Odu Ika-Oturupon

"The tortoise derives benefit from the calabash on its back.
The animal Irere has a very big chest.
An old whirlwind often cuts the top
off an iroko tree with many leaves"
was cast for the landlady who had built
a house with sixteen rooms.
They instructed her to sacrifice, in order
to find a good and reliable person,
who would prevent thieves from stealing her properties,
which would undoubtedly upset her much.
The sacrifice was sixteen pigeons, two ducks,
sixteen snails, 32,000 cowries, and ewe.
The landlady refused to sacrifice.
She said that she needed no support,
for where would a thief come from, to steal
her belongings from sixteen rooms?
Obalufon wanted to marry her, but she refused.
Osanyin wanted to marry her, but she refused.
Ogun tried, but she refused.
Orunmila tried, but she refused.
The landlady used to sleep in the sixteenth room,
so that no bad man would grab her.
She carefully locked all the doors of the house
for the night, before going to bed.
On the day that Orunmila wanted to shame the woman,
with his Irofa in his hand and Ifa-words in his mouth,
Orunmila opened all doors and reached the woman.
During everything that Orunmila did
to the woman and to the house, nobody woke.
She looked at her body and saw what was done to it,
and she did not know who had done it to her.
She asked the guardians of the house, but
all they could tell was that they had slept
through the night into the morning.
She ordered all children in the house to go outside,
and make noise with bells, and to swear at the man
who had been in her house that night,
to do such evil things.
They said what they could and spoke where they could,
but nobody reacted in any way.
Very early the next morning, Orunmila went out with his friends,
ringing the bell and singing:
"Swearing kills the swearer, awerepepe,
cursing kills the curser, awerepepe".
When the woman realized that it had been Orunmila
who had tried to marry her, she had him called
and she told hem that only he could be her husband,
and that he should come to her house.
The meaning of this story is that,
when this Odu is cast during the naming ceremony
of a girl, the parents should be told that this girl
must become the wife of a babalawo.
She will lead a prosperous life, and in order
to give her peace and quiet in her life,
she should marry a babalawo.
The ebo is 16 pigeons, 2 ducks, 16 snails,
16 units of money, and ewe.

Warning!

All combinations with Ika admonish the client to be very careful of everything thyat is, might be or might become an infection. Take this in the broadest sense of the word. If you cut your finger, however small, put some iodine on it. If you take anything out of the fridge, look at the expiration date and when in doubt, don't eat it. Be careful what you eat, cood certain foodstuffs well and thoroughly to kill all possible bacteria. Stay away from places of possible infection or contamination. In this day and age the Ika warning alaso pertains to sex, unfortunately. If you have sex with anybody (with the possible exception of your regular partner), take care of good quality protection! Now don't get paranoid for Ifa does not say that you will get a nasty infection of inflammation or such, Ifa simply says that all combinations with Ika warn against the possibility, so you can take precautions.

Ika-Oturupon

Warning with regard to Ika-Oturupon! The client should be alerted to, and asked about, the possibility of anything infectious or contagious, and anything that might cause a fever. That can be any kind of inflammation, infectious disease, contamination, poisoning... that kind of stuff. Really, this needs thorough examination! It can be something as simple as the risk of a light food poisoning on the one hand, or a severe warning against the HIV virus on the other. Ika-Oturupon can be a nasty combination!