Ọ̀wọ́nrín Ṣogbè

Three times in this Odù a bond is broken, and not once by a villain.È¿ù combs one side of his head and leaves the other wild, then walks between two farmers who have been friends all their lives. One sees a man beautifully groomed. The other sees a disgrace. Both are telling the truth. All either had to do was walk round to the other side.¿¿w¿¿nrín lends Ogbè a pot. Ogbè gives ¿¿w¿¿nrín's small son a chain for his neck. Years later they quarrel, and each asks for his own property back - a pot with a tree grown out of it, and a chain that does not come off a child. The king rules correctly twice.And before any of it, the Eníyán left heaven saying plainly they meant to trouble the world - and they made sacrifice. The humans were warned to do the same, and would not.The Odù ends not with a judgement but with a request, sung: Eníyán is the name we call the witches. You eníyán, allow human to have peace.¿¿w¿¿nrín ¿ogbè means ¿¿w¿¿nrín ties Ogbè down. The Odù is named after the friendship it destroyed - and it is spoken in houses every day, where people still duck their heads when they hear it, because È¿ù comes to the earth with a sword.Three painted ìtàn in one volume, with the Yorùbá verse, a glossary, and a closing note on what was agreed.