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Ògbe Òtùrùpòn Excerpt
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The sacred Odu marks as cast on the Opele or Ikin divination tray
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Ese Kinni
Ese Kinni
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Oturu pong be pongba
Alapo agbe opn gioko
Adifafun atirose
Nijo tilo oju de oba esilolejo
Ebo ni won nikose
O sigbebo nibe orubo
Nje mosebo oturupongbe pongba
Mose be oturupon gbe
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Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
Ifa pe oun pere gbogbo fun
eleyi pe oun sip ere iyin fun ebo
ni kose kio si lobo ifa pelu pepeye
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Pepeye Kan
Epo
Eko
Obi
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Ese Keji
Ese Keji
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Elubo lodanu monhun
Adifafun oja nijo tiraye apesin
pintinpinti
EBO ni won ni kose
osigbebo nibe orubo
nje otogege kepe simi
nitori doja
nitodeni apesin
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Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
Ifa ni oun pe ire apesin fun eleyi kio lobo orisa pelu opolopo igbin kio si fin eku eja abodie bo ifa
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Eku kan
Eja kan
Abodie kan
Opolopo igbin
Epo
Eko
Obi
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Ese Keta
Ese Keta
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Olorupongbe pon gba
Alapon gbepon gioko
Aluponmongbe mongbepongba
Adifafun iyalode ipo
Eyi tiyio ni ewure darandaran nile
Ebo ni won ni kose
O si gberbo nibe orubo
Nje otukoran bowa o
Ewure abenu funfun
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Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
ifa ni oun pe ire isegun fun eleyi
ki eleyi olo fi ewure ti enu re ba funfun bo ifa ki ogun ti ja elelyi ole bASE kiwon osi se ifa re fun
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Eran ewure elenu funfun kan
Epo
Eko
Obi
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Ese Kerin
Ese Kerin
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Oturupongbe pongba
Alapongbe pongioko
Adifafun alabahun
Nijo ti o le gbingba oro loko
Ebo ni won ni kose
Osi gbebo nibe orubo
Nje igbalahun teregungun monja
Gungun tere igba olowo
Teregungun monja gungun tere igba
Elese teregungun monja
Gungun tere igba lahun
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Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
ifa ni ki elelyi orubo isegun
pe ire fun elelyi amon ogun be fun ko rubo ki o leba segun pe lu akuko adire meta kiwon omon fi okan bo esu
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
akuko adire meta
epo
eko
obi
Awure — Alchemist Formula
Yoruba
ao toju ewe anu pelu ata ijosin
ao fi se odindin ijapa kan ni epo
niyo ao wa gba iyere osun tia fid a
ifayin si ao wa se adura si ao wa je obe naa.
Isegun / Akose — Victory Formula
Yoruba
Ao loha iru ara ewure ti a fib o
Ifayin ao wa fi ewe apada si
Ao wa gun mon ose dundun
Ao wa mon fi ose naa we larolaro
Explore Ifa
Ògbe Òtùrùpòn 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).
Odus that share the same family or pairing include: Ogbe Oyeku, Ogbe Iwori, Ogbe Odi, Ogbe Irosun.
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