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This Odu highlights the need for patience and perseverance.
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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
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Okanran reterete
Awo omi lose fafun omi
Nijo ti n be lagbatemon omo araye
Awo omi lose fafun omi
Nijo ti n be lagbatemon omo araye
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Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
Ifa ni ki elleyi orubo isegun ota pe ota kan ni gbogun ti elelyi ebo ni kose kio si lobo ogun pelu akujko adire kan kio si lofi akujko adire kan rubo
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Akuko adire meji
Epo
Eko
Oti
Obi
Epo
Eko
Oti
Obi
2
Ese Keji
Ese Keji
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Oni mo dafadafa ifami iboni
Ola mo dafadaf ifami iboni
Adifafun owere lanuja ti se
Omo bibi inu agbonmeregunn
Igba ti won ni korubo ni laiku
Arare
Ogbebo ni be orubo
Nje owere ni moja
Ni koje kiraye bakulo
Moti loba fa je yindiayindin
Ni koto akitan
Ola mo dafadaf ifami iboni
Adifafun owere lanuja ti se
Omo bibi inu agbonmeregunn
Igba ti won ni korubo ni laiku
Arare
Ogbebo ni be orubo
Nje owere ni moja
Ni koje kiraye bakulo
Moti loba fa je yindiayindin
Ni koto akitan
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Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
Ifa ni oun pe ire laiku fun elelyi ki elelyi olo bo ifa ni koto akintan pe lu eran elede kan
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Odidi eran elede kan
Epo
Eko
Obi
Oti
Epo
Eko
Obi
Oti
3
Ese Keta
Ese Keta
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Okanran reterate
Awo ori
Losefafun ori
Nijo ti n sunkun pe oun oleni kan
Awo ori
Losefafun ori
Nijo ti n sunkun pe oun oleni kan
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Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
ifa so pe oun pe ire ifa fun elelyi pe oju ire gbogbo nip on eleyin ebo ni kose kio si lobo orire pe ni eja aro minla kan kio si fi eku eja abodie bo ifa naa
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Eku kan
Eja kan
Abodire kan
Eja aro ni nle kan
Epo
Eko
Obi
Oti
Eja kan
Abodire kan
Eja aro ni nle kan
Epo
Eko
Obi
Oti
4
Ese Kerin
Ese Kerin
Ese — Yoruba Verse
simi titi lawo simititi simijinaa lawo simijinaa tiba sio titi mi opade leyin re adifafun olokanran ti saw lo sotun ifa rere
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Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
Ifa ni ire gogbo fun elelyi lokere Ki o rubo kole bako ore okere dele ebo ni kose ki elelyi osi kote Ifa kia ara ola bade kio bo Ifa pelu eraan ewura kan
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Eran ewure kan
Epo
Eko
Obi
Epo
Eko
Obi
Awure — Alchemist Formula
Yoruba
Ao toju ewe akisan pelu ata ijosin ao wa lopapo ao wa fi se eran elelde ekin ri merindinlogun lepo ni yo ao wa lomu aso funfun taba ti se oba yin tan ao wa aso funfun yin ao wa
se adura si obe obe yin ao wa je obe naa aso funfun yin ni ao wa di ilesu ojonaa
se adura si obe obe yin ao wa je obe naa aso funfun yin ni ao wa di ilesu ojonaa
Isegun / Akose — Victory Formula
Yoruba
ao toju irewe oju omi ao wa
lo ao wa po mon ose dudu
ao wa lowe si odo tobanusan fun
ojo meta
lo ao wa po mon ose dudu
ao wa lowe si odo tobanusan fun
ojo meta
Related Odu — Same Family & Pairs
Explore Ifa
Okanran 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 Akose (alchemical remedies).
Odus that share the same family or pairing include: Okanran Meji, Okanran Ogbe, Okanran Oyeku, Okanran Iwori.
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