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Odu Ifa Sacred Divination Pattern
The sacred Odu marks as cast on the Opele or Ikin divination tray
1
Ese Kinni
Ese Kinni
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message
Ifa ni ota po fun eleyii, ko rubo yoo pada wadi eni ti aye o maa warifun.
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Owonrin palaba ipabo
Adifafun oluweri
Ti be laarin ota
Adifafun oluweri
Ti be laarin ota
Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)
- Abo adie kan
- Obi meji
- Oti
- Epo
- Eko
- Agbado
- Owo
2
Ese Keji
Ese Keji
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message
Ifa ni eleyii n lo ibi kan ti awon ota si ti rona dee, pe ebo ni ko ru ko le ba a ni iseguns
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Owarin Babalawo gbaro
Lodifafun Gbaaro
Igba tin be laarin ota
Lodifafun Gbaaro
Igba tin be laarin ota
Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)
- Eyele mejia
- Akuko adie kan
- Abodie kan
- Epo
- Eko
- Agbado
- Opolopo owo
3
Ese Keta
Ese Keta
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message
Ifa pe ire ola fun eleyii, pe ki o rubo nitori ola ati wipie iran eleyii olowo ni won je.
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Owarin lawo inun omi
Olobara awo ale odo
Adifafun Ondese adi omo ola kan diran nile wa Ebo ni won ni ko se
O si gbebo nibe o rubo
Ko e pe o
Ko e jinna
Aje wa jede tuturu
Olobara awo ale odo
Adifafun Ondese adi omo ola kan diran nile wa Ebo ni won ni ko se
O si gbebo nibe o rubo
Ko e pe o
Ko e jinna
Aje wa jede tuturu
Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)
- Eyele meji
- Epo
- Eko
- Agbado
- Opolopo owo
4
Ese Kerin
Ese Kerin
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message
Ifa ni ki eleyii o rubo, pe owo eleyii yoo po, yoo si di eni taye o maa pesin.
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Owonrin lawo olobara
Awo sereyo
Adifafun Sereyo
Ti n fomi oju sogbere ire gbogbo
Awo sereyo
Adifafun Sereyo
Ti n fomi oju sogbere ire gbogbo
Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)
- Opolopo eree
- Abodie meji
- Epo
- Eko
- Agbado
- Opolopo owo
Explore Ifa
Owonrin Obara 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: Owonrin Meji, Owonrin Ogbe, Owonrin Oyeku, Owonrin Iwori.
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