OTURA BARA
OTÚRÁ ÒBÀRÀ · ETURA ARABA
Prayer
OTURA BARA OTURA MUNI OBARA BAYE LELE INTORI AYARA OSHA WA LALA ELEGBA AHINI SILEPE SHILEKUN BABA ARIKU BABAWA OTE NI OSHA ELEGBA ALABONI BAKE NILEYE YEYEKUN NI SHANGO YEYEKUN OYA, IBU LOSA IBU BIWA ILEKUN EYELE IFA KAFEREFUN ELEGBA, SHANGO, OBATALA OYA ATI YALODE.
Súyere
«OLUWOPOPO EYE ORIELE OLUWOPOPO EKUN NILE ODARA».
Born in this sign
- 1.- AFREKETE AND THE AZOWANU CALLED HOULA AND SHOMAFO.
- 2.- THE SORCERY OF BUYING EGGUN.
- 3.- ESHU LABORNI.
- 4.- THE INKINES OF FOUR EYES.
- 5.- THE KNOCK ON THE DOOR OF THE IGBODUN BY THE FUTURE APETEVI.
- 6.- THAT OZAIN CARRIES NFUMBE AS PART OF THE SECRET.
Description of the sign
OTURA BARA IS USUALLY AN IMPULSIVE, REACTIVE PERSON WITH A STRONG CHARACTER. HE OR SHE HAS A GREAT CAPACITY TO FIGHT AGAINST ADVERSITY, BUT THEIR OPINIONS ARE OFTEN QUESTIONED OR MISINTERPRETED. THEY NEED TO LEARN TO CONTROL THEIR IMPULSES, AVOID VIOLENT REACTIONS AND DEVELOP PATIENCE SO AS NOT TO HARM HERSELF.
YOUR DESTINY ON EARTH IS TO LEARN TO TRANSFORM WEAKNESS INTO STRENGTH, SEEKING THE RIGHT ALLIANCES AND RELYING ON THE ORISHAS TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES. YOU HAVE COME TO DEVELOP WISDOM, JUSTICE, AND DISCERNMENT, UNDERSTANDING THAT TRUE POWER IS NOT ALWAYS FOUND IN BRUTE FORCE, BUT IN KNOWLEDGE AND THE PROPER USE OF ASHÉ.
THIS ODÙ SPEAKS OF THE NEED TO AVOID VIOLATING TABOOS. THE PERSON’S OPINION WILL ALWAYS BE QUESTIONED. MENTAL PROBLEMS AND WORRIES CAN CAUSE WEAKNESS IN THE BODY, SO IT IS OFTEN NECESSARY TO PERFORM YOKO OSHA TO RECOVER HEALTH.
THIS ODÙ SPEAKS OF SADISM AND OF BEHAVIORS WHERE A PERSON CAN TAKE PLEASURE IN THE SUFFERING OF OTHERS OR IN SITUATIONS THAT CAUSE HARM TO OTHERS.
HERE AFEKETE AND HOULA SHOMFO, ASOJUANOS, WERE BORN.
A CARVED WOODEN STAFF WITH A HORSE’S HEAD ON ITS HANDLE IS PLACED ON ASOJUANO.
THE EGUN LIVE IN SWAMPS AND MARSHES.
HERE THE WITCHCRAFT OF BUYING EGUN WAS BORN.
HERE ONE SEEKS AN ALLIANCE WITH THE WEAKER PARTY IN ORDER TO BECOME STRONGER AND DEFEAT THE POWERFUL ENEMY.
HERE, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE DOOR OF THE IGBODUN OF OSHA WAS KNOCKED ON, AND IT WAS ESHU ALABONI, SLAVE AND MESSENGER OF OSHUN, WHO DID IT.
HERE IGBO WERE, THE MOTHER OF OSANYIN, WAS BORN.
HERE THE WAR BETWEEN OSANYIN AND ASOJUANO BEGAN.
IN THIS ODÙ, THE SHELLS OF AWÓ OTURA BARA’S ÓKPELE ARE MADE WITH IROKO WOOD. THEY EAT GUINEO WITH SHANGÓ AND ASOJUANO. ONCE A YEAR THEY MUST BE TAKEN TO THE RIVER, WHERE A YOUNG HEN IS GIVEN IN THE NAME OF OSHUN, MARKING ON THE ÓKPELE THE ODÙ OSHE MEJI.
BY THIS IFÁ, IT IS FORBIDDEN TO APPROACH QUADRUPED ANIMALS RECKLESSLY, FOR THERE IS DANGER OF KICKS, BLOWS, OR ACCIDENTS. ONE MUST ALSO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH ENEMIES.
BY THIS ODÙ ONE MUST QUICKLY RECEIVE ELEGBA.
The description of this odù continues in the app, with 20 more sections.
Proverbs
- KNOWING TOO MUCH IS BAD.
- DO NOT TAKE PLEASURE IN OTHERS’ SUFFERING.
- THE HURRIED MAN STUMBLES UPON THE DEVIL.
Patakís of Otura bara
- WHEN THE AKO BIRD GOT INTO DEBT WITH OLOKUN AND ORISA.
- WHEN EBÓ AND SIGIDI DISPUTED OVER THE HAND OF A MAIDEN.
- ONIBEDO, THE SUPPORT OF THE YAM.
- THE DIVINATION PERFORMED BEFORE COMING INTO THE WORLD.
- HOW THE VULVA AND THE PENIS ATTAINED UNIVERSAL HONOR AND RESPECT.
- WHEN ÒRÚNMÌLÀ PRODUCED CHILDREN WHO BECAME PARENTS.
- WHEN ALARABA DISOBEYED THE ADVICE OF IFÁ.
- NACIÓ ESHU LABONI.
- FOR THE FIRST TIME, KNOCKING ON OSHA’S ROOM DOOR WAS BORN.
- THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OTURA BARA.
- THE APPEARANCE OF IGBO WERE AND OF THE EGUN.
- THE REASON WHY OSANYIN SPEAKS WITH A LISP.
- WHEN OBATALÁ WITHDREW BECAUSE OF THE SMOKE.
- THE ABANDONMENT OF IFÁ.
- THE SORES OF ASOJUANO.
And 7 more patakíes of this sign, complete, in the app.
Otura bara 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.
