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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 ni eleyii n ba eni kan sota, pe eni naa juulo sugbon ebo ni ko ru, ko le baa segun eni naa
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Itakun peele awo eba ona
Adifafun aake oun iroko
Nijo ti won jo n sota
Adifafun aake oun iroko
Nijo ti won jo n sota
Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)
- Aake kan
- Akuko adie kan
- Epo
- Eko
- Agbado
- Opolopo owo
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Ese Keji
Ese Keji
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message
Ifa ni ki eleyii o rubo fobinrin re, ki awon ota o mo baa pa a molowo, ki iyawo re naa o si ma ki oloku tabi alaare fun ojo merindinlogun
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Orooro adi
Adifafun adie okooko
Ti n be laarin ota
Adifafun adie okooko
Ti n be laarin ota
Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)
- Eyele meji
- Igbin meji
- Obi meje
- Epo pupa
- Eko
- Agbado
- Owo
3
Ese Keta
Ese Keta
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message
Ifa ni keleyii o rubo lenu ise re pe yoo la ko si ma sinwo lenu ojo meta yoo nitori aje.
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Igijegede sogbade
Adifafun mansinwo
Tii somo itobi laafi
Adifafun mansinwo
Tii somo itobi laafi
Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)
- Opolopo obi
- Eku emon meji
- Epo
- Eko
- Agbado
- Owo
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Ese Kerin
Ese Kerin
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message
Ifa ni ibi kan ni eleyii nlo pe korubo yoo sir ire bo nibe.
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Igijegede sogbade
Adifafun Aganronke
Ti n sawo relu okere
Adifafun Aganronke
Ti n sawo relu okere
Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)
- Akuko adire kan
- Epo
- Eko
- Agbado
- Owo
Explore Ifa
Oyeku Ofun 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: Oyeku Meji, Oyeku Ogbe, Oyeku Iwori, Oyeku Odi.
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