You may not know what màgún stands for or means until you see someone who is being handled or prevented from kissing the dust because he had 'contacted' màgún. Yorùbá believe that, when a married woman turned herself to a world-class harlot in the community. Such a woman should be prevented from killing his husband in his prime age. To them, the appropriate antidote for the woman is Màgún. Màgún can be translated to 'don't lying on her' or don't touch her'.
However, to perfectly teach the woman a lesson cum her 'secret-lover'. Yorùbá have different categories of Màgún. Màgún òlómí, òníyóò, élépà, òlókìtí, éléjé, atí bébélò (water, salt, groundnut, somersault, blood-vomiting màgúns, etc). Their applications are not different. After they have being prepared by a 'competent' traditional herbalist. You are expected to place it on the floor for the woman. It must be done secretly! The moment the woman passed through it, she would be inflicted with màgún instantly.
Within nine days, the woman in question must have sex, if not she would die because the 'spirit of Màgún will not allow her to remain on earth. Thus, to the harlot-married woman and her secret-lover, death is the reward for a sinner. A few hours ago, I watched a film titled 'big girls'. It revealed how Yorùbá attached great importance to the concept of Màgún then. Some years ago, two secret lovers were publicly embarrassed. The husband had applied màgún on the woman.
Having had the sex, the duo found it difficult to separate, until they were brought to the public glare. The question now is, can Yorùbá concept of màgún be a solution to prostitution?
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