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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
Keleyi orubo, ko si bo eegun pe eegun ni o ba eleyi segun ota Ore eleyi kan si ree ti won jo n sore, ko sora fun ore naa nitori ore naa yio gbabode fun ko si ma maa so oro enu re fun eleyi tan
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Petenbole Okirini Kisi
Ka susu oo le kafi disa eera
Adifafun ijimere
To oun aaya jo n sota
Ebo won ni won o se
Ijimere ni nkan ni be leyin ti n tubo
Ero ipo
Ero ofa
E ba ni laru segun
Ka susu oo le kafi disa eera
Adifafun ijimere
To oun aaya jo n sota
Ebo won ni won o se
Ijimere ni nkan ni be leyin ti n tubo
Ero ipo
Ero ofa
E ba ni laru segun
Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)
- Epo
- Eko
- Agbado
- Owo
- A o fi eko olele, obi, ati oti bo eegun.
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Ese Keji
Ese Keji
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message
Keleyii o rubo ko maa woran lenun loo lo yii nitori kire ajere ole to lowo, nitori ire aye eleyi ni orunmila wa lo toba wa nbo toba ba eleyi lode o ijo yio wo wipe eyin ewo eni toun torire nwa ajere kiri ki orunmila o maa baa wa ko irere fun elomi.
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Eti erin ni odojo poju erin
Adifafun orunmila
Baba n be laarin ota
Ebo won ni ose
O gbebo nibe o rubo
Ero ipo
Ero ofa
Eba ni laru segun
Adifafun orunmila
Baba n be laarin ota
Ebo won ni ose
O gbebo nibe o rubo
Ero ipo
Ero ofa
Eba ni laru segun
Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)
- Epo
- Eko
- Agbado
- Owo
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Ese Keta
Ese Keta
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message
Keleyi orubo, eleyi n se wahala kotori Owo sugbon korubo ko ni se wahala mo koto ma n rowo sele aye omo orunmila ni eleyi ise awo leleyi yio se to yi o fi da
Ese — Yoruba Verse
A da taka agbigbo
Adifafun igunnugun
Omo agbelu jofe
Igba ti n tomi oju sogbere ire gbogbo
Ebo won ni ose
O gbebo nibe o rubo
Ero ipo
Ero ofa
E ba ni bola ba pere gede
Adifafun igunnugun
Omo agbelu jofe
Igba ti n tomi oju sogbere ire gbogbo
Ebo won ni ose
O gbebo nibe o rubo
Ero ipo
Ero ofa
E ba ni bola ba pere gede
Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)
- Epo
- Eko
- Agbado
- Etu
- Owo
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Ese Kerin
Ese Kerin
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message
Keleyi orubo pe ire eleyi n be ni to si ire kire re ole te lomo keleyi osi ma n ma n se ahun ko si dimo oun ifa daada.
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Pepele ni ogbeleji
Adifafun orunmila
Baba o fowo adugbo se tie
Ebo won ni o se
O gbebo nibe o rubo
Ero ipo
Ero ofa
E ba ni ni moro ire.
Adifafun orunmila
Baba o fowo adugbo se tie
Ebo won ni o se
O gbebo nibe o rubo
Ero ipo
Ero ofa
E ba ni ni moro ire.
Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)
- Epo
- Eko
- Agbado
- Owo
Awure — Alchemist Formula
Yoruba
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Explore Ifa
Otura Irete 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: Otura Meji, Otura Ogbe, Otura Oyeku, Otura Iwori.
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