The sacred Odu marks as cast on the Opele or Ikin divination tray
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message
Ese — Yoruba Verse
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Alakaiku ni Baba erin
Odoromun ni Baba efon
Odoromun ni o gbe
Alakaiku mi terin terin
Tile kudi tilekudi
Toun tapo alukurani
Toun tapo alukurani
Adifafun oosala oseremongbo
Igbati nti irenje ile losi
Irenje oko
Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)
- Opolopo igbin
- Eyele funfun meta
- Akuko adie meta
- Epo
- Eko
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Alakaiku ni Baba erin
Odoromun ni Baba efon
Odoromun ni ogbe
Alakaiku mi
Terin terin
Adifafun ori nigaga ingogo
Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)
- Eye etu meta
- Pepeye meji
- Agbon
- Eyetu kan
- Pelu obi ati oti
- Epo ati eko
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Oke le gege monye
Adifafun onikayekun
Igbati nfomi oju sogbere omo
Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)
- Agbebo adie meji
- Akuko adie meji
- Eyele meji
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Irun pe lori
Irun di ewu
Egbo perese adi
Jakute
Adifafun alakaiku
Igbati nbe laarin osiri
Ti nbe laarin ota
Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)
- Oruko kan
- Obi fun ori
- Orogbo
- Oti
- Akuko
- Epo
- Eko
Awure — Alchemist Formula
Yoruba
Ori ologbo meji ewe adagudu topo dada odidi atare meji Totobi dada ao jo papo ao teni odu ifa ikayeku yio mon fi
foko Tutu mun tabi oti schnapps leyin ti ati se adura si tan dada.
Explore Ifa
Ika Oyeku is one of the 256 sacred Odu Ifa — the corpus of divination verses that form the foundation of the Yoruba oracle system. Each Odu contains multiple Ese (verses) alongside their Ase (spiritual power), Ebo (sacrifice), and Alchemist formulas (alchemical remedies).
This Odu is also known as: Ika Yeku. Understanding all its names helps in recognizing it across different Ifa lineages and traditions.
Odus that share the same family or pairing include: Ika Meji, Ika Ogbe, Ika Iwori, Ika Odi.
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