Why Did Oshun Hide Under Orunmila's Tray? The Woman Who Won the Cowrie Oracle

Why did Oshun hide under Orunmila's tray? Because in Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola's Orunmila: Witness of Destiny, Owner of Ifa (Chapter 3, 'The Woman Under the Tray'), the knowledge of Ifa was sealed to women when Ifa was new in the world, and Oshun refused the sealing: she watched the Witness work and understood, and when Orunmila discovered her he made a settlement - women would not divine with the ikin, but Oshun, and through her all women who carry the gift, would divine with the sixteen cowries, merindinlogun. This educational article (Orunmila round 5) is anchored in Chapter 3 in full - 'The watching', 'What the story means', and 'The ongoing relationship' - first use as an anchor in this series. Teachings: read the settlement as jurisdiction, not exclusion; the cowrie oracle is a parallel art, not a consolation prize; a wisdom that cannot be surprised is machinery, not wisdom; a woman's road to divination was opened by precedent, not permission. The tellings vary on Oshun's method and the book's variation is preserved, not settled. Source and related reading, stated exactly: the teaching SOURCE is Orunmila: Witness of Destiny, Owner of Ifa by Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola (Ajarn Shaman Shu). No verified retail link for the Orunmila volume is on file - none is offered. The volume carried in the related-reading block is The Original AI: Ancestral Intelligence by Ajarn Shaman Shu, which is related reading, not the source. Devotional/educational only; study is not initiation.