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Odu Ifa Sacred Divination Pattern
The sacred Odu marks as cast on the Opele or Ikin divination tray
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Ese Kinni
Ese Kinni
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message
Ifa pe eni ti o da ifa yi ki orubo kosi boo gun dada nitori ogun
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Abe aka ogbomo esin
Ona baluwe ko gbomo ololo pan san
Koni gbologbo ko gbekute ile
Adifafun sango
Ti n lo lee gbarugba
Tii se obinrin ogun
Yo si gba molegbe ti se obinrin oosa
Ona baluwe ko gbomo ololo pan san
Koni gbologbo ko gbekute ile
Adifafun sango
Ti n lo lee gbarugba
Tii se obinrin ogun
Yo si gba molegbe ti se obinrin oosa
Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)
- Oruko kan
- Alabahun
- Akuko
- Epo
- Ewa
- Oti
- Epo
- Eko
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Ese Keji
Ese Keji
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message
Ifa pe ki eleyi o bogun ti oba fe se etutu re leyin na ki won o si yinbon leyin etutu
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Akayalese oba je lori
Adifafun ounyagbe aboko tanrere
Eyi tin toko bo wa ile waje wo
Adifafun ounyagbe aboko tanrere
Eyi tin toko bo wa ile waje wo
Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)
- Akuko adie
- Eyele meji
- Agbebo adie meji
- Epo
- Eko
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Ese Keta
Ese Keta
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message
Ifa pe ki eleyi o rubo isegun ota ifa pe aarin ota ni eleyi wa
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Atipiri si omodi si atipiri
Adifafun ogun ti o mo sisi ti aka osi mogba
Adifafun ogun ti o mo sisi ti aka osi mogba
Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)
- Oruko kan
- Akuko adie meji
- Epo
- Eko
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Ese Kerin
Ese Kerin
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message
Ifa ki eleyi orubo ifa ti o ba ti de awujo ko le mon ri ifa je
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Loorere sanran
Awo ile alasikolo a
Adifafun alasikolo tona lawe
Igba ti mo mioju so gbere ire
Awo ile alasikolo a
Adifafun alasikolo tona lawe
Igba ti mo mioju so gbere ire
Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)
- Eyele meji
- Eyeetu meji
- Akuko adie meji
- Epo
- Eko
Awure — Alchemist Formula
Yoruba
IRE-AJE
Yepe idi esu ti n gbebo dada ewe won jo tutu ao gun papo mon ose dudu ako sinu paaka idi esu
Ao te iyere osun ni IKAGUNDA ao po papo mon
Yepe idi esu ti n gbebo dada ewe won jo tutu ao gun papo mon ose dudu ako sinu paaka idi esu
Ao te iyere osun ni IKAGUNDA ao po papo mon
Explore Ifa
Ogunda Ika 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).
Odus that share the same family or pairing include: Ogunda Meji, Ogunda Ogbe, Ogunda Oyeku, Ogunda Iwori.
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