Irosun Osa (Irosun Osa · Irosun Osa)

REZO: "I am a lion, I am a tree. KIRIN. I am going to Kirin's place. Your father is the guiding light. He is. Oh Kirin Kaaba. Come, oh Father. MIKOLIGHO KIRIN, I AM GHIGBO KIRIN ODUROKPEKPE. OKIRINKA ABARE — Ode to the Father of the Scorpion."

PATAKIN. When Iroso-Sa asked about the sacrifice to be made before going down to Earth, he was told: to honor your Guardian Angel with a castrated goat, to serve Eshu with a goat, and to Ogun with a rooster, turtle, and dog. He was told that the sacrifice was necessary to overcome the problems that awaited him on the Earth.

He was also told to serve the unknown enemies with a dog in the forest, in addition to a rooster and his worn-out clothes. He made all the sacrifices and received God's blessing before going down to Earth, with white chalk and Eagle feathers. He was also told to make a sacrifice to the divinity of the Obstacle (Elenini) — but it was very tired to remember to do it.

He came into the world to see what was already there in culture. He did not show that he was an Awó, although people suspected he was one. He began serving his colleagues Awoses without ignoring one alone of them. Later he was found in the house of the Obá of the village. While in the palace, he was peacefully dedicated to the Ifá practice for other people.

Meanwhile, the divinity of the Obstacle, to whom he had failed to serve in Heaven, started to interrupt his activities — ruining the things placed under his care in the palace, the devices of medicinal and diabolical protection of the Obá. When the Obá discovered the damage, he asked Iroso-Sa for an explanation. The Obá did not act outwardly because he was an Awó, but he confiscated all his belongings, expelled him from the palace, and exiled him.

He spent his first months of exile in the forest, since he had no clothes for human habitat. He started to live with the animals, to which he showed his benevolence. When Eshu saw how much he suffered, Eshu went to Ogun and his Angel of the Guard in Heaven to ask why they had made him suffer so much, despite his Heaven-sacrifices. His Angel of the Guard explained: he was destined to be a priest of Ifá, but he had abandoned the practice of Ifism and began serving other people, when he should have been directing.

Later, Eshu found him and asked him for a goat, which he took out of his Akpominijekun. After eating the goat, Eshu led him to a priest of Ifá visiting Earth at the border between Heaven and Earth. The Awó guessed for Iroso-Osa and reminded him that he swore in Heaven to be a priest of Ifá practitioner on Earth. The Awó urged him to return to the forest and collect anything he saw in the place where he had been sleeping.

Upon arriving there he saw a sledgehammer (large hammer) which Ogun had saved meanwhile for him. The God of Heaven had told him to pick up anything that was found and serve it with a rooster, and also serve his own Ifá with a ram. When he returned to his house in the woods, he could not find his Ifá seeds Ikinis. However, he saw some separated Ikinis as if they had been prepared, but he did not touch them.

He picked up the hammer that Ogun had gifted by the Ikinis of Ifá that he saw aligned. While he slept at night, his Angel of the Guard told him that he should collect the Ifá seeds — they were his own Ifá — and the gift of Ogun, and make sacrifices to mark the beginning of his practice in Ifá.

He made the sacrifices and began the exercise of the art of Ifá for anyone who considered it serious and came to him. All of his predictions came true and all of their sacrifices resulted, which began to attract many clients. The Awoses from Heaven had also been advised to serve the divinity of Obstacle with all kinds of edible materials and a dog. Finally he made the sacrifice — after which Elenini removed the block of the road with which he had delayed his prosperity in Heaven.

There was a remarkable swing of luck for him after the final sacrifice. The daughter of Olokun came from Heaven to see him in the divination. After predicting for her, the woman refused to leave him, offering to marry him. Subsequently, the woman brought her slaves and goods of her father's palace — what made them become extremely rich. A little later, he was able to build his own house.

At the same time, Eshu went to the village where he had lived with the Obá and caused them many problems for three years — problems whose solutions challenged the skill and expertise of all the invited Awoses. Finally, the Sky's Awó met with the Obá of the village and told him that the problems were originated because of the Awó that he had so shamefully exiled from his domains. He was told that only that Awó could solve the problems of the People.

Almost immediately the Obá made a proclamation that Iroso-Osa should be sought and persuaded to return. Professional seekers (Uwamuwa in Yoruba, Omu-ama in Benin) were sent. They were successful and scheduled an appointment. However, when they told him the Obá wanted to see him, he flatly refused — insisting that he had been expelled and forced into exile under disparaging circumstances, and that the Obá no longer needed him. Finally he told them that for him to return to the village, the Obá should send him a castrated goat, a dog, a rooster, white cloth, rat, and fish for the sacrifice.

When the message was given to the Obá, he ordered the materials sought quickly and sent. After receiving them, Iroso-Sa served Eshu with a goat, his Ifá with the castrated goat, rat, and fish, and Ogún with the rooster and the dog. After that, he set off for the village.

Upon arriving at the Palace, he guessed for the Obá and told him that the secondary divinity of a town called Osa had not been served by almost seven years, since the death of his last priest. The Altar was immediately restored and the divinity served with a goat, a ram father, a rooster, and many food and drink.

Almost immediately afterward, the problems that had been plaguing the population began to decrease following a rainstorm. There had been a drought that lasted three years. Finally, when the sacrifice was being made, someone fell into a possessed trance and prophesied that peace, tranquility, and prosperity would finally return to the town if Iroso-Osa could accept becoming the next chief of the resurrected Priests of the divinity of Osa.

After ordering the construction of his own home, the Obá succeeded in convincing him to return to the town. His return marked the beginning of the reappearance of peace and prosperity for everyone. He lived to an old age in relative opulence. He became famous for making prophecies that constantly became reality.

When this Ifá appears in Igbodun, the person should be told he has ignored an Ifá for a long time. He must imminently prepare Eshu and Ogún for his Ifá and serve the revitalized Ifá with a castrated goat. He will prosper on the Earth where he was born.

REZO: Eke Kukuru Ika Gbooro. Adifafun Akiko Mo Galaja Nijo.

You have to hurry up.

PATAKIN. He guessed for the Rooster when he was going to take the Hen for a wife. He told the Rooster that he would make a sacrifice with rat, fish, bean cakes, corn, and kola nuts. He made the sacrifice, and the Hen did not oppose his proposal of marriage.

Note. When this Ifá appears in divination, the person will be told to make a sacrifice to cut the risk of losing life due to a woman. If it appears for a woman, she will make sacrifices so that two men don't fight because of her, and for the safety of her children.