Osa
Osa family · a base sign of the diloggún
Description
The person of osa is usually inconsistent, action-filled, strong in spirit and inclined toward violence, intrigue, gossip, and the extraordinary, although they may also show themselves just and serious when they impose order.
It is advisable for you to live with prudence, respect eggun and the ORISHAS, make Ebó, and conduct yourself with balance so as not to remain trapped by confusion or by your own excesses.
Born in this sign
- Greetings among people.
- Sinusitis and adenoids.
- The possession of the saint over the person.
Proverbs
- It is the same one who insists on the same thing.
- His best friend is his worst enemy.
Stories and patakíes
What is left behind, stays behind
The destiny of orishaoko tells of Oyá, owner of the gate of the cemetery, that orishaoko asked the rascal Elegguá what he should do so that his life would be pleasant, when he was about to go to the forest to seek leadership.
– You must not be selfish, the all-knowing one answered him.
– Instead of selling the first animal you catch in the forest, throw a party with it, invite your friends, and in this way you will achieve everything you desire.
When orishaoko got to the forest, he killed an antelope and cooked it for his friends.
From then on, all those who want to have children, all those who are sick, turn to orishaoko and he cures them with cold water orishaoko became an important person, someone whom others serve.
The cowrie shell tells how he achieved stability in life and could rest at last.
The ram and the potter
Oyá, goddess of the storms, says that your best friend is your worst enemy.
You have to learn to guard yourself from falsehood and betrayal with prudence, and following the advice of the dead.
Gentle breeze, diviner of the earth, hurricane wind, diviner of the sky, vine of the tree, diviner of the edge of the road, grapevine, diviner of those who live in the forest, all of them consulted the potter.
They told him that if someone called him to the yard of his house, he should not answer, that if someone offered him coconuts he should not accept them.
And they put a copper bracelet on him for protection.
The potter and the ram were friends.
But when the ram consulted the king, he told him that he should offer the potter as a sacrifice.
– And how do I find the potter?, The king replied.
– Don't worry, the ram told him.
– Give me some coconuts and a jar with a lid.
The potter is my friend, and if I call him, he will answer.
When the ram got to the potter's house, he called him from the yard, but his friend did not answer him, he only kept looking at him.
– Why don't you answer me?, The ram asked him.
– I thought you knew that I could not answer anyone who called me, the potter replied.
– But I brought you these coconuts as a gift, the ram insisted.
– I thought you knew that they had forbidden me from accepting coconuts, the potter clarified.
– Not even those from your friend?, Asked the cunning ram.
The potter, giving in, approached the jar, and when he was about to take a coconut, the ram caught him, locked him in the jar and ran off with him on his back.
– Start reciting the spell, Elegguá told the potter.
"Gentle breeze, diviner of the earth, hurricane wind, diviner of the sky, vine of the tree, diviner of the edge of the road, grapevine, diviner of those who live in the forest, do they see the great ram that is taking me to the king?".
At once the wind came, carried off the ram, and threw it against the stump of the tree at the roadside.
The jar opened, freeing the potter.
Before his jailer recovered from the blow, he broke his copper bracelets and put them inside the jar, closing it again.
When the ram finally woke up, it shook the jar, the bracelets rattled, and it was convinced that the potter was still inside.
The king could not see the copper, and copper was what the ram was carrying with him when he arrived at the palace.
The cowrie shell says that a friend who betrays his friend betrays himself.
When the ram appeared before the king he said:
– If you do not find the potter in the jar, draw your sword and do not put it away again until you make me disappear.
But when they uncovered the jar, they found only copper.
– Stop him!
– The sovereign ordered, but the ram defended himself by kicking, until he killed eta, the king's son, with a kick to the testicles.
– Kill him!
– Cried the monarch.
Thus was born the custom of killing rams in funeral rites.
The ram, who killed the king's son, became sacrificial meat.
The cowrie shell says that the great ram killed himself with his behavior.
The 16 signs of the Osa family
Each combination of the diloggún with its entry:
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Prayer, attributes, keys, conduct and advice, health, works and ebó, and more patakíes of this sign in Signos del Caracol.