Ogunda tonti Obara

Description

Person of strong character, proud and reckless, who speaks without measuring and therefore can be misunderstood, become involved in quarrels, losses, and deceptions.

It is advisable to speak truthfully, not to be stubborn, control one’s temper, respect one’s elders, attend to the dead and the Orishas, and do Ebó so that luck does not turn against them.

Born in this sign

• Rooster fighting.
• The mud.
• That the iyawo dress in white.
• The hen.
• That all Ebó carry atare.
• The balcony and the window.

Proverbs

• He who does not care for what he has is prone to lose it.
• To foolish words, deaf ears; to good advice, pay attention.
• You love like the rooster.
• There is no lazaro without charity.
• The big one is worth the same as the little one.
• For the one who does not want broth, three bowls are given.

Stories and patakíes

The boy and the ferocious animal

In a town there was a ferocious animal that had everyone in the surrounding towns terrified.

It often caused deaths, the last of them resulted in an unhappy woman who went into the jungle in search of firewood for a fire.

That woman had a relative, a young man, almost a child, who upon hearing the sad news, began to reflect: if that beast is not defeated, any day my mother may find herself between its terrible claws.

From meditation he moved to action; he took a spear, a local harp and with those instruments he made his way to the forest in search of the beast.

He was by the river when he saw the terrible animal approaching, and when the animal saw the boy, it asked him: what are you doing in my kingdom without trembling?

The boy, impassive, replied: I am a son of the nearby town and I came to hunt small animals.

But what do you want those small instruments for?

Asked the beast, they seem harmless.

– He answered again: to brighten my solitude with music.

Curious, the beast then said to him: well, my friend, while I bath and you play that instrument.

Having said this, it dove into the river, while the boy struck melodious sounds from his harp, the animal was entranced listening to such delicate music, and the boy took advantage of its tenderness to prepare his bow and arrow.

He threw the spear that mortally wounded the beast in the heart.

Happy with his victory, the boy returned to the town, and informed the townspeople of the victory over the ferocious animal, so that they would go and enjoy his victory with him.

In the town they did not believe him, no one could believe that a boy would have so much courage.

Greater was the surprise when they arrived at the river, the curious ones could verify that the feared animal lay there with the arrow stuck in its heart.

The war between Shango and Oggun

On this path in yoruba land, they maintained an endless war between Oggun and Shango, which was caused by Oya.

Said war was already affecting all the oshas who lived in that land, so they met to determine what to do.

After several hours, they determined that the only one who could intervene between Oggun and Shango so that said war would cease, was Olofin, so they immediately sent a messenger to give him the complaints about what was happening.

Olofin immediately appeared and ordered Shango and Oggun to be summoned, with both of them present, he took the weapons that Oggun carried and gave them to Shango, and the ones from Shango he gave to Oggun.

And seeing this exchange the fury of both was calmed and the war ended.

Note: here the tools of Oggun and Shango are exchanged so that the person can have power and be finish the war he is waging with his enemies.

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