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Etura-Ogunda Etura-Arira Etura-Takuta Sole Etura-Ta-Gitan: He Made Divination For The Parasite Plant and The Star
Etura-Ogunda Etura-Arira Etura-Takuta Sole Etura-Ta-Gitan: He Made Divination For The Parasite Plant and The Star
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When they got back to Afuma's house the kolanut tree decided to carry him on his head to the venue of the meeting. When they got to the Divine chamber of God, the kolanut plant decided to put Afuma down on the ground but he bluntly refused to alight. At that point, God asked all the others how they got to the venue and they all replied that they came on their feet. When he put a second question as to how Afuma carne to the conference, they answered that Afuma's father was the king of all plants and that he should remain in that position to eternity. That is why he grows on the top of other trees to this day, especially on the kolanut tree who carried him on his head that day. On the other hand, the same Awo advised the Star to make sacrifice with a he-goat and a naked lamp. He made the sacrifice and became the king of the sky. At Ugbodu, the person will be told to make sacrifice and to avoid holding meetings with anybody because he was destined for leadership positions. At divination, the person should be advised to make sacrifice in order to win a contest for a position of prestigeous authority or chieftaincy title.
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Meanwhile, after waiting in vain for Orunmila to turn up for the meeting, the other divinities decided to disperse, leaving the daughter of Olokun alone with God. Back on earth, Esu went to blink his eyes to Akpetebi and as she was returning from the market, she was exhausted, felt drowsy and fell to the ground losing consciousness. Soon afterwards, Esu met her virtually dead, but got a stool, sat her down on it and prepared a tray in front of her as if she was selling akara, ekuru and eko by the side of the road. To give her a talking posture, Esu put a live frog in her mouth. A little later, as Aje was returning from the venue of the meeting that never held, she met Orunmila's wife sitting beside her wares and asked after her husband. The frog in her mouth began to laugh scornfully at Olokun's daughter, and even spat on her. As Aje moved to touch her, she fell down as. if she had just died. From his hide-out, Esu came out to accuse Aje of murdering Orunmila's wife. One after the other, Aje surrendered each of her seven female followers to atone for Akpetebi's death but Esu insisted that their eyes did not match those of Orunmila's wife. She subsequently decided to settle the matter directly with Orunmila. As soon as Aje left, Esu instantly appeared at Orunmila's house to brief him and to tell him that he should put the blame for Akpetebi's death on Esu who could not protect his wife as he was instructed to do. Before then, Orunmila had been told to decorate an apartment in his palatial house with white adornments because of the woman he was about to marry. When Aje subsequently arrived, Orunmila was in a hurry to entertain her lavishly, although she was more concerned with the problem of how she unintentionally killed Akpetebi. When she eventually summoned the courage to narrate how she pushed his wife to her death, Orunmila burst into tears, lamenting that far from blaming her, he only held Esu responsible for not being able to protect Akpetebi. He then vowed that Esu would never again enter his house. At that point, Esu cried out from where he was squatting outside the house, while begging Orunmila for forgiveness. The cry of Esu quaked the very ground on which Aje was standing and she too began to weep. After giving all that she had to Orunmila, Esu was still crying. She ended the melodramatic scenario by bethrothing herself to Orunmila in marriage, in addition to her seven maidens, With her bethrothal, Esu stopped crying and tranquility returned to the scene. Aje was subsequently led to the decorated apartment where she began to live as Orunmila's wife. Thereafter, Esu went to where Apetebi's unconscious body lay and used the appropriate leaves to bring her back to life. That is how Orunmila ended up having nine wives which is the characteristic of the children of this odu. With so many wives to cater for, Orunmila began to experience spasmodic bouts of sexual power failure. He had nonetheless become exceedingly famous and wealthy, but had to do something about his sporadic impotence, He subsequently invited his Awos who told him to make sacrifice with a castrated he-goat and to take something from the seventh shrine on which his ram knocked its head before returnTQ home backwards on the day of the conference that never was. He was required also to fetch the head of a boa, a python or boa constrictor and a cock. He produced all the materials and after obtaining the relevant leaves of this odu, the Awos killed the castrated he-goat for Ifa while
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the cock was slaughtered for Ogun. The testicles of the castrated he-goat and the cock were extracted and added to the heads of the boa and boa constrictor, put on the mortar and pounded thoroghly. The medicine was marked round Orunmila's waist, and the rest was mounted on the skin of the castrated he-goat with a brass scimitter any mytre on it (Ada and Eben in Bini with igheghan) The Mortar was finally washed and the water was used to wash the Ifa seeds (Ikin) and thereafter for him to bathe with it. He subsequently regained his potency. When this Ifa appears at Ugbodu, the person will be told that he is likely to marry or have sexual relations with nine women, the second of which will come from the palace of Olokun to enrich him. He should endeavour to avoid attending meetings or belonging to social gathering in order not to suffer from sporadic sexual power failure, which he should forestall by preparing the special sacrifice (Ono-lfa or Odiha) with the castrated he-goat after serving the Ifa with a ram. He will be a force to reckon with in the society.
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that he was ever so satisifed with the rare privilege of staying by God's side in putting the affairs of universal government right. In his reaction, God reassured lagemo that his experience was meant to enable him to realize that it is not the guilty alone that suffers, the innocent more often than not suffer for what they know nothing about. The experience was designed to enable the innocent, no matter how they might be badgered about, would always remain on their feet and live to a ripe old age. The Almighty Father proclaimed that the lives of innocent victims of falsehood would always be longer and more prosperous than those of their accusers. With that proclamation, God invited Alagemo to resume his eternal position by His side. When this odu appears at divination, the person will be advised to make sacrifice against the danger of being made to suffer humiliation for an accusation he/she knows nothing about. He/she should make sacrifices to Esu and Olokun.
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Orunmila said circles on circles. The yam, plantain and maize all move in circles to bear fruits That was the incantation with which this odu made divination for a barren woman to have a child after making sacrifice. When this odu appears at divination, for a man, he will be advised to take proper care of his wife because a child is following her. If sacrifice is made the woman will have a child before the end of the year.
Another Variation to the Exploits of Afuma, the Parasite Plant How Afumo Became the King of Plants
Oro gba gede gba was the awo who made divination for eighty forest, advising each of them to make sacrifice with a he-goat and parrot feathers to Esu, adding white cloth. All the plants refused to make the sacrifice with the exception of Afumo who made the sacrifice as was directed.
THE ODUS OF ETURA Etura Ogunda Meanwhile, Esu instigated a quarrel among the plants and they began to fight about who among them was the most senior. When the dispute aggravated into pandomonium, they all trooped to the Almighty Creator for a settlement. God told all of them to return after seven days for a decision, on who was their leader. On the fourth day, Esu caused Afumo to have leg pains that made it impossible for him to walk. On the appointed day, Afumo was in severe pains and could not get up let alone walk to the venue of the conference. Meanwhile all the other plants were assembled and Esu transfigured into a knight of the heavenly grail. When God asked the plants whether they were all present, they all answered that they were all assembled. Esu however intervened to disclose that Afumo was not present. The other plants explained that he could not come because of his leg injury and that in any event, he was too inconsequential to bother about. The Almighty Father however insisted that unless all of them were assembled, He could not pronounce His judgment. The kolanut tree and Iroko then left to fetch Afumo. Since he could not walk on his feet the kolanut plant decided to carry Afumo on his head. As soon as Afumo sat on Kolanut's head, Esu covered him up with the white cloth with which he had made sacrifice, placing a parrot's feather on his head. When they arrived at the venue, God asked the other plants who it was that, was clad in white cloth and wearing a parrot's feather. All the plants answered that it was Afumo. When the kolatree wanted to put Afumo on the ground, God proclaimed that from then on, Afumo should no longer touch the ground with his feet except on the heads of other trees because he was the king of all plants. That is why Afumo only grows on top of other trees. At divination, the person will be advised to make sacrifice in order to attain the leadership position awaiting him or her in the offing. He or she is endowed with leadership qualities and will attain it if he or she makes the foregoing sacrifice.
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