The Life of Oyeku Osa
The continuous biography of this odù's own spiritual evolution — celestial works, then earthly works — told as one unfolding life. Click any title to read it.
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The Patakín Corpus — 1 to 13
Presented in strict numerical order as in the source Tratado. Click any title to read it.
01Patakín 1 — The Ebbó of Darico
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PATAKÍN: Darico went to Orunmila's house and made ebbó with: eyele fun fun, cascarilla [Cuban Spanish for powdered eggshell chalk; as written] and $4.20. With the efun he whitewashed his house.
A short time afterwards Obatalá went out for a walk, and in the middle of the road a storm surprised him, so that he had to take shelter in Darico's house, and he was very pleased to see the house so white.
After a while Darico arrived in a torrential downpour, and Obatalá gave him clothes and ashe.
From that moment Darico became a horse trader [traficante de caballos], achieving his happiness.
02Patakín 2 — When Darico Was Disrespectful to Orunmila
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EBBÓ: aikordie, abebeoadie meyi, horse hair [crin de caballo], filth [porquería].
PATAKÍN: It happened that one day Darico met Orunmila on the road, and instead of greeting him with respect, he said to him indifferently, as he continued on his way: "iboru, iboya, iboshishe."
Then Orunmila, farther along, met Eshu and told him how improperly Darico had behaved toward him.
In a short time Eshu made all of Darico's businesses fail. Seeing his setbacks [atrasos], Darico went back to Orunmila's house to have himself cleansed.
Orunmila asked him, for the ebbó, for horse filth [porquería de caballo], and told him to paint the front of his house with it. Obatalá went out again, and on noticing that the day was clouded over, because Darico's house was very foul-smelling [muy apestosa], he did not go in. [As written: the "because" can attach to either clause.]
And from then on Darico lives among the filth [entre la porquería].
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