Bagba Oba Ounko guarded the door of light. He made his ebbó, but two Awoses who were meant to make theirs did not; feeling wronged, he shut himself in and left the world in darkness until Elegba and Olofin's mother talked him round.
Bagba Oba Ounko Nile lived in great misery and had no children, but he held a great power: he guarded the door of light, he brought up the day and lit the night with the moon (oshupa). He went to be read by two Awoses, Aiyefilegbe and Orun Yeliwo, who saw this Ifá for him and marked him an ebbó. The Oba obeyed to the letter, but the two Awoses — who had the same sign — did not make theirs.
Heaven and earth were joined by a road no one could travel without light. Since the Awoses did not do their part, though they had indeed attended the Oba, Elegba, who saw everything, undid the effect of the ebbó and Oba Ounko was left just as he had been. Unhappy at their broken word, the Oba decided to shut himself in and took his light away from the world.
Life grew shorter, the earth was left frozen and in darkness, and crime, theft and betrayal grew. Olofin's mother went to the Oba's lit house and begged him so hard that in the end he let the light come back; the rain fell and freshened everything. Olofin heard the story, laid the blame on the Awoses and granted the Oba the right to stay in heaven with a wife and children (obini and omode). To take his place on earth the goat (ounko) was created, which looks like him; that is why, when choosing a she-goat, the goat sniffs, touches the ground with his muzzle and then lifts his head to the sky showing his teeth, saying «modupue aiye, modupue Olorun».
Orunmila adifafun ounko bagba nuku lai omo alakisu ayelefilegbe orun yelibo awo ewenifa lebo olesa ozainyin oti omí keninshesi lebo bagba niku. Elegba orun dundu lokua leri opolopo oñi eku otun olorun eju osi oshupa omo ni orun trawo lodafun aiya lodafun aiye lodafun orun lodafun elegba kaferefun orunmila iya.