IRETE UNTELU
ÌRETÈ ÒGBÈ · ATEGBE
Prayer
EYINI UN NEMILESE IWERE ELUBORAN LENA ENAWE MIRIN OWO EWE MIRIN OMO EWE MIRIN ARIKU.
Súyere
«ONI AWA AGBA LAYO INSHEGBO TETE MERIN TETE MOÑA
ONI AWA EYORUN LAYO ENSHEODAN TETE MERIN TETE MOÑA
AWA KEKE LAYO INSHE OYO AYAKA TETE MERIN TETE MOÑA».
Born in this sign
- PRAYER: IRETE ENTEBE BOLE ABIRI KOLO OMOLUBO ABATA ATI KOTOPO OMOLUBO OWARA YANIYE OMOLUBO META LABA PARI ATI META LABA MERIN LODAFUN IGBAÑI. LODAFUN LANIYE.
- 1.- THE IRRADIATION OF THE EGGUNS BABALAWO TO THE AWOSES.
- 2.- THE GREAT POWER OF EGGUN AND OF IFA.
- 3.- ODUDUWA NANA.
- 4.- THAT ORUNMILLA HAS ONLY ONE OTA.
- 5.- THAT OLOKUN LIVES IN A JAR.
- 6.- OBATALA YEKU YEKU.
- 7.- THE TOLLING OF AGOGO FOR OBATALA.
- 8.- THE REASON WHY OBATALA IS COVERED WITH OU, ORI, AND EFUN IS PUT ON HIM.
- 9.- THE BOAR VINE THAT IS TAKEN TOGETHER WITH THE STUD VINE TO PREVENT IMPOTENCE IN THE AWO OF THIS IFA.
- 10.- THE ADJUDICATION OF OLOFIN.
Description of the sign
IRETE-OGBE SAYS: «IF YOU TEACH INTELLIGENCE TO ANY PERSON, THEIR INTELLIGENCE WILL BE INTELLIGENT. BUT IF YOU TEACH STUPIDITIES, THEIR STUPIDITIES WILL BE STUPID».
IT IS AN ODÙ OF DELAY FOR THE AWÓ.
THE PERSON WHO COMES TO CONSULT IS NOT SUITED, FOR THEY BRING JUSTICE AND PROBLEMS.
WHEN THIS IFÁ IS SEEN, A SOLUTION IS MADE WITH CASCARILLA AND RUM (EFÚN AND OTÍ), AND WITH IT THE ODÙ IRETE-OGBE IS PAINTED ON A HEN’S EGG (EÑÍ ADIÉ). IT IS PLACED IN A GLASS WITH HONEY, COVERED WITH A PLATE, AND THE GLASS IS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. THUS IT IS PLACED BEHIND THE DOOR, AND OGBE-TUA REMAINS IN THE EGG.
DO NOT EAT SPICY FOODS, SALTY FOODS, FOODS LOADED WITH SEASONINGS, SAUSAGES, OR ENCHILADAS, BECAUSE YOU SUFFER OR WILL SUFFER FROM HEMORRHOIDS.
ODÙ OF SCARCITY: THERE WAS NO FOOD IN THE WORLD, NOR CLOTHING, NOR MEDICINE. THE EARTH CRACKED AND OLOFIN, WITH HIS WISDOM, FIXED EVERYTHING.
ONE MUST NOT STEP ON ASHES OR BLOOD. THE PERSON WHO COMES TO BE CONSULTED IS NOT GOOD FOR THE HOUSE; HE WILL BRING JUSTICE UPON IT.
THE MAN HAS COAGULATED SECRETIONS IN THE PROSTATE, AND WHEN HE CONSUMES ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES THEY STIR UP AND BEGIN TO SPREAD THROUGH THE BODY, CAUSING SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.
THE LETTER IS WITHDRAWN IMMEDIATELY IF IT COMES FOR EVIL; AFTER THE ALEYÓ IS WITHDRAWN, THE AWÓ CLEANSES THE BODY WITH A ROOSTER, ASKS WHETHER IT TAKES EBÓ, AND IF IT TAKES IT, IT IS THROWN AT THE CORNER, SINCE THEY ARE CASTING WITCHCRAFT (OGÚ).
WHOEVER IS MARKED MUST DO EBÓ WITH A HEN, WITH A CHICKEN OR WITH CHICKS.
IT MARKS RUIN OR PRISON WITHIN 7 DAYS. TAKE A HEN’S EGG AND 1 GOURD BOWL WITH WATER, BLOW ON THE DOOR AND PUT THE EGG INSIDE, THEN BREAK IT.
IT MARKS 11 DAYS, 11 MONTHS OR 11 YEARS OF PRISON. TO AVOID THIS, IT IS VITAL TO PERFORM THE EBÓ OF THE CANDLE.
A SMALL TABLE WITH CUTLERY AND A TABLECLOTH IS PLACED FOR EGUN AND THIS IS SUNG: «EYENI UN WEMILE ESE IWERE ALUARAN LONA ONA ONA AWO MIRIN OMO WE MIRIN A IKU».
SAYS THAT THE BALSAM PEAR WAS PLACED IN THE IFÁ AND IS PLACED IN ANY CASE SO THAT ONE IS SAVED.
THE OWNER OF THIS IFÁ SPITS A LOT AND HAS A HOARSE THROAT, CAUSED BY PHARYNGITIS, LARYNGITIS, COLDS, IN SMOKERS AND DRINKERS. MULTIPLE PAPILLOMA, CARCINOMA AND NODULES ON THE VOCAL CORDS ALSO OCCUR. GENERALLY THERE IS OCCLUSION OF THE NASAL PASSAGES. THE SICK MAY DIE OF CACHEXIA OR ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA. TO AVOID IT, OMIERO IS PREPARED WITH EWÉ EYENÍ AND HONEY, OSHUN IS PLACED INSIDE THE POT AND ONE GLASS IS TAKEN DAILY.
The description of this odù continues in the app, with 54 more sections.
Proverbs
- ORUNMILA’S SCRIPTURES ARE NOT VIOLENCE, BUT LOVE.
- THE TONGUE LOST THE HEAD.
- THERE IS NO TONGUE THAT SPOKE THAT GOD DID NOT PUNISH.
- MONEY THAT IS LENT, PROBLEM THAT IS SOUGHT.
- THE AMARANTH WAS SUCCULENT BEFORE IT RAINED.
- WHILE THE FOOD IS NOT COOKED, IT IS NOT TAKEN OFF THE FIRE TO EAT.
- THE WORKING MAN IS RARELY NEEDY.
- THE MAN WHO CAN DO SOMETHING BETTER THAN WHAT HE DOES AND DOES NOT DO IT IS THE GREATEST OF IDLERS.
- THE GODMOTHER BOUGHT A NEW BROOM.
- SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF A WATER STONE.
And 5 more proverbs of this sign in the app.
Patakís of Irete untelu
- ATEGBE, THE AWO OF OLOKUN.
- HOW ODÙ BECAME THE WIFE OF ORÚNMILA.
- THE LAND OF OBATALA, LOST THROUGH LIQUOR.
- WHEN THE SNAIL WAS DRINKING OBATALA’S CANE SPIRIT.
- WHEN OLOFIN’S WIFE COULD NOT GIVE BIRTH.
- THE ALABOSHE BIRD MARRIES THE DAUGHTER OF OLOFIN.
- THE ALABOSHE BIRD, WITH ITS SONG, ATTRACTED THE HUNTER.
- THE THREE BROTHERS, ONLY SHAKUATA WAS SAVED.
- ORUNMILA IMPRISONED BY DEATH (IKU).
- THE DISPUTE OF THE EAGLE AND THE SNAIL.
- OLUWOPOPO CREATES SMALLPOX THROUGH THE FIERCE JIA THAT ORIGINATED THE WASP.
- THE CRIPPLE, OBATALA AND THE PARROTS.
- THE SHELL WAS THE TRAIL OF THE SLUG (IGBIN).
- YEMAYA, IN CHARGE OF THE CEMETERY, LEFT OYA IN THAT.
- ELEGBA BREAKS THE PEACE OF OBATALA, OGÚN AND OSHOSI.
And 22 more patakíes of this sign, complete, in the app.
Irete untelu complete —with its entire description, as Ifá says, ewe, works and all the patakíes— is in the app Signos de Ifá, alongside the other 255 odù.
