Otura-Ogbe

"When the breast is full, I can bring relief.
Palmwine? I can make it flow.
Whatever swelling might exist, it will flow.
Every pressure that is wanted, I can supply.
I can suppress shivering.
A cloth, if you want it smooth and without wrinkles,
well, you just call me and I'll weave it"
was cast for Shango, child of fire, on the day
that he was to marry Oya.
They instructed him to sacrifice, in order
for him and Oya never to be separated,
and to live together for a long time.
But stubborn Shango refused to sacrifice.
After some time he became ill and he died,
and Oya was crying.
People gathered to console here:
"Haven't you cried enough?"
There was only one who understood her, and said:
"Leave her alone.
What must happen must happen,
and what's done is done".
It was Eshu who brought them misfortune.
That's why the awos said:
"Turn it off, let it flow,
stand up, beat down,
make smooth, make flat,
cast Ifa for Shango, when he burned
with desire to marry Oya.
Sacrifice, and you will live forever;
sacrifice, and she will be faithful to you.
Let it be so, let it be so.
Eshu grumbled, Eshu
built barriers.
Eshu the destroyer of marriages.
Oya, she who would become a river,
she broke".

"Alukerese walks away straight,
and does not crawl at all"
was cast for Olokun-Sonde,
who sat patient in this world
and saw life pass her by,
when Olokun was still very small.
The told her to sacrifice, when her life
seemed worthless to her.
They told her that she would be big.
Sixteen water pots, two sheep,
and 32,000 cowries were the sacrifice.
Olokun-Sonde listened and made the sacrifice.
She became the queen of all streaming waters.
Ebo: 16 water pots, 2 sheep, 32,000 cowries.