Edigbemi Agbere Mogun to' onigbo ilu
Amogun ni Ogundo Ile Amo uja ndo
Arimaje tite aje ori igberi okun
Tiyin tiyin.
Ada fa fun Oshemawe nijo' ti ajoji meta rna' de Oshemawe.

These were the three awos who made divination for the Oshemawe of Ondo when he was going to receive three visitors. He was told to make sacrifice and he did.

Ogun, Uja and Olokun were coming to visit him. They vowed to stay with any Oba who·would know and pronounce their names.

The Oshemawe entertained them very hospitably and before they retired to sleep; they told the Oba to be prepared to reveal their names the following morning.

After the visitors had retired to their lodgings, the Oshemawe invited his counselors to deliberate on how to know their names.

Ekutele, meanwhile, volunteered to find out their names if he could be given 201 packets of melon cake (lru in yoruba and Evbarie in Bini) Oshemawe gave Ekutele 200 packets promising lo give him the last one after disclosing the visitors names..... to be continued

Continued

After receiving his melon cakes Ekutele bored a hole into the room occupied by the visitors and concealed himself near the rack where they hung their clothes.

As soon as the cock crowed Ekutele entered Oguns bag and begin to rattle it.

When the noise was beginning to disturb the visitors of them called on Ogun to listen to the noise coming from his bag.

There after, the rat left Ogun's bag and entered Uja's own.

Ogun then called on Uja to listen to the noise coming from her bag.

From there the rat mounted on Olokuns tray and began to tear it up.

Uja called Olokun to drive away the rat disturbing her tray.

That was how the rat knew the names of the three visitors.

On getting to the Oba, the rat disclose that the names of the three visitors are called Ogun, and the other was called Uja.

At that point Ekutele asked for his remaining packet of melon cake, Oshemawe told him to get lost.

The following morning the visitors came to ask the Oba to disclose their names.

He mentioned the names of Ogun and Uja but could not mention the third visitor's name.

Olokun was annoyed that their host did not know his and he decided to leave while the other two stayed with him.

When Ogun suggested that Olokun should be given a pigeon, he only conceded that he would pay annual visits to them.

Olokun moved next to Igbaye but subsequently settled down at Igberi-Okun which is the nearest part of Ondo State to the sea.

If Oshemawe had known the names of all three of them, Ondo and not Lagos would have been the main Nigerian Port on the Atlantic Ocean.

When this Odu appears at divination, the person should be told that there is a rat moving about in his or her house.

If it is UREE, he or she should be told not to kill the rat but if it is AYEO, he or she should kill it.

If the divinee is a man, he will meet a divorced woman in her father's house.

He will mate her to give birth to a female child. She is the wife of Orumnila.

The person should be told to be hospitable to visitors and to be prepared, able and willing to entertain his visitors as much as he could, always.

This work was inspired by LATE DR. C. OSAMARO IBIE, J.P.

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Babalawos

Babalawos:
Continued

After receiving his melon cakes Ekutele bored a hole into the room occupied by the visitors and concealed himself near the rack where they hung their clothes.

As soon as the cock crowed Ekutele entered Oguns bag and begin to rattle it.

When the noise was beginning to disturb the visitors of them called on Ogun to listen to the noise coming from his bag.

There after, the rat left Ogun's bag and entered Uja's own.

Ogun then called on Uja to listen to the noise coming from her bag.

From there the rat mounted on Olokuns tray and began to tear it up.

Uja called Olokun to drive away the rat disturbing her tray.

That was how the rat knew the names of the three visitors.

On getting to the Oba, the rat disclose that the names of the three visitors are called Ogun, and the other was called Uja.

At that point Ekutele asked for his remaining packet of melon cake, Oshemawe told him to get lost.

The following morning the visitors came to ask the Oba to disclose their names.

He mentioned the names of Ogun and Uja but could not mention the third visitor's name.

Olokun was annoyed that their host did not know his and he decided to leave while the other two stayed with him.

When Ogun suggested that Olokun should be given a pigeon, he only conceded that he would pay annual visits to them.

Olokun moved next to Igbaye but subsequently settled down at Igberi-Okun which is the nearest part of Ondo State to the sea.

If Oshemawe had known the names of all three of them, Ondo and not Lagos would have been the main Nigerian Port on the Atlantic Ocean.

When this Odu appears at divination, the person should be told that there is a rat moving about in his or her house.

If it is UREE, he or she should be told not to kill the rat but if it is AYEO, he or she should kill it.

If the divinee is a man, he will meet a divorced woman in her father's house.

He will mate her to give birth to a female child. She is the wife of Orumnila.

The person should be told to be hospitable to visitors and to be prepared, able and willing to entertain his visitors as much as he could, always.

This work was inspired by LATE DR. C. OSAMARO IBIE, J.P.

Thank you for reading, leave a comment

Babalawos

Raintaker:

Aboru Aboye

What exactly did you learn from this itan?

Babalawos

Babalawos:


Aboru Aboye

What exactly did you learn from this itan?

Babalawos

To always keep your promises?

AnonyNymous:

To always keep your promises?

Aboru Aboru

You have indeed learnt something remarkable today

Babalawos