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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
Okanran dasedase
Adifafun ase aba jagba
Igba ti won moni oju soggbere ire gbogbo
Ebo ni won ni ki won o se
Won gbebo ni be won rubo
Ero po
Ero ofa
Ewa bani ni jebutu ire gbogbo
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Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
Ifa pe oun pe ire gbogbo fun eleyi
EBO ni ki elelyi ose io fi
eye etu meta rubo ki ire
ole ba tolowo
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Eyeetu meta
Epo
Eko
Obi
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Ese Keji
Ese Keji
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Okanran sense
Adifafun eja nijo ti gbogun lo Ilodo Ebo ni won ni kose Ogbebo nibe orubo
Nje, kosi bi takan odo
Takan emo eja
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Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
Ifa pe oun pe ire gbebo fun eleyi
ki elelyi orubo ki isu re letan
kaye ebo ni kose kio fi
eyele meje rubo
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Eyele meje
Epo
Eko
Obi
3
Ese Keta
Ese Keta
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Ise kose oun tafi sere
Osin kose oun tafi se awada
Ti eniyan baburiburi toba
Boju ise wolu igba kigba ni
Won fi bomi fun won
Adifafun olokanran
Eyi ti n rin igba ise kiri
Ebo ni won ni kose
Osi gbebo ni be orubo
Nje isetan oro loku
Mobo nu eri mowe senu
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Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
ifa ni ki eleyi orubo ise oun
uya pe eleyi sise gidingan ebo
ni kose odidi eran elede ni
yio fib o ifa ki ara ole bade
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Odidi eran elede kan
Epo
Eko
Obi
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Ese Kerin
Ese Kerin
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Okanran dasedase
Adifafun Ase nagenage
Eyi ti n momi oju sogbere omo
Ebo ni won ni kose
O gbebo ni be orubo
Nje, morasemi
Olorun jekodo mo
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Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
Ifa ni oun pe ire omo fun
eleyi pe oju omo nip on ebo
ni kose kole baa di olomo kio
si lobo ifa pelu eku meji eja
meji abodie meji
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
eku meji
eja meji
abodie meji
epo
eko
obi
Awure — Alchemist Formula
Yoruba
Ao toju ewe oriji ao toju ewe tete abalaye ao wa lopo ao wa
fi se odidi eye etu kan lepo ni yo ao wa ta oti oyinbo die si lori ina ti abASE tio baji naa ao w a so kale ao wa ko si ori ifa ao wa se adura si ao was mon je ni ori ifa yin titi ti yio ti tan
Isegun / Akose — Victory Formula
Yoruba
Ao toju ase ati agbo ati ewe segun sete ao wa lo papo ao wa po mon ose dudu ao wa lofi po eru oju aro ao wa lofi we ori sodo ti banu san
Explore Ifa
Òsé Òkánràn 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: Ose Meji, Òsé Ogbè, Òsé Òyèkù, Òsé Iwòrì.
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