Odù 208 of 256 · Otura family

Otura Trúpon

The secret of Shangó's cigar: he lit it loaded with gunpowder and made everyone respect him — the daughters of Yemayá are not ill-treated.

Otura Trúpon is Odù number 208 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Otura family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 22 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 12 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 208 of 256
Composition: Otura over Otrupon
Orishas that speak: Shangó · Yemayá · Olokun · Eshu · Elegbá · Oshosi · Oyá · Oshún · Obatalá · Olofin · Egun

What Ifá says in this sign

Otura Trúpon keeps the secret of Shangó's cigar: he lit the cigar prepared with gunpowder, and from then on he was the bold one among those people — that is why Shangó must never be without a cigar, and smoke is blown over him. But the odu that gave that boldness also collects its debts: complete every sacrifice Ifá marks for you — Awó Falolú lost everything through disobedience and through not keeping a pact.

Its love story is the pearl diver's: he spent his life alone, looking for the black pearl — do not look for a perfect partner, because there is none: when you find one close to what you hoped for, look after them well so you do not lose them. You see only your partner's faults, and that is why you have lost: be intelligent and see their virtues too.

«Shangó lit the cigar loaded with gunpowder and became the bold one — but Awó Falolú lost everything for not keeping his pact.»The pulse of Otura Trúpon

The marriage in this odu is attended to on both sides: if the man does not look after his wife, what he does not give her she will look for elsewhere — and the woman who leaves her husband will be the only one to lose. The chance is coming to marry a well-off partner — happiness assured as long as there is hope, understanding and respect. And one red line: the daughters of Yemayá are not ill-treated, because you lose your luck.

The sea is your court: Olokun has to be received and Eshu and Yemayá given food — through wrongs against them you can drown — and Oshosi is received urgently. An Egun of an Indian protects you, and your house has its rules: no cracked or broken plates — ebbó is made with them, because they hold you back —, the sea stone washed and set behind the door, and watch for betrayals and thefts: trust nobody.

The warnings for body and blood: the woman avoids abortions — she can lose her health and even her life — and watches her period; the skin, the breathing and potency are looked after. Your headstrong, forward daughter must not cost you a disaster: hold that hand back. The Inshé Osanyin on the left side of the body stops the curses: the smoke of Shangó's cigar defends whoever keeps his pacts in full.

The sign in one line

Complete your sacrifices, look after the partner you found and respect the daughters of Yemayá — the boldness of Otura Trúpon holds up by keeping your word, not by showing off.

The prayer of Otura Trúpon · Yoruba

BABA OTURA TRUPON, BABA OTURA NENE INLE AWO ADEKO TOYUBIMA IWO AROKO TOKE AYA ADIFAFUN AWO FALOLU ABI OMA ABESU ALEMAGBO ORUNMILA LORUGBO, ADIFAFUN YEMAYA.

Súyere
FALOLU ESHU MORI BALO BORI YO AYO YEMAYA.

Ifá says — what Otura Trúpon tells you

The Ifá of Shangó's cigar: he must never be without a cigar, and smoke is blown over him. The Ifá of the sea: Olokun has to be received and Eshu and Yemayá given food; through wrongs against them you can drown. An Ifá of pacts: Awó Falolú lost everything through disobedience and through not keeping a pact. An Ifá of a protecting Egun of an Indian.
It states that the Awó is ill or in difficulty.
Oshosi has to be received urgently.
Oshún came to Orunmila's house hungry and wanting a husband: the woman comes hungry.
The fisherman spent his life alone, trying to find the black pearl: do not try to find a perfect partner, because there is none; when you find one close to what you hoped for, look after them well so you do not lose them.
The mamey betrayed Shangó: that is why it is rough outside, with red flesh and a black heart, and it is not set before Eshu.
The daughter is headstrong and forward, and you may want to kill on her account.
You are going to have the chance to marry a well-off partner, who will be your happiness as long as there is hope, understanding and respect.
If the man does not look after his wife, what he does not give her she will look for elsewhere.
You see only your partner's faults and that is why you have lost: be intelligent and see their virtues too.
The woman has to avoid abortions, because she can lose her health and even her life; she can have heavy bleeding or her period can stop.
You have to be careful with betrayals and with thefts in the house; trust nobody.
The man pays up and goes to the coffer.
The secret of this Odù: a cigar loaded with gunpowder, wrapped with ribbon, set before Shangó inside his basin; from time to time smoke is blown over him with another cigar without gunpowder.
The sea stone washed and set behind the door of the house, which is given a white rooster along with Eshu and Egun.
When this Ifá comes up in Atefá, cigars are handed out to all the Awoses and a great deal of smoke is blown outside the igbodun of Ifá.
Every daughter of Oyá has to have Oshosi, and every son of Oshosi has to have Oyá; and Orunmila lives with any woman, in spite of everything.
You cannot keep cracked or broken plates in the house: ebbó is made with them, because they hold you back.
An Inshé Osanyin is prepared and worn on the left side of the body, so the curses do not reach you.
Illnesses of this Odù: trouble with the skin, impotence, the breathing, the brain and the period.
The woman should look after her husband and do nothing against him; if she leaves him, she will be the only one to lose.

Proverbs of Otura Trúpon · Òwe

“Charity properly ordered begins with yourself.”
“He paid for the broken plates.”
“Whoever looks for the perfect never finds it.”
“For being so curious, he put his eyes into the fire.”
“A little guinea hen will never be mute.”
“There is no day the rooster does not crow.”
“Whoever trusts a message to a fool will soon be in trouble.”
“The wise man who does not look after his memory is like the log in the bonfire.”
“The troublemaker always pays for himself and for everyone else.”
“There is no better guard than a dog.”
“War does not destroy the chief's head.”
“Return good for evil and you will see your enemy turned into a friend.”
“The wise man's revelation uncovers any lie.”
“The dog goes back to his vomit and the fool to his folly.”
“You can hope for more from an ignorant man than from one who thinks himself wise.”
“Those who do not know our signs do not know our knowledge.”

16 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

8 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 Otura Trúpon · Ìbí

The secret of Shangó's cigar.
He lit the cigar he had prepared with gunpowder and, when it went off, people took fright at him and from then on he was the bold one.
That Shangó must never be without a cigar.
That you cannot raise other people's children.
In the end they will be your enemies.
That a protecting Egun of an Indian speaks.
That the children of Yemayá cannot be ill-treated.
From Olokun's pact with Awó Falolú: as long as you treat her well you will have everything; if you ill-treat her, you will lose it.
That smoked fish are dedicated to Olofin, hung up inside the house.

What is forbidden · Eewó

9 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 Otura Trúpon · The sacrifices that open the road

EspiritualEbbó of this Odù🔒 Babalawo

Vencer enemigosEbbó of the cigar (the road of Shangó)🔒 Babalawo

AmorEbbó of the diver of the black pearl🔒 Babalawo

Vencer enemigosEbbó of Awó Falolú🔒 Babalawo

Vencer enemigosEbbó of Oshosi's cigar🔒 Babalawo

La pérdidaEbbó of the mamey (against the binding)🔒 Babalawo

6 ebbós in this Odù, locked.Each full recipe: ingredients, preparation and where it goes. Written in Spanish for now.Unlock →

Works of Otura Trúpon · The workings of the sign

Vencer enemigosThe cigar for trouble with the law🔒 Babalawo

EspiritualThe sea stone at the door🔒 Babalawo

DineroFor Yemayá🔒 Babalawo

Vencer enemigosInshé Osanyin of the left pocket🔒 Babalawo

SaludWork at the foot of Shangó for adasile odara🔒 Babalawo

AmorTo take off the binding (Eshu's mamey)🔒 Babalawo

6 works in this Odù, locked.Each full recipe: ingredients, preparation and where it goes. Written in Spanish for now.Unlock →

Patakíes of Otura Trúpon · The roads of the Odù

1The diver of the black pearl

A solitary diver gave his life to looking for the black pearl; when he finally found it, through a careless moment it fell back into the sea, and he spent the rest of his life looking for it without ever finding it again.

On this road, there was a pearl diver who found himself alone and downcast, with fishing as the only occupation in his life.

This diver was a man who had always failed in marriage, and for that reason he gave himself entirely to the gear of his trade, and his greatest aim was to bring up a black pearl.

Every time he brought up an ordinary pearl, he threw it back into the sea. Many years passed like that, without his seeing the dream of his life come true, which was to bring up the black pearl.

One day he found the black pearl and thought himself the happiest man in the world. But on one occasion, through a careless moment of his own, the black pearl fell back into the sea.

He searched for it, but it was all in vain. After so much work, it slipped away in a moment. Because of that turn of fate, the diver was left sad and downcast.

After a time, the diver recovered from what had happened and set himself once more to work hard at getting another black pearl. But he spent his whole life looking for it, without ever finding it.

That is why this Ifá says: whoever looks for the perfect never finds it. When you find someone close to what you hoped for, look after them well so you do not lose them.

2The road of Awó Falolú

Awó Falolú sang at the seashore and, after the ebbó, Eshu gave him the stone of Egun and the ojo de buey seed, and Olokun handed him his daughter Yemayá with a pact; when he stopped keeping it, he lost everything and drowned in the sea.

In the land of Otura Nene lived an Awó called Awó Falolú, who went through great hardship and had almost no aleyos coming to his house to be read. That land was on the seashore and he would sing in time with the waves: OLOKUN OGUERE GUERE YEMAYA OLODO OGUERE ORISHA OGUERE OGUERE LORISHA AWO FALOLU FIERDENU.

Every day, Olokun and Yemayá heard the songs and were very pleased to see that Awó Falolú was calling them. One day, Awó Falolú was at the seashore, praying and singing, and his ekuele fell, and the Odù Otura Trupon came out. He knelt down and heard Ifá telling him to give food to Yemayá and to Eshu, and that they were going to give him a great piece of luck.

Awó Falolú got up and headed home to make ebbó. When he finished, he went back to the seashore with the ebbó, singing: AWO FALOLU ESHU BORIBALO BORIYO AYO YEMAYA.

Eshu, hearing him, came out to meet him and handed him a stone and an ojo de buey seed, and told him: «This stone is the presence of Egun, who will always be with you. Set it behind the door of the house and, every time you have trouble, you will give it one rooster and call Egun properly. This seed you will take to Osanyin, so he sets his ashé on it and you carry it on the left side of your body, so the curses of the people of your land do not reach you.»

Awó Falolú gathered it up, gave one rooster to Eshu and to Egun, and went on to the seashore. When he got there, he began to sing and to call Olokun and Yemayá, who came out at last, and Olokun told him: «For the way you have behaved, I am going to give you my daughter Yemayá as a gift. As long as you treat her well, you will have all the wealth and all the aleyos you need to live. But if you forget her and ill-treat her, you will lose it all.»

From that day on, Awó Falolú began to have aleyos, who came from other lands to the land of Otura Nene to see him, and both he and his land became powerful and great. In that land, Yemayá was called Konlá.

As time passed, Awó Falolú stopped keeping his word to Yemayá and she spent her days weeping. He no longer gave blood to the stone behind the door. One day when Awó Falolú passed along the seashore, Olokun came out to meet him and said: «Do you remember what I told you in this very place? Now, for not having kept what you agreed with me, you will go back to being as you were before.»

Awó Falolú ran home, and saw that Yemayá was gone, and his children too. He was alone and, finding himself that way, he threw himself into the sea and drowned.

Awó Falolú lost everything Olokun and Yemayá had given him, through disobedience and through not keeping a pact.

3The woman comes hungry

Oshún, hungry, made out the light of Orunmila's house in the dark; he gave her food and a place to stay, and they were joined as a couple — here the woman comes hungry and wanting a husband.

On this road, Orunmila was giving food to his Ifá, and Oshún was coming along the road, which was very dark. She came hungry and made out a light some way off from where she was. She headed for that light, and so came to Orunmila's house.

When Orunmila saw her, he had her come in, gave her food and offered her a place to stay as well. She accepted and stayed in Orunmila's house. And from that night on they were joined as husband and wife.

Note: here the woman comes hungry and wanting a husband.

4When Shangó saved Oshosi (the cigar)🔒 Babalawo

5The warrior with no flag🔒 Babalawo

6The mamey's betrayal of Shangó🔒 Babalawo

7The daughter of Yemayá🔒 Babalawo

8The bold one🔒 Babalawo

9When they laughed at Shangó🔒 Babalawo

10When Obatalá did not complete the sacrifice🔒 Babalawo

11Otura Tutu sacrificed for children who would not be mute🔒 Babalawo

12The eight sons of Ogún🔒 Babalawo

13The she-devil and the gourd🔒 Babalawo

14From poor man to King🔒 Babalawo

15The four points of the board🔒 Babalawo

16The river and the crocodiles🔒 Babalawo

17The balance of the cosmos🔒 Babalawo

18The three friends🔒 Babalawo

19The man who threw the diamonds into the river🔒 Babalawo

20The wise soldier🔒 Babalawo

21The needle that carries the thread🔒 Babalawo

22The rich brother and the poor brother🔒 Babalawo

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Frequently asked questions about Otura Trúpon

What does the Odù Otura Trúpon mean in Ifá?

The secret of Shangó's cigar: he lit it loaded with gunpowder and made everyone respect him — the daughters of Yemayá are not ill-treated.

What number is Otura Trúpon among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

Otura Trúpon is Odù number 208 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Otura family.

Which orishas speak in Otura Trúpon?

In the Odù Otura Trúpon these orishas speak: Shangó, Yemayá, Olokun, Eshu · Elegbá, Oshosi, Oyá, Oshún, Obatalá, Olofin, Egun.

What is a proverb of the Odù Otura Trúpon?

One of the proverbs of Otura Trúpon says: «Charity properly ordered begins with yourself.».

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