Odù 198 of 256 · Otura family

Otura Yeku

Where the great devilish power of Eshu is born and Satan tempted Olofin: make no pacts with the powerful — the key is the crucifix around your neck.

Otura Yeku is Odù number 198 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Otura family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 20 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 198 of 256
Composition: Otura over Oyekun
Orishas that speak: Eshu (Buburu) · Egun · Azojuano · Oduduwa · Obatalá (Oshanile) · Osain · Shangó · Orunmila · Oshún · Los Jimaguas (Ibeyis)

What Ifá says in this sign

Otura Yeku — also called Otura Aiku — is an odu of dark theology: here the great devilish power of Eshu was born, Lubeya speaks — the Devil who wanted to live in the world — and here Satan tempted Olofin from the top of a hill, offering him the kingdoms of the earth. Its first law comes straight out of that scene: make no pacts and do no business with powerful people, because you will lose — a pact with the Devil ends with the dog at your throat.

Its protective key is simple, and it is worn: a crucifix around your neck. And two debts that allow no games: the resguardo you have had for a long time — if you throw it away or give it back, you die — and what was promised to Azojuano is kept, because he will collect it the hard way.

«Satan offered the kingdoms of the earth from the hilltop — Otura Yeku signs no pacts with the powerful.»The pulse of Otura Yeku

The trouble underneath it all is impatience: you want everything to go well and go fast, and when a work does not give quick results you say religion is worthless — that is where you lose. There is a curse thrown, dreams with the dead and a sorcerer's prenda that does not belong to this religion: put your spiritual life in order instead of collecting it.

The warnings on the road: this is an Ifá of road accidents — do not go to the place you are thinking of, because there will be a failure. Be careful with anything brought to your house by way of a child, with a dog's bite — though a piece of luck comes to you that way too — and with someone else's theft that you will be threatened over: two doves and ekó to your head free you from that mix-up with the law. The woman married to an older man: obey him or put your life in order — that disobedience can cost you your life.

The body wants a dermatologist and balance: rashes, impetigo, psoriasis, the rotting of the bone that was born here, dizziness and falls. And the soul wants company and realism: do not live on fantasy, live in reality, and do not live cut off — join your family: the door is shut on the Devil with an orderly life, not with fear.

The sign in one line

Wear your crucifix, do not let go of your resguardo and keep your promise to Azojuano — in Otura Yeku impatient faith loses, and an orderly life beats the Devil.

The prayer of Otura Yeku · Yoruba

Otura Yeku Malú Agronika Adifafun Oniko Akuko Lebo Aguibo Abure Koko Ogu Adifafun Aki Umbatinlo Lowo Bala Ayelogun Lebo.

Súyere
Ifa oyaguo maguo afiñari la awo.

Ifá says — what Otura Yeku tells you

The Ifá where the great devilish power of Eshu was born. The Ifá where Lubeya, the Devil, speaks, and where his spiritual side was born. The Ifá where Satan tempted Olofin from the top of a hill. An Ifá of corruption and vice, and of the bad shadow. The Ifá where no pacts are made: a pact with the Devil ends with the dog at your throat. The Ifá where the rotting of the bone and skin diseases were born. The Ifá of not living on fantasy: you have to live in reality.
Illnesses of this Odù: skin rashes, impetigo, psoriasis, weakness of the body, circulation trouble, pain in the legs, blood pressure and dizziness; unsteadiness in walking, vertigo and frequent falls.
This is an Ifá of road accidents.
Something bad is going to happen to one of your family.
The man wants to marry a beautiful woman.
For the woman: your husband is older than you and that is why you do not obey him, and he can kill you; you should put your life in order and settle your past.
You are cursed, and when a work is done for you and you do not see a quick result, you say religion is worthless: that is why you lose.
The Awó of this Odù sets two pieces of cow dung before his Ifá, one in each hand, and should have a complete Ifá of ivory.
The herbs of the sign: capulí, ayúa, palm, sage and thuja.
You have had a resguardo for a long time, and if you throw it away or give it back, you will die.
You want everything to go well and go fast, and if it does not, you say it is worthless: that is where your trouble lies.
A curse has been thrown at you, and you dream with the dead.
Be careful you are not bitten by a dog; a piece of luck comes to you that way.
You are to know a great deal, but you are also to find yourself very much held back and taken in at somebody else's house, through your own bad head.
Be careful with something that is going to be brought to your house by way of a child.
Do not go to the place you are thinking of, because there will be a failure; there is a woman there, far from you, ill in one leg from stepping on something bad.
You have a sorcerer's prenda that does not belong to this religion.
Be careful you do not miscarry.
You cannot live cut off: join your family.
Give rogation to your head with two doves and ekó, to avoid a mix-up with the law over a theft that is going to be committed and that you will be threatened over.
Do not turn down anything you are given: through a gift you will have a great piece of luck.
You will have everything you want and will be loved by everyone, if you look after your santos and do what you are told.

Proverbs of Otura Yeku · Òwe

“The Devil knows more from being old than from being the Devil.”
“The salt was swapped for sugar and Olofin tasted it.”
“Living on fantasy is the disappointment of reality.”
“Respect and obedience clean the soul.”
“The ox has no tail, and God shoos the flies off him.”
“Gold reaches its true worth when the impurity is taken out of it.”
“It is death that shows us the Creator.”
“Whoever throws away the protection of his ancestors throws away himself.”
“Knowing a great deal does not mean having a great deal.”
“There is no wiser teacher than time.”
“If you make yourself loved while you are here, you will be missed when you are gone.”
“Whoever folds his arms folds his guts.”
“Beatings if you win and beatings if you do not.”
“The glory of Ifá is in its secrets; a man's honor is in getting into them.”

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Iré and Osogbo

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What is born in Otura Yeku · Ìbí

The great devilish power of Eshu.
To confer it, Eshu is set to eat a black dove with Abita.
The rotting of the bone.
Obatalá Oshanile.
The spiritual side of the Devil.
Lubeya has a protecting spirit, and here he wanted to live in the world.
Skin diseases.
Rashes, impetigo and psoriasis — from the road of Oniko, whose legs swelled and were torn open while he was chained to the palm.

What is forbidden · Eewó

6 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 Yeku · The sacrifices that open the road

Vencer enemigosThe ebbó of Obatalá's cook🔒 Babalawo

DineroThe ebbó of Eshu's stone🔒 Babalawo

SaludThe ebbó for the skin disease🔒 Babalawo

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Works of Otura Yeku · The workings of the sign

SaludThe work of the chair and the jutía (against the skin disease)🔒 Babalawo

Vencer enemigosThe inshé Akeya (against the enemy who makes you unsteady)🔒 Babalawo

Vencer enemigosWork so the arayés go away🔒 Babalawo

EspiritualThe inshé Osain of Good Friday🔒 Babalawo

Vencer enemigosThe glass of Oluo Shashalowo🔒 Babalawo

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Patakíes of Otura Yeku · The roads of the Odù

1Obatalá's cook

Obatalá's oldest cook was envied by everyone, and it brought him so much trouble that he went to be read by Orunmila. Otura Yeku came up, and Ifá told him to make ebbó and to lay it out along the road, where the sugar stood for the salt. The envious ones took «the salt» from the road and put it in the food; that day Obatalá found the food better than ever — and that is how his enemies' trap was uncovered. On this road, rice pudding is set before Obatalá, cooked by the person being read.

On this road, Obatalá's oldest cook was envied by everyone, and it brought him so much trouble that he decided to go and be read by Orunmila. When he made osode for him, this Odù came up, Otura Yeku, and Ifá told him to make ebbó and, once it was made, to lay it out along the road, where the sugar stood for the salt.

It happened that the envious ones took the salt that was on the road and put it in the food. That day, Obatalá found the food better than ever, and that is how his enemies' trap was uncovered.

Note: on this road, rice pudding is set before Obatalá, cooked by the person being read.

2Faith lost

Ologui Fun wanted to make a journey, and however he arranged it he could not do it: something always turned up that ruined his plans, and by then he had lost his faith. One day he went to be read by Orunmila, who saw this Ifá for him and marked him a rogation, and told him to give rogation to his head before the journey so he would not fail. So Ologui Fun did — and afterward the journey he had longed for came about.

Ologui Fun wanted to make a journey, and however he arranged it, he could not do it, since something always turned up that ruined his plans. Because of all this, Ologui had already lost his faith.

One day he made up his mind to go and be read by Orunmila, who made osode for him and saw this Ifá, where he marked him a rogation, and told him that he had to give rogation to his head before the journey he was planning came about, so that he would not fail.

So Ologui Fun did, and afterward the journey he had longed for so much came about.

3The resguardo

A man went to an osainista's house to get everything he wanted. The osainista made him a resguardo on condition that he attend to it, and showed him how. Before long the man got everything he wanted, but he grew tired of attending to the resguardo; one day he decided to throw it away, and threw it out far from where he lived. On the way back he met a child with a puppy, who said: «Sir, look what you left behind.» «That is not mine» — but the child kept following him and repeating it, until the man, worn down, slapped him. The dog, seeing that, bit him; the child turned into Osain — and the man was ruined.

On this road, there was a man who decided to go to an osainista's house, in order to get everything he wanted. The osainista told him that a resguardo had to be made for him so that everything he wanted would come to him, but that he had to attend to it, and showed him how to do it.

Before long, the man got everything he wanted, but he grew tired of attending to the resguardo. One day he decided to throw it away, and he set out on the road, and far from where he lived he threw it out.

On his way back, he met a child with a puppy, and the child said: «Sir, look what you left behind.» The man answered: «That is not mine.» But the child followed him, repeating the same thing, until the man, worn down by it, slapped the child. The dog, seeing that, bit him, and the child turned into Osain, and the man was ruined.

4The fantasy🔒 Babalawo

5When Olodumare created man🔒 Babalawo

6The pact with the Devil🔒 Babalawo

7The road of Lubeya🔒 Babalawo

8The birth of skin disease🔒 Babalawo

9The boatman and the beautiful woman🔒 Babalawo

10The trumpeter🔒 Babalawo

11The unfaithfulness🔒 Babalawo

12The dancer🔒 Babalawo

13The beginner's mistake🔒 Babalawo

14How to calm the curse🔒 Babalawo

15The baptism of Otura Yeku🔒 Babalawo

16The hope🔒 Babalawo

17The wise judgment🔒 Babalawo

18The jagüey and the demons🔒 Babalawo

19Everything in life comes back to us🔒 Babalawo

20A donkey loaded with books🔒 Babalawo

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Frequently asked questions about Otura Yeku

What does the Odù Otura Yeku mean in Ifá?

Where the great devilish power of Eshu is born and Satan tempted Olofin: make no pacts with the powerful — the key is the crucifix around your neck.

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

Otura Yeku is Odù number 198 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Otura family.

Which orishas speak in Otura Yeku?

In the Odù Otura Yeku these orishas speak: Eshu (Buburu), Egun, Azojuano, Oduduwa, Obatalá (Oshanile), Osain, Shangó, Orunmila, Oshún, Los Jimaguas (Ibeyis).

What is a proverb of the Odù Otura Yeku?

One of the proverbs of Otura Yeku says: «The Devil knows more from being old than from being the Devil.».

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