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Otrupon Juani

Also called Otrupon Ñao

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The materialization of the spirit: the egun came to the banquet as if alive and Orunmila discovered them. Serve your dead a mass and flowers.

14 patakíes 5 eewó 7 ebbós and works 13 proverbs

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Otrupon Juani is Odù number 187 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Otrupon family. It is also written as Otrupon Ñao. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 14 patakíes (3 in full in plain sight, with their teaching, ebbó and chants), its proverbs, 7 ebbós and works and the signs it shows in the consultation — with the full eewó in plain sight; the rest of the iré and osogbo and the full recipes open with The Notebook, in English.

The sign at a glance

Order in Ifá
Odù 187 of 256
Composition
Otrupon over Ojuani

What Ifá says in this sign

Otrupon Juani, also known as Otrupon Ñao, is the sign where the materialization of the spirit and the disfigurement of woman were born. Here some Egun sent by Orunmila's enemies came to his party dressed as living people to kill him, and Elegba tore off their masks and saved him. Here too Orishaoko brought food to a land of sick people, and Ikú had to swear that its children would die of old age. Its ruling is one of long life: you are going to live a long time, but you must tend to your Egun and to your guardian angel, who is at odds with you today.

The Egun are close to you: your skin bristles and you go from heat to cold for no reason. There are spirits sent against you, witchcraft and harm that bring you scarcity of everything, and through them your health, your luck and your home can slip away. Have a mass said for them and tend to them so they stop harming you, and place the leftovers from your table for Elegba behind the door, for with them he came over to the side of the awó. Make the ebbó right away, because in this sign a child died while it was delayed. At a party you were planning to attend they are waiting to kill or arrest you, and there you yourself could cause a death: do not go. The law may be after you.

«The egun came to the banquet as if alive and Orunmila discovered them. The table of Otrupon Ñao does not set an extra plate.»The pulse of Otrupon Juani

This person cannot bear shame. If humiliated, this person may take their own life, kill another or leave home forever. If the thought of harming yourself ever crosses your mind, do not stay alone: talk about it with someone you trust, see a doctor or a professional, and be initiated in Osha, for your angel defends you when you tend to it.

In love, this sign marks deceit in marriage: you were given a cat instead of a hare, there is a family secret about who someone's mother is, or the couple breaks up because of an adodi or an alakuata. To the woman it says that three white men wanted her as a wife, that her husband won her love through witchcraft, or that he has already died. With money you live with hardship and boredom, because you kept money that belonged to the souls of the dead and a curse fell on you. Your friends try to sink you, and you want to eat from every side without giving of your own: share, for whoever keeps food for a few provokes the war of the hungry.

In health, you suffer from anemia, diabetes, the belly and the heart, and alcohol harms you. The woman suffers vaginal and uterine infections that keep her from becoming pregnant, as happened to Obá until she did what Orunmila asked; the man suffers sexual diseases and impotence. You do not want to grow old and wrinkles weigh on you. You were frail since childhood and a saint wanted to keep you. Receive Orishaoko: Shangó fights for his child and will call to account those who held you back.

The sign in one line

Serve your dead at the door, do not go to the party that is marked for you, and never shame anyone, because Otrupon Ñao lives long when his egun eat contentedly.

The prayer of Otrupon Juani · Yoruba

Otrupón Ñáo Doni Midi Shenimuni Ota Keke Orunmila Olodafun Ode, Akuko, Eyele, Adie Lebo. Ni Modi Ni Di Cheni Quin Che Ota Guegue Ni Orunmila Kaferefun Eshu, Kaferefun Obatala.

Súyere
Shebelekun loleo egun abana niku omo shalu uleo shebelekun loleo.

Ifá says — what Otrupon Juani tells you

Proverbs of Otrupon Juani · Òwe

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Iré and Osogbo

Three iré and three osogbo of this sign, open to everyone.

Iré · what the sign brings

  • They will live a long time.

  • Three white men courted her on different occasions and wanted to marry her.

  • When the leftover food is taken to the corner of the house, luck grows according to how it is taken.

Osogbo · what the sign warns

  • There are traps in the marriage: they were sold a cat for a hare, they are being deceived, or there is a family secret about someone's motherhood.

  • The marriage may break up because of an adodi or an alakuata.

  • Someone may end up killing or wounding another because they fear they have been reported, or fear being arrested or hurt.

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What is born in Otrupon Juani · Ìbí

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

Ebbós of Otrupon Juani · The sacrifices that open the road

4 ebbós in this Odù, locked.Each full recipe: ingredients, preparation and where it goes.Unlock →

Works of Otrupon Juani · The workings of the sign

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Patakíes of Otrupon Juani · The roads of the Odù

1His mother saved him

A man felt his body tired and without wish to move, and he was expected at a party. His mother had already sent him earlier to Orunmila. Orunmila marked an ebbó for him that consisted of two jio jio, parrot feathers, a yoke strap (yarako) and the due.

But the man disregarded what Orunmila indicated and went to the party anyway. His mother knew of her son’s fault and got ahead of him: she carried out the ebbó before he arrived. Thanks to that, the son was freed from Ogún.

What it teaches

Even if the son does not obey, his mother’s care can save him. Carrying out the ebbó on time, even by another’s hand, keeps danger away.

Ebbó marked by Orunmila

Two jio jio, parrot feathers, a yoke strap (yarako) and his due.

2Ayan Kolo Kolo eats the leftovers by the door

There were four Awó in this path. Among them lived Ayan Kolo Kolo, who was really Elegba and never lifted a finger to help another. One day the four sat down to eat fufú of yam, and Ayan Kolo Kolo watched them from one side. Seeing one of them take fufú with his hand, he tried to seize the iyalufón, but the iyalufón caught his hand first and reproached him because he had not helped him when it was time to make his ebbó.

Full of shame, Ayan Kolo Kolo got up and went to the door that opens onto the street. From there he declared that in that house there was no iyalosha or anything of the kind. The iyalufón replied that there was an iyalosha, and Awó as well. Ayan Kolo Kolo asked that they be told he was present. Then they sent to the door what was left on the plates, and before that they spoke some words to introduce him: this is the Elegba who dwells behind the door and eats with Eshu Ayan Kolo Kolo.

From that moment Ayan Kolo Kolo went on eating those leftovers by the door, and that is how he began to help the Awó and the iyaloshas.

What it teaches

Whoever never helps others loses the right to ask for their help. Recognizing and attending to the one who stays by the entrance also makes him an ally of the house.

Ebbó of the path

Plenty of money, a rooster, a hen, white cloth and black cloth, kola nut, candle, hutia, smoked fish, palm oil, cascarilla, honey, liquor, fufú of yam, awado, three dishes with bogbo tenuyen, and malaguidi meta, atitan ilekan and okorita meta.

For Elegba

Elegba is placed beside the door and offered a pigeon, in addition to the dishes holding the leftovers. It takes a rooster, fufú of yam, kola nut, candle, hutia, smoked fish, awado, palm oil, honey and three small dishes with bogbo tenuyen.

Oparaldo

It takes a hen, white, black and red cloth, cascarilla, liquor, honey and awado. To confirm it with Elegba, he is given kola nut, fresh water, a candle and an offering. The rest is done with umbeboro, and blood is given to the ebbó.

What they said before sending the leftovers out to Ayan Kolo Kolo

Ago Eshu agogoro (ese es el elegba que vive detrás de la puerta, come con Eshu Ayan Kolo Kolo)

3The mocking parrot

A parrot was a passenger on a ship. The vessel crashed into some reefs and began to sink. The bird flew to the highest pole, and from there it watched the others sink into the water. That scene amused it, and it burst out laughing, without imagining that it would soon meet the same fate.

What it teaches

To mock the suffering of others, believing oneself safe, is to fail to see that the same danger awaits the one who laughs. Being in a high place does not protect from a shared fate.

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Frequently asked questions about Otrupon Juani

What does the Odù Otrupon Juani mean in Ifá?

The materialization of the spirit: the egun came to the banquet as if alive and Orunmila discovered them. Serve your dead a mass and flowers.

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

Otrupon Juani is Odù number 187 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Otrupon family.

Which orishas speak in Otrupon Juani?

In the Odù Otrupon Juani these orishas speak: Egun, Elegbara (Ayankólo / Akesá), Orishaoko, Obatalá, Orunmila, Oshún, Shangó, Obá.

What is a proverb of the Odù Otrupon Juani?

One of the proverbs of Otrupon Juani says: «The king's shadow is a delicacy for the pit.».

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