Eyila tonti Eyeunle

Description

He is an open, proud person with great capacity, but he can lose his judgment because of emotion, talk too much, and end up alone if he boasts, is envious, or becomes disorderly.

It is best for him to be humble, reserved, patient, and lawful, to do Ebó, respect the Orishas and the dead, and conduct himself with prudence so as not to open the way to harm.

Born in this sign

• The wheel.
• The spider web.

Proverbs

• When my memory fails me, I turn to my secret.
• I touch my chest for Shango as he touched his for me.
• The spider never loosens its web.
• A tiger after spending a night hungry is stronger than a well-fed dog.
• The lazy one says tomorrow, but it never arrives.
• The whistle that rejects the voice will never make itself understood.

Stories and patakíes

The harvester's good fortune

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A harvester was told that Yemaya was going to send him good fortune, but that he should not grumble or do harm to anyone.

At night in his lodging he noticed the presence of some strangers and, instead of shooting at them, he fired into the air, and the strangers, who were pirates, got scared and fled, leaving the great haul of money.

The hunter and the tiger

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There was a hunter of good heart whom his own family sent out to hunt, but he only hunted what was necessary.

This man set out on the road and, going deep into the heart of the forest, he heard moans and saw that they came from a hole that was covered with a huge stone.

When he went to look, he saw that inside the hole there was a tiger; the tiger begged the hunter, saying to him: good man, help me get out of here because I am a good tiger.

The hunter said to him: if I take you out, you will eat me later.

The tiger begged him and took an oath that he would make things right with the hunter.

The hunter took the tiger out of the hole and the tiger kept staring at him fixedly, so the man thought the tiger wanted to throw him down; the hunter smartly said to him: weren't you good?

Yet you want to eat me.

The tiger said to him: but I am hungry.

Then the hunter made a pact with the tiger that consisted of calling three people so the tiger could see that good is paid for with good.

They set out on the road and saw a ox and asked him: ox, is it true that good is paid for with good?

The ox said, good is paid for with evil, for when I was young I plowed the land and when I am old they take me to the slaughterhouse.

The tiger said to the hunter: you have lost the first one, let us go, for I am very hungry.

They went on along the road and saw a horse and asked him, is it true that good is paid for with good?

The horse said: good is paid for with evil, for when I was young I carried my master around and now that I am old I have to look for my own food.

The tiger said to the hunter: it is already time for me to eat you, and the hunter said to him, remember the pact, one person is still missing, for I am hungry on the way.

The hunter calls a fox and asks him: is good paid for with good?

And the fox said: I do not understand that good is paid for with good?, Pretending not to get it, and he said to the hunter: since you ask me that question, explain yourself because I will not tell you anything.

The tiger said: look, fox, what happened was that I went to a hill and slipped and fell into a hole and the stone came down covering the hole.

The fox said that that was a lie, that he could not believe it.

The tiger answered: how are you going to tell me it is a lie?

And the fox said to him, show me how it was.

So the tiger went back up the hill and let himself fall into the hole again and said to the hunter: put the stone on it.

Then the hunter put the stone on it and the fox said: well done, hunter, leave him there, for good is paid for with good.

The full entry is in the app

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