediate chief; many subject towns had to send as tribute a ship loaded with food each season. Shangó, who wanted Agayú's position, picked some men — among them Ogún, the favorite guard whom Oddun had given Agayú as keeper of the keys — and set them to stealing the food from the ships. Osain prepared an inshé that put a spell on Elegba, and those men stole for themselves and for Shangó's women. The people went hungry; Agayú called Shangó, who said the ships were no longer being sent. Agayú went to Orunmila, who saw this Ifá: Elegba was enslaved and his own friends were robbing him. He brought Elegba, Orunmila did a work with a guinea hen and took the spell off him. On the day the ship came in, the thieves — thinking Elegba was still under the spell — came through the bush; Elegba and his warriors threw the rope over them, tied them up, and with the club broke their legs. Seeing that Ogún was the chief, they took him before Agayú; Obatalá, who was visiting, asked him to be pardoned. Agayú gave him over, and Ogún, in fear, hid behind his brother Obatalá, where he has lived ever since.

On this road, with Agayú as oba of the land of Oddo Shaga, and Shangó as his immediate chief, and with many towns held by force, those towns had to send as war tribute a ship loaded with food each season of the year.

Shangó, who wanted Agayú's position, picked some men of the town, and among them was Ogún, the favorite guard whom Oddun had given to Agayú and whom Agayú had made keeper of the keys; and Shangó set him as chief of the group to steal the food that arrived by ship at Agayú's great kingdom.

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

Agayú's people went hungry. Agayú, seeing that his people could find no food, called Shangó and asked him what was going on; and he told him that food ships were no longer being sent.

Agayú gave orders to make the warriors ready to go and collect the tributes, but first he decided to go to Orunmila's house, and Orunmila saw this Ifá for him, where he told him that Elegba was enslaved and that his own friends were robbing him.

Agayú brought Elegba to Orunmila's house, and Orunmila did a work with the guinea hen and took the spell off him.

On the day the ship came in, the thieves thought Elegba was still under the spell, and they came through the bush as far as the basket, led by Ogún; Shangó always stayed hidden. Elegba and his warriors threw the rope over them and tied them up, and with the club they broke their legs.

When they saw that Ogún was the chief of the thieves, they took him before Agayú; Elegba walked behind them and sang: «Ilu mayo emanyu» (for the food of others that he ate), «baruku mambo Awo kumambo» (for being a thief and a bad one, give him the club). Behind, he was giving guinea hen to Elegba, and Orunmila sang: «Larifa Fifeto ibareta Fifeto, Fifeto Awo Fifeto omo Fifeto ariku babagua.»

When they reached Agayú's court, Obatalá was visiting, and seeing Ogún, who was his brother, in such a bad state, he asked Agayú to pardon him. Agayú told him: «Very well, Babá, take him with you.» And Ogún, in fear, hid behind his brother Obatalá, where he has lived ever since.

Note: this Ifá marks that the war of Ogún is coming to the house; a rooster has to be presented to Osain as though it were going to be given to him, and afterward let loose alive.

4The road of the guinea hens🔒 Babalawo

5Otrupon Kana gets his riches back🔒 Babalawo

6Wars are not won with money🔒 Babalawo

7Esu, owner of the roads, and Shango, owner of the fire🔒 Babalawo

8The rose and the snake🔒 Babalawo

9The open-handed man and the miser🔒 Babalawo

10The endless debt🔒 Babalawo

11Guard me from my enemies; from my friends I guard myself🔒 Babalawo

12The greedy merchant's mistake🔒 Babalawo

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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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