In this path: Obatalá left to look for Oshosi, who was a forest dweller and hunter. Oshosi believed he had no father and spoke of having been born from nothing. Obatalá, when he went looking for Osh...osi, disguised himself as a deer, mounted a mirror on his forehead, and went deep into the forest. Oshosi, upon sensing a noise, began to shoot at the deer, which was none other than Obatalá in disguise. The more he shot, the more he missed and this was when the deer began to sing:
Bansemi Semi Bansemi Semi; Eke Eke Omó Eyaluko Egue Gui Omó Temi.
Oshosi wondered how this animal sang to him, and the song itself told him that the deer was his father though he believed he had no family. The deer got closer to him and continued singing and Oshosi continued trying to shoot him but not a single arrow got him.
When the deer was very close to Oshosi, he lifted his head and the sun’s reflection lit up its eyes. Oshosi kneeled and threw his bow and arrows on the ground and began to sing:
Bansemi Semi Boromi Romi Aruciko Kekiko Erosibaba Karere; Erosibaba Yaloko Erosibaba Temini.
This song means: I am defeated; I have found my father. Then, Obatalá answered him saying that even the leaves on the trees have a father and mother because the earth is the mother and the sea is the father, since the land and the water give life to plants. There is no one who lives alone; we all have someone who we belong to.
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