Iwori Owonrin (Iwori Owonrin · Iwori Owonrin)

PATAKÍN: There was a very proud king who did not permit visits to his subjects [the Spanish says "visitas a sus súbditos"; it may mean visits by his subjects], nor that anyone of the town have relations of friendship with his servants.

This king had a daughter who had been ill for a long time, and he had spent a great deal of money trying to cure her, and according to the judgment of the healers [curanderos] of the town, she had upon her the evil eye [mal de ojo] from the other generation.

One day one of his servants recommended to the king that he go to consult with Orunmila about the problem of his daughter's illness, but the proud king, who did not admit advice from his inferiors, threatened to kill them if they divulged such a conversation.

It happened that the king's daughter grew worse, and he, overcome by love for his daughter, sent to fetch Orunmila; Orunmila sent word to him that because he was very busy it was impossible for him to go to the palace, and that instead, when the king went hunting in the forest he could enter his house, since he had to pass by it.

The king was indignant with Orunmila, and after much talk he made the determination not to go, for a king like him could not lower himself before a diviner [adivino].

As the king's daughter continued ill, he decided to go to Orunmila's house; upon arriving at the door, since the threshold was low and the king rather tall, on entering he did not realize that he had to lower his head, something he was not accustomed to because of his haughtiness, and the crown struck the lintel of the door and fell off him. The crown went rolling down the slope and his subjects hid it from him, and the king found himself obliged to go from door to door asking for his crown, until they gave it back to him.

The king returned to Orunmila's house, but this time on entering he took off the crown for fear that it would fall again. Orunmila said to him: "Majesty, here the only crown that prevails is mine." The king answered him: "Today I understand that my pride has served only to humiliate me, for had I not been so proud my subjects would not have hidden my crown, and I would not have gone through the shame of having to go from door to door asking for it."

EBBÓ: owunko, eyele meyi, a staff [bastón], awado, eku, eya, epo, opolopo owo.

NOTE: For the ebbó to take effect it must be passed to the aleyo by the back and from behind the clothing. Drum must be given [darle tambor] to the guardian angel.

PATAKÍN: There was a merchant who always gave coffee to drink to an old man who visited his shop, and the old man gave him his blessing, because of which the business went well and little by little the merchant prospered.

The merchant prospered so much that he became proud, and no longer attended to the old man, because he was always very busy and it bothered him that the old man came to his shop, and so little by little he came to despise him.

Time passed, and across from this shop a stranger set up a stall [venta], and when the old man visited his shop and asked for a coffee, he served it to him and did not want to charge him. The old man blessed him for his good deed.

The old man had stopped going to the first shop because he realized that the owner despised him for being poor, so he began to visit the new shop every day, where the owner attended him very well, and this new merchant began to prosper.

Owing to the good treatment this new merchant gave his customers, people began to go to it daily, so that the clientele of the first merchant began to decline, and since he also lacked the blessings of the old man, within a short time he had to close the business.

The new merchant, on the other hand, in spite of prospering in his business, never stopped treating the old man well and helping him in whatever was necessary, and in whatever was within his reach.

NOTE: If the person is sick, a staff of the rogación (ebbó) is handed to him so that every day he walks to his door.