The sacred Odu marks as cast on the Opele or Ikin divination tray
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message
Keleyi orubo ibikan leleyin lo yi awon ota sope ko ni de korubo yio de ti oju osi ti awon ota re keleyi osi bo orisa oko orisa oko ni yio gba eleyi le lowo awon ota.
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Oba buu bu balawo ori
Adifa fun ori
Tin be laarin ota
IFA IRETE OWANRIN
Atewonrin Atewonrin
Adifa foosa oko agbarawo
Ti n sowo rebi atoke doke
Awon ota ni ko ni de
Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)
- Epo
- Eko
- Agbado
- Opolopo abere
- Ori ejo
- Owo
- Epo
- Eko
- Agbado
- Owo
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message
Keleyi orubo ire isegun ota feleyi lenu ise eleyi ogbodo lo si ibi ipade lenun loolo yii nitori awon ota ti mun ra le de eleyi ni pade keleyi osi ma maa binu lenu looloo yi kipa ota o man baa ka eleyi.
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Oba buu bu
Adifa fun oosa oko agbarawo
Igba tin be laarin ota
Atewonrin Atewonrin
Adifa folongbo jigolo
Ti n lo lee ba won naja taye o maa ra
Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)
- Epo
- Eko
- Agbado
- Owo
- Ao fi obi meji bo orisa oko
- Epo
- Eko
- Agbado
- Owo
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message
Keleyi orubo ko si bori ore re kan yoo la lodun yi niu pooro oko ni eleyi yoo ti bori ore re nan, ori ore eleyi ni ola.
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Adifa feegun
Ti n fomi oju sogbere ire gbogbo
Tipepere Lase
Adifa fun orunmila
Ifa obori ola ni poro oko
Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)
- Epo
- Eko
- Agbado
- Eyele kan
- Owo
- Ao fi obimeji bo eegun
- Epo
- Eko
- Agbado
- Owo
- Ao fi agbon meji bori
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message
Keleyi orubo ire aje koduro lowo re, ko rubo kire re ole ba duro lowo re keleyii o si bofa re pelu eku, eja abodie nitori orunmila ni oun yoo dako ire eleyi wa fun
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Iwo otete ki mi
Iwo o tete mo peni re lo bi mi lo mo
Adifa fun orunmila
Baba o gbare mun sigi
Tipe Pere Lase
Adifa fun orunmila
Baba lo un ogbare mun sigi
Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)
- Epo
- Eko
- Agbado
- Owo
- Ao fi eku eja abodie obi meji bofa
- Epo
- Eko
- Agbado
- Owo
Awure — Alchemist Formula
Yoruba
Ao to ju ori ejo eyi ke yi oko atare kana o lo po ao fi sin gbere kan siwaju
ISEGUN
Awo ejo eepo obo ebo sile ko nun ko ho ao gun po mo se ao maa fi we
Explore Ifa
Irete Irosun 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: Ifa Irete Irosun. Understanding all its names helps in recognizing it across different Ifa lineages and traditions.
Odus that share the same family or pairing include: Irete Meji, Irete Ogbe, Irete Oyeku, Irete Iwori.
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