Odu Oyeku

Oyeku was born in Apa, which is Ogun's town. He is the son of the king of Apa by Oyekun (mind the spelling)! His name means "walking crookedly", because he is clumsy and has a slight curvature of the spine. Oyeku has a taboo against eating obobo fruit and small grey rat. He cannot cover his head with koko leaf.

 

Oyeku Meji Orunmila says he will father something big; I say that Ifa will father something big, and Ifa fathered Farm. Orunmila says he will father something big; I say that Ifa will father something big, an...

Oyeku-Ika "They stood up and followed him to Owa, they made ebo in 200 different places" cast for the center post in Owa's house, on the place where the cowries were hidden. Ifa said that if he made ebo, he ...

Oyeku-Irete Afinjuyele, Okunrun-kojekewafuyi, and Awowonsan, who were the awo's in Kuseru;s house, cast for Kuseru. They said there was a young boy in the house who once had been slim and slender. He had been ...

Oyeku-Irosun Ajawesola, Ate-iye-irosu-se-ola was the one who cast for Gberefu, Orunmila's oldest son. They said that his Ikin would make him rich. They instructed him to sacrifice a rat, a fish and a goat. Gber...

Oyeku-Iwori Oyekubiri cast for the house pigeon. They told her that she would be fertile, if she offered 200 beans and 2000 cowries. She listened and made the adimu, and house pigeon was fertile. Oyekubiri cas...

Oyeku-Obara "A slim and slender Oyeku, a very thin Oyeku" was the one who cast for Tortoise on the day that he became collateral for his debts to Esi. The said that if he could make sacrifice, that then he sho...

Oyeku-Odi "Pekube, the Awo of the Weaver Bird" cast for Weaver Bird, on the day that she was sad because she was barren, and because she had no children. They said that she would bear children; they instruct...

Oyeku-Ofun "Standing up", the awo for Stick, Agegindanu, the awo for Pepe, cast for a healthy person that did no work at all and was never ill. They spoke of an illness that would paralyze him. The ebo was ma...

Oyeku-Ogbe Ifa was cast for "Child that does not die but returns to life", that is a child that is reborn in another child. They said that nobody would live as long as he. The said a sheep and 20,000 cowries ...

Oyeku-Ogunda "Today is the market day of Ewon, tomorrow is the market day of Owe" was cast for Oyeku, on the day that people said that they would kill him within four days. Ifa instructed Oyeku to sacrifice a r...

Oyeku-Okanran "Cut a small piece of the tree so there's a chance that it fits" cast for Akibola, on the day that he went to the farm for the yearly festival of the killing of Oyi's son, that is the yearly monkey...

Oyeku-Osa "A cabin with a very small round hole" was cast for the people of Ogere, on the day that they were looking for abundance. The people of Ogere refused to sacrifice, and they remained poor forever. T...

Oyeku-Oshe "Let us not die as the friend of the house of strangers, may we not die in the house of mourning"; "When Death comes, let us praise those friends of brave character"; "A shrewd man will never die i...

Oyeku-Otura Oropoto cast Ifa for Sorangun, on the day the he was to appear in court. They told him to sacrifice to clear his bane. The sacrifice was two roosters, igbegbe rats, 26,000 cowries and ewe. Wrap an ...

Oyeku-Oturupon Orunmila will forgive me. The Forgiving One will forgive me. If water kills a human being, it will be forgiven. If a king kills a human being, he will be forgiven. Orunmila! Let me be forgiven on t...

Oyeku-Owonrin Oyin-sese cast for Guluye. The told him to offer a piece of clothing that was seen yesterday, because he had insulted the father of Guruje. Ebo: a piece of clothing and a goat, in order for an insu...