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The sacred Odu marks as cast on the Opele or Ikin divination tray
Ese — Yoruba Verse
O sika tan onbere
Adifafun Orunmila
Nijo ti baba n sowo lo si Oja ejigboro mekun
Awon ota nin koninde
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
papa julo ibi kan leleyin loyi
korubo kole baader
keleyi osi man deja
koman so wipe iro ninfanpa
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Eko
Agbado
Owo
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Omanratan otunsika
Adifafun oningbadi
Igba tin be laarin ota
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
eeyan ti o lagbega ni elelyii
sugbon awon ota eleyi koje ki
eleyi olase yori
keleyi osiman fi oju di
awo wipe awo kan kere
awo ti oba elelyi se gun otare
awo kekerenin
sugbon kelelyi o man foju di awoo
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Eko
Agbado
Owo
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Adifafun orunmila
Baba obori ore
La ebo wonin ose
O gbebo nibe o rubo
Kee pe
Kee jinana
Ewa banin nin wowore
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
ore eleyi kan ree
keleyi obori re
ori ore yin in ola eleyi
keleyi osi bofa pelu
eku eja abodi ekan
oti obi ati opolo owo
nin eleyi ofi bofa
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Eko
Agbado
Eyele kan
Owo
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Adifafun folori iranra
Ti oran egba ori
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
ifa loun pere aje
keleyi osi bo orire
pelu eye etu kan
obi, oti ati owo
ifanin eleyi yiola ti oba latan
opolopo eeyan nin owo tara eleyi
dide
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Eko
Agbado
Owo
Awure — Alchemist Formula
Yoruba
opolopo eeso olowerenjeje
opolopo eeso ido
eepo obo die
odidi atare kan
ao jo po a o man fi epo pupa la
ti aba fe sun lale lale
Explore Ifa
Ofun Odi 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 Akose (alchemical remedies).
This Odu is also known as: Ifa Ofun Odi. Understanding all its names helps in recognizing it across different Ifa lineages and traditions.
Odus that share the same family or pairing include: Ofun Meji, Ofun Ogbe, Ofun Oyeku, Ofun Iwori.
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