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Chief
Ade

day

Olo

gundu

du

.
2008.
ISBN: 978-0-615-
24432-7 TABLE OF
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Chapter Five

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Chapter Seven
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Chapter
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Pg269 PREFACE
This work is a
compilation of the
major sixteen Ods of
If and some of their
stories. They are from
different sources
including magazines
published and
unpublished, If books
and also oral
recitations. Much
thanks to Awtun

d
Aworeni for the input
of the oral recitations
and a lot of the
manuscripts. This
book would have not
been possible without
his input. The position
of the Ods is the
original position from
Il If

as followed in
William Bascom If
Divination book
published in 1969.
Because If has been
strictly oral teachings
for many years until
recently, the Ods are
still kept in oral forms.
Awtun

d Awreni
and I worked on a lot
of the oral recitations
and I did all of the
translations. There are
many more stories of
the Od of If that
may not be covered in
this book. There is no
one book that can
possibly cover all the
stories in the Od If.
As I have said before
no one know it all. Ifais
what our ancestors call
m

tan

. If is
something that one
can never know all of
its knowledge. Eyi o
m emi k m

- What
you know I may not
know Eyi momo Iwo
ko mo what I know you
may not know. It must
be noted that the
contents of this book is
a result of many
thoughts and many
people opinions and
not only of the author.
Thanks to many of the
elders that have made
efforts to preserve the
Yorb culture and
made great
contributions to the
growth of the
traditions. I feel
obligated that I should
add the little that I can
do to what they are
already doing.
Yorbsaid Ko
s"ohun tuntun lb
run -There is nothing
new under the sky.
The author takes no
responsibilities for the
consequences of the
outcome of the
circumstances in this
book. It is a reference
book for If
practitioners. All the
instructions in the
book should be giving
serious consideration.
It is a taboo for
someone that is not a
Babalwo to use the
contents of this book
as referredto in the
b offering /
sacrifice. Some of the
rituals may require
supervision or
attendance of other
practitioners.
DEDICATION
This book is dedicated
to my very first
Olwo. He was one of
the rbs of Il If by
the name Late
Awsad Awos

. I
also dedicate the book
to Araba of If

after
Awos

, rb
Ifsuy who was also
my Ojgb

n. I also
dedicate this book to
many of the Awo
Oldmerin

din

lgun

and awo l

fin at
ktas

. Some of
these awos have joined
the ancestors in the
recent years both here
in Nigeria and the New
World. To name few of
them are. Chief r,
Chief Awjbi of Il
Olgbd. Chief
Amygun

. By

kan

b. Chief
Elym, the Apena of
If. Chief Olafaye,
tdiml awo Ilar.
Chief Af

dgb, Chief
As

kind. Chief
Adl

kan

. Chief
Awpj Bogunb
Aflabi Epega.,ssi
kini Olusanyin, Chiefn
jbkin, Teddy
Holiday, Chief Bey
and ba Adefunmi the
1st of

tun

j Village
in South Carolina.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Special thanks to Tun

d
Ifl Awreni, the son of
the rb M

kran

wl
ds Awreni for his
immense contribution to
this book. Many of the oral
stories in this book came
from him. Tun

d went to the
elders in Il If

andy to
get more Odus. Baba r
was one of our inspirations
in the quest. The book
would have not been
possible without Tun

d
Awrni. I thank the rb
gby the supreme
authority and the spokes
mouth of run

ml. I also
thank all the children that
recited a lot of the If for
me. I thank Awflj
Ifatba Awreni, Owlab
Awd

tun Awreni., Ajbd

Awp

Awreni. I also pay

homage to the whole Awo
Oldmerin

din

lgun

. rb
Awym ds Awreni,
Chief gbngbn

Akanni
Iflol, Chief Ak

d awo of
If

Adfgbad Iftun

mie,
Chief As

d Osari Adyf,
Chief Tdiml Awo Ilar.
Fatba Gbenro., Chief
M

gbn

Awo Irm. Chief

Kin

rin

din

Awo Ideta, Chief

S

kind Awo ran

myan

,
Chief bakin l, awo Ode
jgb

, Opepe awo legbd,

Chief Afdgb k

run

sawolfin, m

parl
Oltid. Chief Adefalu
Awsad Mrind.Chief
Ssr awo tb, Chief
Etitan Sesere awo imojubi,
Chief Amosun, Chief
Am

, Chief Dsun

m,
Chief Adf, Chief
Ageiny

w, Chief Ereruda
awo Ido, Chief Erin

min

awo
ode w, Chief J

finp

,
Chief Awsis

Kyd,
Chief Fdp

and Chief
sekkerrebi"ja awo
Olorogbo. I thank
Babalawo Carlos Collazo for
encouraging me to study
more Ifa wisdom. I thank
my old friend Adele Lopez
for shearing with me the
syncronism of the Yoruba
Orca and the Catholic
Saints in the early 1980s. I
thank my good friend Chief
K

l Ab

l for involving
me in his ventures. I thank
Prof. Akin

l Akww for
agreeing to foreword my
first book. These books
would not have been made
without the input of many
of these awos. When one
awo joins the ancestors
another awo takes the
Chieftaincy of the deceased
awo. But what they did
continue to live after them
and we continue to praise
their spirits. I thank my
good friend Elizabeth
Macon Agee for her typing
work. I also thank Bimpe
for her typing work. I thank
all mym Awo. I am very
grateful to all the people
that I have used their books
and inputs in this book.Igi
kan ko le da gbo se One
tree can not be a forest. At
this time of If evolution, no
one can make Ifa book
without mentioning or using
one of the several books of
Prof. Wande Abmb

l, the
wse gby. We owe it all
to him. I pray that he
continue to be blessed with
good health, long life and
prosperity. I also
acknowledge the efforts of
Gb

lgbad Ppl and the

rest members of the
run

ml Youngster
International for their
courage and intense work of
bringing awareness and
knowledge of Ifa to the
people worldwide over the
years. May Oldmar
continue to bless you with
more wisdom. I pay homage
to Williams Bascom for his
Ifa books. My homage also
goes to Chief Awpj
Bogunb

. May his soul rest

in peace. Those are Awos.
There are many more awos
that continue to shear their
knowledge and spreading
the awareness of Ifa. I beg
those I did not mention
their names to please
forgive me.
FOREWARD
The Oral tradition
from Il If

said that
the Universe was a
vacuum several
million years ago.
Oldmar asked the
Sea to come manifest
in the planet. For
another several
million of years the sea
was by itself.
Oldmar in his busy
time recognized the
loneliness of the Sea
and decided to put
more time to the
creation of planet
Earth. He then sent

run

ml with some soil

from the heavens and
a five towed roaster
that helped spread the
soil on top of the Sea.
From then the Earth
continue to spread.
The Yorbs believed
that the spot where it
first started was in Il
If. The Yorbs
believe in existence of
only one God, but also
as maintained by
orthodox Christians,
divine essence is
manifested in more
than one person or
elements. So there are
the other energies in
which the supreme
energy manifested.
Such elements to the
Yorbs are the Sea,
the Oceans, the
Mountains, the Rivers,
the Wind, the Sky, and
the Thunder and
Lightning, Volcanic
eruption sites and so
on. The Yoruba
religion, as well as
Judaism, Islam and
Christianity are the
chief monotheistic
religion of the world.
However every
traditional African
community has its own
label to describe the
religion of his people.
Thus Chukwism have
been suggested for the
Igbo of Nigeria. The
Mendes for Sierra
Leone and Oldmar
for the Yorb of
Nigeria. Some people
like Late Fagben

ro
Beyioku and Chief
Fgbm jnk
suggested
Orunmilaism for the
Yorubas. Some
converted Yorubas
that have converted to
Islam and Christianity
call the
traditionalYorubas
Abrs meaning
(r worshipers).

run

ml in the system
of Yorb traditional
worship is only one of
the several entities
that the Yorbs
praise. These entities
appear to be
completely
autonomous each with
different practices,
practitioners and
rituals. But none of the
practices disagree the
supremacy of
Oldmar (God) in
Yoruba language. Dr.
Blj dw in his
book Oldmar (God
in Yorb Belief)
pointed out that It is
not easy to find a name
that precisely a
descriptive of real
nature of African
traditional religion.
Other scholars like
P.A Talbot and E.G
Parrinder also
recognizes this
difficulty. They both
realizes that the
Traditional African
society believes in the
existence of
omnipotent,
omnipresent,
omniscience, supreme
God and also in a large
number of subordinate
rs and deities. It
however appear that
they fail to note the
point that traditional
Africans in spite of his
belief in subordinate
deities would refer
everything to God as
the ultimate one. The
r are considered
as the intermediaries
between the people
and God. Just as the
Saints in some other
religious practices are
considered as the
privilege spiritual
begins who could help
their followers to
reach the supreme
God. Like most
African religions the
Yorb religion and
believe was never
given a chance. But
ironically the slaves
that were sold to the
Europeans were
shipped to the
Americas and the
Caribbean Island
about four to five
hundred years ago.
They took their
religion and culture
with them. The
Yorb religion which
comprises of worship
of Oldmar the
supreme energy of the
Universe and the
forces of the Universe
called the rs .The
knowledge of which is
taught through the
sacred scriptures of
If called the Ods by

run

ml the witness
of creation according
to Yorb mythology.
Ifa is the sacred words
of Oldmar which
was taught to
humanity by

run

ml. There had

been several
controversies on what
to call the traditional
African religion. Since
Ifa is the wisdom of it
all I will say it is
appropriate to call it
Ifaism. Most Africans
believe in the existence
of supernatural
powers which is
responsible for the
creation of the
universe and all things
in it, including Man.
Their religious
practices are the result
of their belief in
Oldmar the r,
and the energies of the
universe. God is called
Oldmar in Yoruba
language and the
Yoruba believe He/She
is responsible for the
creation of all life. Dr
Osadolor Imasogie in
his book African
Religion used an
example how a Yoruba
greets their loved ones
goodnight. Yoruba
usually says Olrun a
ji wao.Which literally
means may the
supreme God wake us.
The Gwari of
Northern Nigeria has
a similar goodnight
greeting. For example,
(Sheko gife nyi) which
means. May God
awaken us
tomorrow?... Yoruba
belief Oldmar
created the other
energies and the forces
of the Universe to help
continue the
evolutions of the
Universe. Yoruba
says, everything in the
world is in the hand of
Oldmar God.
Many scholars have
done comparative
studies of the world
religion, and this has
thrown much light to
the awareness of the
Origin of religious
ideas of the world.
According to some
research the great
world religions which
still have a great
number of followers
are Christianity, which
has perhaps about 685
million followers,
divided among is three
main branches, of
Roman Catholics with
about 330 million
members, Orthodox
Eastern Catholic
about 142 million
followers, and
protestants about 208
million people. Islam
or Mohammedanism
has about 510 million
followers worldwide.
Judaism has about 16
million followers,
Hinduism about 234
million followers,
Buddhism can perhaps
claim 452 million
followers, many of
which will also declare
themselves adherents
of Taoism,
Confusiasm, or Shinto.
Traditional Yoruba
religion claimed
approximately 10
million followers
worldwide. Ifa had
been recognized as the
great Oracular
religion of the Yorb
people and originated
from

rnml in
IleIfe. Now there are
organizations being
put together under
one to represent If,
r and the
practitioners in the
international world.
But it is still in the
beginning stage and
there are a lot of
problems doing so but
it must continue.
INTRODUCTION IFA
DIVINATION In the
Yorb religion, rnml
is the Great Priest Prophet.
He is the intermediary
between human and the
other energies of the
universe. He is regarded as
the compendium of the
knowledge which
Oldmar used to create
the Universe. That is why
the Yoruba praise him as
the witness of creation. He
is the know all who could
tell other divinities and
human being what to do to
please (Oldmar) God,
Man and other super
human forces through IF
Divination, the WORD and
the Ancient wisdom of the
Yorbs. This is why the
corpus of IF is as
important in the Yorb
system of faith and worship
as the Apostles and Nicene
Creed are in the Christian
religious practices and the
Kalima in Islam. If as well
as the Christian Bible or
any other Scriptures of
wisdom contain no
definition for God, but
contains much allusion and
praises to his being and
attributes. Many of the
African scholars do not
believe or even understand
If. May be because of how
their educators who were
mostly either Christians or
Muslims had presented or
interpreted the knowledge
in the Od If to them.
According to the Yorb
oral tradition from Il-If

,
rnml was the second of
the Yorb supreme beings
said to have been jointly
responsible for the creation
of the world. If was
therefore praised as the
witness of destiny.lri
pin

The other two supreme

beings are in order,
Odduw, and r n

la

.
Whilst Odduw. Was said
to have been responsible for
the general foundation of
the earth and for furnishing
the materials with which the
main creation of the
Universe were built from. In
order to practice Ifa
divination, one must be
initiated to Ifa priest hood. I
hope the stories of the Ods
in this book will help Ifa

practitioners.
If in itself is Truth, the
living truth that is the Holy
Breath of Oldmar,
Almighty God. That eternal
truth which was and is and
ever more shall be; the
truth that cannot change
nor pass away. If is about
truthfulness, righteousness
and peace on Earth. If is
the Truth as the Yorbas
have received it from their
Priest and Prophet,
rnml. If contains the
five different kinds of truth:
the scientific, the historical,
the artistic, the theological
and the logical. Ifa is the
synthesis of Science,
Religion, Philosophy and
Sociology. There is nothing
under the sun that is not
covered by If.
rnml, the god of
divination has several
names.
Baramiagbonniregun, which
means the tall straight palm
tree; rnml, which
replaces run m ni t y
l, meaning only heaven
knows who will prevail;
m

tn which means the

one that you can never
know all of; ygyig, which
means the immovable one;
Ikforj which means the
one that death forgives; ni
jk meaning the one that
you first greet in the
morning; brkti apj

ik d which means the one

that changes the day of your
death;gb

nlay,
meaning the wisdom of the
world. ptn Il

If

which
means the historian of the
ancient If

; At

rrky,
meaning the one that spread
all over the world;l

r"pn
meaning the witness of
destiny; Olo

kun as

day

meaning the owner of the

sea that makes all matters
become joy; p abwr
meaning the one that when
He says so it will be.
ru

nml is one of
Olo

dmar"s principal
representatives on Earth.
Great wisdom and power
was bestowed on rnml
by Oldmar.
Perseverance
The story of rr/sun

for
Babalwo
The Od tu

ra

Orko

(tu

ra

Oro

gb)

rr

or what we call sn is one of the

messengers of Oldmar in heaven. His
real name was knrin run as we learn
from the Od tur Ork. He was sent
to rnml as a caller (Ik

) to go and
call rnml.
Now read how the Od goes:
I do not walk with a caller messenger
(Ik

)
Cast If divination for rnml;
When they sent a negative message to
him from heaven, they told rnml to
make offerings. They said some
messenger is coming from heaven.
So that they do not take him to heaven
with them, they told him to make
offerings of children, egg, palm oil and
wine or liquor.
rnml listened to the advice and
made the offerings.
The eagle was the first messenger that
Oldmar sent to rnml to go and
call him with the eagle to heaven
The Eagle said to rnml that
Oldmar asked him to come with him;
rnml said that he heard but he does
not go with the messenger.
rnml gave the Eagle one chicken
egg that his ( rnml) babalwos told
him to make offerings with.
He asked the Eagle to give the egg to
Oldmar; To tell Oldmar that he is
on his way coming. Eagle carried the
chicken egg.
When the Eagle reached the middle of
the way, became turbulence
knocked the egg away from his
claws.
When the chicken egg hit the ground,
Eu clapped on it and it became a baby
chick.
When the Eagle started looking for the
egg, he could not find it. Instead he found
a baby chick.
The Eagle took the baby chick and
looked at it. He said this is not what
rnml gave him.
He said that what rnml gave him
was white and clear; He continued
looking for the egg.
This was how it got dark and the eagle
could not go to heaven any longer to go
tell Oldmar that rnml was
coming;
When Oldmar did not see the Eagle
returning, he sent the Crab to go and
call rnml to heaven.
When the Crab came to deliver the
message for rnml;
He said that he heard the message, but he
did not follow a messenger.
He gave the Crab the palm oil in a small
gourd to give to Oldmar that he was
on his way.
When the Crab got to the middle of the
way, became a big wave on the sea
knocked off the palm oil in his
hands. The palm oil spilled in the sea.
He now came back to the sea.
He was trying to gather the palm oil on
the surface of the sea. As he tried to
gather it from his right side the oil will
flow to the left side.
As he tried to gather it from his left side,
the oil will flow to the right side;
This was how the Crab was trying to
gather the palm oil that rnml gave
him to give to Oldmar and he could
not go back to heaven to deliver the
message from rnml.
After Oldmar expected the Crab for
sometime and he did not come back,
Oldmar sent for the Man from
outside in heaven.
He sent him to go and call rnml.
When mknrin run arrived
at ru

nml"s place, he delivered the

message from Olo

dmar to rnml.
rnml askedmknrin run to sit
down and wait for him; mknrin run
replied that he did not sit.
He said he will remain standing.
rnml told him to go back to heaven.
He said unless rnml followed him
rnml told him to wait and let him
finish what he was doing before he
came; It was themknrin run taboo
that, the daylight must not find him on
Earth; rnml pretends as if he was
getting ready to follow him.
He asked his servants to entertain
mknrin Orun.
They gave him wine to refresh himself.
After he finished drinking the wine he
fell asleep standing without falling
down. It was daytime before he wok.
After the daylight he had become sober.
He said What! He had slept ( sn)
Then rnml said he will be called
Osn from that day; rnml asked him
to b begin to go back to heaven. He said
he was tired ( r

m)
rnml said from that time his other
name will be Orre.
By that time he did not have any more
energy; Because the daylight had found
him on Earth. rnml said that from
then on he will use him for his walking
stick; And that he must never lay down
again.

RNML In the
Yorb religion

rnml is the Great

Priest Prophet. Is
regarded as the know
all who could tell other
divinities and human
being what to do to
please Oldmar and
the other energies.
Man and other super
human forces through
Ifa the ancient wisdom
of the Yorbs. This is
why the corpus of IF
is as important in the
Yorb system of faith
and worship as the
Apostles and Nicene
creed are in the
Christian religious
practices and the
Kalima in Islam. If as
well as the Christian
Bible or any other
Scriptures of wisdom
contain no definition
for God. But contain
much allusion and
praises to his being
and attribute.
According to the
Yorb oral history
from Il-If

,
Olodumare asked the
supreme energies to
oversee the creation of
the Earth.

rnml
was the second of the
Yorb supreme
beings said to have
been jointly
responsible for the
creation of the world.
The other two
supreme beings are in
order, Odduw., and
rnl. Whilst
Odduw was said to
have been responsible
for the general
foundation of the
earth and for
furnishing the
materials which were
used in the creation of
the earth namely iron
clay and so on
There are different
types of If priests and
priestesses today
depending on the type
of calling they
received and the
initiation and training
theyve undergone. I
will explain some of
the different If priest
and priestess
initiations to clear
some of the confusion
among the
practitioners.
Here are categories of
initiations and
Babalawos/Iyanifas:
Awo Olo

du

This is
Ifa

initiation in which
the initiate witness the
Odu

. This initiation is
the ultimate If
initiation. The initiate
after training is given
the permission and
authority to perform
Ifa work to the full
extent.
Awo Ele

gan

. Awo
Elgan

is when the
initiate do not see or
be introducing to the
Odu. The Babala

wo or
I Iya

nfa

in these
circumstances may not
practiceIfa

to its full
extent because of the
nature of their
initiation. It takes at
least between six to
eight Babala

wos to
initiate another awo.
Receiving one hand of
Ifa

is much simpler
and do not require a
great number of awos.
Some one with one
hand of If could not
practice as a Babalwo
or ynf. One must
be a fully initiated Ifa
priest or priestess to
practice Ifa

. How ever
any one that hasone
hand of Ifa

can
worship and pray to
that Ifa

for themselves
and their families.
Ifa

Ogun (Ifa

in a
War).
This Ifa

initation that
was done and finish
the same day. This
type of initiation
started as a result of
the incident that took
place on the day the
initiate was taking to
the grove of Od
(igbd). War broke
out in the town during
the If initiation, and
the war drove
everyone out of the
Igbodu to the house.
The ceremony was
finished in the house.
As from that time on,
If Ogun is been done.
The Babalawos will
come home to finish
the ceremonies the
same day.
Ifa

Ado

. If Ad could
be done in the room
instead of going to the
grove of Od
(Igbd). The first
time this Ifa initiation
was done in Ado,
ninety five people
accompany the initiate
to the groove of Od.
in the ceremony the
Ifa that came was
dn, gun

d kosun
that we also call
gun

d perantan

. The
meaning of this od
was that war is on its
way. In a flash war
broke in to the town
and killed twenty out
of the 90 people. Since
that day the initiation
of that type is made in
the room out of fear of
the previous war.
Before leaving the
Igbd the If priest
or priestess are given
their taboos. The may
also be giving
theparaphernalia"s of
If and divination.
Beside the Ikin the

is another tool of
divination. The Ibos
are the elements that
represent good or bad
in questions to If in
divination. The four
cowries tied together
represents Ire while
the stone or the bone
from the knee of a
goat that was
sacrificed to
represents Ibi. Some
times Ibi are called the
Ajoguns.
Her are few list of Ires
and Ibis.
Ire: Ire k, (blessing
of longevity) Ire Ow,
(blessing of money) Ire
Omo, (blessing of
children) Ire Ay

(blessing of happiness)
Ire Igbega lenu Ise
(blessings of
promotion on the job).
Ire Aya, (blessing of
wives) Ire Ol,
(blessing of wealth),
ire Iyi, (blessing of
dignity) and so on and
so forth.
Ibi:
Ibi Ik, (negativity of
death). Ibi arun,
(negativity of disease
and sicknesses) Ibi ofo,
(Negativity of losses),
Ibij

(negativity of
court cases and the
law), Ibi kb
(something that was
brought upon the
person) and so on. The
Babalwo can know
which hand to ask for
going by the seniority
of the Odus. If Od on
the right side of the
Babalawo is the senior
the left hand of the
client is chosen. If the
left side is higher the
right hand of the client
is chosen.

is an
easier tool to use for
the b. Although some
Babalwos prefer to
use the Ikin all
through the
divination. The
arrangement of the
seniority of the Ods
in this book is based
on the order of the
original sixteen major
Ods from Ile Ife
which is the same
arrangement in Ekiti..
It is slightly different
from the arrangement
of the Ods from

and ijebu.
How the Positions of
Od changed from Il
If

to other Yorb
towns. The Oral story
from Ile If explained
how the Od changed
position fory, Ijbu,
Abokuta and some
other arrears. The
story goes like this; It
happened in the
beginning when If
was expanding and the
children of Oduduwa
went to establish the
other cities. They took
a lot of people with
them from Ile If.
Before they left each
of them asked

runmila to appoint a
Babalawo to go with
them in order to help
them with the spiritual
guidance to establish
the cities. runmila
accepted and assigned
Mgbn awo Irm
for the people that
went to Ijebu
area.runmila
assigned lsin for the
people that went to
Odeyan. He assigned
Erinmi for the people
that went to Odew.
All these Babalawos
are very
knowledgeable
assistants of
runmila. But after the places were
settled the people in the various towns
and cities stop listening to the guidance
of the Babalawos. One by one the
Babalawos got fed up and came back
to runmila in Ile Ife. After some time
things began to go bad for the people.
But their Olwo that could help them
with what to do has return back to If.
They then decided to send
representatives back to run

ml in Il
If

to help them. When run

ml asked
them what happened and they explained
that their Oluwos has left because they
stop to listens to the advice of the
Oluwos. runmila call all their awos so
the people could apologies to them and
ask if they will go back with them. All
the Oluwo refused to go back but they
agreed to print the Sixteen Major Ods
on a long If tray called (At

) for the
people from Il If

that migrated to y

b, Abokuta and other places so they

can continue to divine with them. That is
where in some If initiation the same If
board is carried by the new initiate to
the grove of Od ( Igbd ) while they
sings. Tn tn tn ire 2ce. mama j
o se oma ma j y

, Tn tn tn"r.
As the people were going on their
journey back to their founded cities with
the If board and the printed major Ods
in their hands crossing the rivers and
mountains. became wind and blew
off the Iyrosun and part of the printed
Ods. By the time they all got to their
different domains the arrangement of the
Ods had been disturbed. They
consulted with each other and came up
with the arrangement of the Ods that are
used in y

and Ijbu today. Which

ever arrangement a Babalwo chooses
to use, one just have to be consistent. He
/ she will still arrive at the same
conclusions. If is If everywhere you
go in the world.
Oj Odu
mrndnlgn 1 2 3 l l
ll ll ll ll
l l ll ll l l l l ll ll l l l l ll ll
ll ll j Ogb

k
mj wr mj 4
l l
ll ll ll ll l l d mj
5 6 7 l l ll ll l l
ll ll ll ll l l ll ll ll ll ll ll ll
ll l l ll ll

br mj

knrn mj rosn
mj 8
ll ll
ll ll
l l
l l

nrn mj
9 10 11 l l ll ll l l
l l l l l l l l l l ll ll ll ll l l l
l gnd mj sa
mj rt

mj
j l

mr

12
l l
ll ll
l l
l l
tr mj
13 14 15 ll ll ll ll l l
ll ll l l ll ll l l ll ll l l ll ll
ll ll l l trpn mj
k mj

mj
lgb

n mj
16
ll ll
l l
ll ll
l l

fn mj

rngn mj pl
Ogb
17
ll l
ll l
ll l
ll l
Ogb-y

k 18
ll l
l l
l l
ll l
Ogb-wr 19
l l
ll l ll l l l Ogb-d 20
l l
ll l
ll l
ll l
Ogb-br
21
ll l
ll l
ll l
l l
Ogb-knrn 22
l l
l l
ll l
ll l
Ogb-rsn
25
ll l
l l
l l
l l
Ogb-s
Ogbrk 26
l l
l l
ll l
l l
Ogb-rt

Ogb wat

23
ll l
ll l
l l
l l
Ogb-w

nrn
Ogb w

nl 27
l l
ll l
l l
l l
Ogb-tr
Ogb alr 24
l l
l l
l l
ll l
Ogb-gnd
Ogb-y

n
28
ll l
ll l
ll l
ll l
Ogb-trp

n
Ogb t

mp

n
29
ll l
l l ll l ll l Ogb-k 30
l l
ll l l l ll l Ogb-s

31
ll l
l l
ll l
l l
Ogb-fn pl

k
32 33 34 35 l ll ll ll l ll l
ll
l ll l ll ll l ll ll l ll l ll ll l
ll ll l ll ll ll l ll ll ll

k -logb

k -
bwr

k -d

k -br
36 37 38 39 ll ll l ll ll ll
l ll
ll ll l ll ll ll l ll ll ll ll ll l l
l ll l ll ll ll l ll ll ll

k -pelkan

k -
rosn

k -w

nrn

k -gnd

kknrn
40 41 42 43 ll ll l ll l ll
ll ll
l ll l ll ll ll ll ll l ll ll ll l ll
l ll l ll l ll l ll ll ll

k -s

k -rt

ktr

k-
trp
44 45 46 ll ll l ll ll ll
l ll ll ll l ll ll ll l ll ll ll ll
ll ll ll l ll

k -k

fn
pl wr
47 48 49 50 l ll ll ll l ll l
l
l l ll l ll l ll l l l ll l ll l ll l
l ll ll ll l ll ll ll wr-
Ogb wr

k
wr-d wr

br
ll ll l ll
ll l l l ll l ll l l ll ll ll
wr

knrn wr-
rosn ll ll
ll l
l l
l ll
wr-w

nrn l ll
l l
l l
ll ll
wr-gnd
55 56
ll ll l ll
l l ll l l l ll l l ll l ll
wr

s wr-rt

57
l ll
ll l
l l
l ll
wr-tr 58
ll ll
ll l
l l
ll ll
wr-trp

n
59 60 ll ll l ll
l l ll l ll l l l ll ll ll ll
wr-y

k wr

61
ll ll
l l
ll l
l ll
wr-fn
62 63 l l ll l
l ll ll ll l ll ll ll l l ll l
d-gb d-y

k
pl d
64
ll l
l ll l ll ll l d-wr 65
l l
ll ll ll ll ll l d-br
66 67 l l ll ll
l l ll ll l l ll ll l l ll ll d-
knrn d-rosn 68
ll ll
l l
l l
ll ll
d-w

rn 69
l l
ll ll
ll ll
l l
d-gnd ll l l l l l
l ll l ll ll ll l ll ll ll l ll l l l
l l l d-s d-rete
d-tr ll l
ll ll
l ll
ll l
d-trp

n
74 75 76 ll l l l ll l
l ll ll ll l ll ll ll l ll ll ll ll l
ll l l l d-k d-s

d-fn
pl

br 77 78 79
l l ll l ll l
l ll ll ll l ll l ll ll ll l ll l ll
ll ll ll ll

br-gb

br

br-
wr
81 82 83 ll l l l ll l
ll ll l ll ll ll ll ll ll ll l ll l
ll ll ll l ll

br

knrn

br
rsn

br-w

nrn

br-gnd 80
l l
ll ll
ll ll
l ll
br-d
84
l l
l ll l ll ll ll
85 86 87 88 ll l l l l l ll l
l ll l ll ll ll ll ll l ll ll ll l ll
l ll l ll l ll l ll ll ll

br

br-rt

br-tr

br-
trp

n 89 90 91
ll l l l ll l
l ll ll ll l ll ll ll l ll ll ll ll
ll ll ll ll ll

br-k

br

br

fn
pl

knrn
92 93 94 95 l ll ll ll ll ll
l ll
l ll ll ll l ll ll ll l ll ll ll l ll
ll ll l l ll l ll l l l

knrn -Ogb

knrn-y

knrn-wr

knrn-d
96 97 98 99 l ll l ll ll ll l
ll
ll ll l ll ll ll l ll ll ll ll ll l
ll l ll ll l ll l l l ll l

knrn

br

knrn-rs

knrn-tr

knrn-trp

n
100 101 102 103 ll ll l ll
l ll ll ll
l ll l ll ll ll ll ll l ll ll ll l ll
l ll l l l l l l ll l

knrns

knrn
rt

knrn tr

knrn-tnpn

104 105 106

ll ll l ll ll ll
l ll ll ll l ll ll ll l ll ll ll ll l
ll l l l

knrn-k

knrn

knrn

fn 107
l l
l l
l ll
l ll
rosn- Ogb pl
rosn
108 109
ll l ll l
ll l l l ll ll l ll ll ll ll ll
rosn

k rosn-
wr 110
l l
ll l
ll ll
l ll
rosn-d
111
l l
ll l
ll ll
ll ll
rosn

br 112 113
ll l ll l
ll l ll l
ll ll l ll l ll l ll rosn

knrn rosn

rn
114
l l
l l
l ll
ll ll
rosn-gnd
115
ll l
l l
l ll
l ll
rosn

s 116 117
l l l l
l l ll l ll ll l ll l ll l ll
rosn-rt

rosn-
tr 118
ll l
ll l
l ll
ll l
rosn-trp

n
119
ll l
l l
ll ll
ll ll
rosn-k
122
l ll
l ll l l l l

nrn -
ogb

nrn

nrn -wr

nrn -d 120 121

l l ll l
ll l l l
l ll ll ll
ll ll l ll
rosn

rosn

fn
pl

nrn 123
124
ll ll ll ll
ll ll l ll
ll l l l
ll l ll l
125
l ll
ll ll ll l l l l ll ll ll l ll l ll
ll ll ll ll l ll l ll ll l ll l ll l
l l ll l l l ll l ll l

nrn -br

nrn -knrn

nrn -rosn

nrn -gnd
130 131 132 133 ll ll l ll
l ll ll ll
l ll l ll ll ll ll ll l l ll l l l l
l l l l l l l ll l

nrn -
s

nrn -rt

nrn -tr

nrn
-trp

n
134 135 136
ll ll l ll ll ll
l ll ll ll l ll ll l l l ll l ll l ll
l l l

nrnk

nrn-s

nrn -
w

fn
pl gnd 137 138
l l ll l
l l ll l l l ll l l ll ll ll
gnd-gb
gnd-y

k 139
ll l
l l
l l
ll ll
gnd-wr 140
l l
ll l
ll l
l ll
gnd-d
141 142
l l ll l
ll l ll l
ll l ll l
ll ll l ll
gnd-br gnd-
knrn 143
l l
l l
ll l
ll ll
gnd-rosn 144
ll l
ll l
ll l
l ll
gnd-w

nrn
gndrin
ll l
l l
l l
l ll
gnd-s l l l l ll l
l l ll l ll l ll l l l l l l ll l ll
ll ll gnd-rete
gnd-tr gnd-
turp

n
149
ll l
l l
ll l
l ll
gnd-k 150 151
l l ll l
ll l l l l l ll l ll ll l ll
gnd-s

gnd-
fn
pl

s
152
l ll
l l
l l
l l

s-ogb 153 154 155

ll ll ll ll l ll
ll l l l ll l ll l l l ll l ll l ll l
l l

s-y

s-wr

s-d
156
l ll
ll l
ll l
ll l

s-br 157 158 159

ll ll l ll ll ll
ll l l l ll l ll l ll l l l l l ll l
l l

s-knrn

s-
rosn

s-w

nrn
160
l ll
l l
l l
ll l

s-gnd 161 162

163
l ll l ll ll ll
l l ll l ll l ll l l l l l l l l l ll
l

s-rt

s-tr

s-trp

n 164 165
166
ll ll l ll ll ll
l l ll l l l ll l ll ll ll l ll l ll
l l l

s-k

s-s

s-fn
pl r t

167 168 169 170 l l ll l

ll l l l
l l ll l l l ll l l ll ll ll l ll ll
ll l l ll l ll l l l rt

-
gb rt

k
rt

-wr rt

-d
171 172 173 174 l l ll l l
l ll l
ll l ll l l l ll l ll ll ll ll ll ll
l ll ll l l l ll l ll l rt

br rt

knrn
rt

-rosn rt

nrn
tnnurs
175 176 177 178 l l ll l l
l ll l
l l l l ll l ll l l ll l ll l ll ll l
ll l l l l l ll l rt

-gnd
rt

-s rt

-tr
rt

-trp

n
s

kanl 179 180

181 ll l l l ll l
l l ll l l l ll ll l ll ll ll ll l ll
l l l rt

-k rt

-s
rt

fn
OD KNN: J O G B OR KNN
rt

-alj
27
pl tr l l
l ll
l l
l l
tr-gb
tr-orre tr-
Ork

ll l
ll ll
ll l
ll l
tr-y

k ll l l l
l ll ll ll l l ll l ll l l l
tr-wr tr-d
186
l l
ll ll
ll l
ll l
tr-br 187
ll l
ll ll
ll l
l l
tr-knrn 188 189
l l ll l
l ll ll ll ll l l l ll l l l
tr-rosn tr-
w

nrn
190
l l
l ll
l l
ll l
tr-gnd 191
ll l
l ll l l l l tr-s 192
193
l l ll l
l ll ll ll
ll l l l
l l ll l
tr-rt

tr-
trp

n
194
ll l
l ll ll l
ll l
tr-k 195
l l
ll ll l l ll l tr-s

196
ll l
l ll
ll l
l l
tr-fn
197
l ll
l ll
l l
l ll
trp

n-gb pl
trp

n
198
ll ll
ll ll
ll l
ll ll
trp

n-y

k 199
200
ll ll l ll
l ll ll ll l l ll l ll ll l ll
trp

n-wr
trp

n-d l ll ll ll l ll
ll ll
ll ll ll ll l ll ll ll ll l ll l ll l
l l ll ll l ll ll ll l ll
trp

n-br
trp

n-
knrntrp

n-
rosn trp

n-
w

nrn
205 206
l ll ll ll
l ll l ll l l l l ll ll l ll
trp

n-gnd
trp

n-s 207 208

l ll l ll
l ll ll ll
ll l l l
l ll l ll
trp

n-rt

trpn-tr
209 210
ll ll l ll
l ll ll ll ll l l l ll ll ll ll
trp

n-k
trp

n-s

211
ll ll
l ll
ll l
l ll
trp

n-fn
pl ka 212 213
l ll ll ll
l l ll l l ll ll ll l ll ll ll
k- gb k- y

k
k- gbm
214 215 ll ll l ll
l l ll l l ll ll ll ll ll l ll
k- wr k- d
216 217
l ll ll ll
ll l ll l ll ll ll ll ll ll l ll
k- br k- knrn
218 219
l ll ll ll
l l ll l ll ll l ll ll ll l ll
k- rosn k- w

nrn
l ll ll ll l ll
l l l l l l l ll l ll ll ll ll ll l
ll l ll k- gnd k- s
k- rt

l ll
ll l ll ll l ll k- tr
224 225 226 ll ll l ll ll ll
ll l ll l l l l ll l ll ll ll ll ll
ll ll l ll k- trp

n
k

fn
pl

227 228
229 l l ll l ll l
l ll ll ll l ll l l ll l l l l ll ll
ll ll ll

Ogb

wr

dd 231 232 233

l l ll l l l
ll ll ll ll l ll ll l ll l ll l l ll
l ll ll ll

-br

-knrn

- rosn
230
l l
ll ll ll l l ll

d
234
ll l
ll ll
l l
l ll

-w

nrn
235 236 237 l l ll l l l
l ll l ll l ll l l l l ll l ll ll l
ll l ll

- gnd

-s

- rt

238
l l
ll ll
l l
l ll

- tr

Awrel 239
ll l
ll ll
l l
ll ll

- trp

n 240 241
ll l ll l
l ll l ll ll l ll l ll ll l ll

- k

- fn
242
l ll
l l
l ll
l l

fn- ogb pl

fn
243 244 245 ll ll ll ll l ll
ll l l l ll l ll ll l ll ll ll ll l
ll l l l

fn- y

fn- wr

fn- d
246
l ll
ll l
ll ll
ll l

fn- br 247 248

249
ll ll l ll ll ll
ll l l l ll l ll ll ll ll l ll l l ll
l l l

fn- knrn

fn- rosn

fn-
w

nrn
250
l ll
l l
l ll
ll l

fn- gnd
254
ll ll
ll l l ll ll l

fn-
trup

fn- k

fn

251 252 253

ll ll l ll l ll
l l l l ll l l ll ll ll l ll l l l l
l l

fn

fn-
rt

fn- tr
255 256 ll ll l ll
l l ll l ll ll l ll ll l ll l
OD KNN: J O G B OR KNN
Olmini jnmini,
L dffn rnml
Nj

t tk ti rn n

kan il rre
T gbogbo Ajogn ikn

kn il bb l
T bbn

f"oojoju

mo

la

la

kl
T n

fi ojojm

sn orun sn kusn,
W

n n k rnml rb;
Bb gbb, rb

,
j

ik wl, ik o le fhn
Olmini jnmini;
rn wl, rn k lee fhn
Olmini jnmini;
Ibi gbogbo wl, w

n le fhn
Olmini jnmini,
Rrb l maan

gbeni
Kr k t k gbnyn
K p

, k jnn
If y b n n j

bt ire
Ibi ire ni w

n yo b ni l

brs
I. GOGB Olmini, Jnmini, (owner
of forgiveness)
Divine for rnml,
The day that Ik (Death) and rn
(Sickness) were in his house; when all
negativity was going to the father"s
house
when Bb was having nightmares
When he was having bad sleep;
rnml was asked to make sacrifice;
Father headed and made sacrifice
When Death enters his house, death
became dumb; Olmini, Jnmini
All negativity came into ru

nml"s
house but couldn"t speak Olmini,
Jnmini (owner of forgiveness)
Making sacrifice befits and saves one
from evil;
Making sacrifice does not pay one
Not to long; not too far
Ifa will find one in abundance of
possibilities In a good place we will be
found at the foot ofbar
ly:
rnml was worried that Ik, and
rn were coming to his house to kill
him. So he went to his Awos, Olmini,
Jnmini, they divined for him and cast
jogb, and rnml was told to make
a sacrifice.
Sacrifice:
Eku mj (2 rats); ja mj (2 fish); Ob
mj (2 Kola nuts); Orgb mj (2
Bitter kola); Atare mj (2 Guinea
peppers); Epo pupa (2 tins of palm oil);
Egbj Ow (2000 cowries)
Explanations/Interpretation:
Olmini,jnmin is the Lord that forgives.
In the Od ; If reveals that it is very
important to forgive others when they do
wrong to us. If One can lean to forgive
,the negativity of the world will forgive
and spear the one that forgives others
.Even in the Bible,It states in the Lord
prayers that Forgive us as we forgive
those who sin againstus. Forgiveness is
also a form of sacrifice. The client that
consulted Ifa should try to forgive others
,so that his/her life will be peaceful.
Sacrifice to be made to Egngn and
rnml. The Babalwo should
make the sacrifice with the clients with
items ofb. Client makes the
b
In Od jogb, it is stated that when the
client makes the
sacrifice, Death and Sickness, though
they appear in his household, will
not be able to affect or harm him. The
Babalawo explains that it is
worth the sacrifice. One should rather
make the sacrifice at all costs.
Ifa says those that make the sacrifice
will be found in abundance of
prosperity. It is in abundance of
prosperity that you found us at the foot
ofbar (btl).
J O G B
Olt

t n b ly k pgn
Sksk ib

k p

gb

f,
jo

l tt k jr

dunni;
A df fn rnml
Bni k dun akp,
Algnal parad
rnml parad
K w fn mi lj
rnml parad
K w fn mi l

m
Alswd parad
rnml parad, k w fnmi n ire
gbogbo; Alswd parad
rnml parad, k w;e oun
gbogbo t mon

, Alswd parad.
The truthful people that are left in the
world are not even 20.
The wicked ones are up to 1,200.
One nickname of a Babalwo,
So much times has lapsed that any matter
has been allowed to be healed.
(nickname of Babalwo) Together they
passed Ifa for rnml; when a matter
was bothering (akp) and not bothering
Orunmila
OD KNN: J O G B S KTA
sn n sa

n p

,
ru n, ru p

,
ru n k kan bb m

sn l

pnpnpn, A df fn orni,
Ornin

trn b

w sde slay, W

n
n k rub,
gbb,
Yio w gbeni by o,
Orni ki gbe n t,
A df fn yni,
W

n n k skl

b ne;
gbb, rub,
Yio wa gbeni by o;
yni kii gbeni i t
L df fn bbni;
Bbnin

ti

run k wl ay
W

n nb n ki o r,
gb

bo, rb,
K w gbeni by o,
Bbni kii gbeni i t,
L df fn ikn ni,
Ikin nin

run b

wl ay,
W

n n k rub,
gb

b, rb,
gb

b, rb,
gb

b,
Yo w gb ni, a rb by o, Iknni kii
gbeni i t
K p

k jnn,
w b wa n jbt ire; Ibi ire laa bani
l

brs
Chapter 3
The afternoon did not last for ever (alias
of a Babalwo) The night did not last
too long;
The night did not keep the huffs on the
horse legs,
so tight for so long (alias of another
Babalwo) All cast Ifa

divination of
one"s head
The head (Or ni): One"s own heading
from Heaven to Earth; They told Orni
(One"s head) to offer sacrifice
One"s head yielded to the advice to
make sacrifice. It will favorone"s life.
He cast Ifa divination for one"s mother
One mother was coming from Heaven to
Earth. She was told to be prepared to
offer sacrifice; She listened to the
advice and offered the sacrifice. This
one will now be favored.
Explanation/Interpretation:
The Od advise the client to have
perseverance and hope. In time things
will change for the better. If had always
being the energy that gives hope for
people. Ones own head (Orni) was
told to make sacrifice from heaven. Or
became the element that the other parts
of the body serve. The client should
worship his/her head . Ifa says that Ones
own mother is like a small god .
Therefore the client should worship
hi/her mother in order that the life of the
client will be favorable.
Offerings / b.
The client should give something good
for his /her mother. Learn to appreciate
ones own mother is very essential in this
Od The client should makeb to Ones
Inner head(Orni) Offerings are , Ob
Orgb, Agb

n, Atare,Oyin tb rk.
Ow awo.
OD KNN E J O G B S KRIN
K b ni tagi,
lbe k se ju ps;
L df fn rnml,
Tn

lra hrher l

r l

j
jgbmkn; n hrher lan

jk,
hrher ln

j ja,
ti kun t

s wa

j"o

r ernl;
A kie ribiti te rin nf o dy;
A kiie y

tf

n,
lkl ki t

ni,
jk

j ki tj gble;
kunkkun ki t kun ymidrgb
Ymidrgb n an

p olkun;
rnml ni k wn n ib,
Mo n ka w n n or,
n gbgbr l

y jor,
Dedere ni mrw

p y ju

,
T"m y, tm y, ni ak n

k
Ti ys l maa yr j,
Dedere h mi; y or j,
Dedere.
Chapter4 Ko bni tag (alias of
Babalwo) Sounds like a hard wind
lb ke j p

s
You cannot throw, lbe to raise s.
The two Babalwo cast If divination
for rnml When he was on his way
to buy hrher (name of a slave) At the
market of jgbomkn (the World).
Bit by bit we eat the head of a rat.
Bit by bit is the way we eat the head of a
fish.
We came from across the Sea and from
across the Lagoon to eat the head of an
elephant; There is no little person in If
Ody (The Ancient City of If

)
No one can be as fat as the elephant.
No one can be as wide and fat as the
Buffalo
Elkl K to (

n-)
No King is as high as the one of If

;
No strap is as long as the strap of
gbl
The earth is referred to, as the strap that
ties the Universe together. No rope is as
long as the strap of Ymidergb
Ymidrgb is the name that we call
the sea
rnml says we should measure it
vertically;
I say we should measure it horizontally;
The arm when stretched upward is
always higher than the head. The palm
frond is always longer than the fresh
palm leaves.
I am out; I am out says the spear.
Who"s going to be the highest?
Dedere my success will be the highest
Dedere.
Explanation/Interpretation.
The Od advises the client to take time
and take life easy; If says it is bit by bit
we eat the head of a fish. It means that
slowly with great care one can achieve
success in a difficult situation. The client
will always make head way in life. It is
a prayer and an invocation to make
headway in life. When the arms are
stretched upward is always higher than
the head. The client will be higher than
his or her mates.
Offerings/b:
Epo pupa,t,ran, Erin,f

n,
Owy.j, mu, Ow awo.
OD KN J O G B S KARN
K dndn m n epo,
K t

mu iy

;
L df fn rnml
Ngb t rnmln

jaye lle;
W

n n k bb rb;
W

n n k r;
Ew if,

dndn, t

, rinrin,
Kp

ti w

, Iy

, ti epo
pupa; W

n k gbogbo r

, W

n fi sef
fun un, Ay, rnml w d

; w n
yin awo;
wn awo yin if
Chapter 5 Let dndn (a vegetable
like spinach) take palm oil and let tt
take salt (nickname of the Babalwo that
cast If divination for rnml when
rnml was leaving a very difficult life.
They advised rnml to offer
sacrifice;
They advised him to sacrifice these If -
leaves: dndn, T

, rnrn, Kpr,
Wrw. & Table salt and palm oil.
They then combined everything and
made medicine for ru

nml"s life to
become very easy
He then praises the Babalwo. i.e., Let
dndn (the Babalwo that cast the Ifa
divination for rnml) fetch palm oil
and t

to bring table salt.

When he was experiencing difficulty in
his life.
Now the Creator, let my life be easy in
durability. Let my life be easy.
Explanation/Interpretation.
When rnml was experiencing
difficulty in his life, he went to the
Babalwos to find out what he could do
to make his life better and easier.
rnml was advised to offer sacrifice of
If-leave as a feast. He listened to the
advice by making the sacrifice and life
became easier. Making a feast had
always been the way we give thank in
the traditional culture. rn

ml teaches
us to be generous and shear with our
fellow brothers and sisters. Cooking
food and feeding people is one of the
greatest ways of shearing love. The
client should make a party for the
people. ru

nml"s life becomes much

easier.
He was very appreciative of his
Babalwos and was singing to their
praise. He was singing: Let dndn
bring palm oil and let t

bring table
salt and let us have a feast.
Ritual/ b Rr:
The client is to prepare a feast and invite
the Awos to come and dine with him or
her while singing their praise. Ask the
Babalwo to pray for him or her so that
he or she may have abundance and an
easy life. An offering of food to the
ancestors, Il

and should be giving.

Money may be giving in return for the
Babala

wo"s blessings.
OD KIN J O G B S KF
btpa il ni i gb ;
W il ngb t

rt,
L df fnl

m gbt,
T trm df;
W

n n k rb,
kk m

rin;
Eku m

rin,ja m

rin,
lm gbt r b,
m r

w p

,
lm gbt lan

d
m ki tn nw

yy
m wr k tn n d

Chapter 6
bt pa il

ngb

is an alias of the
Babalwo W il n gb

turutu. (When
the trap in the woods hits, it hits the
ground).
Cast If forl

m-gbt (Name of a
Client)
Who went for If consultation because
she wanted to bear children.
She was told to make offerings;
To make an offering of 4 pots, 2 rats, 4
fish
lm gbt listened to the advice and
made the offerings. She was then blessed
with many children.
lm gbt is the name we call
plantain
There are always children in the house
of her mother. There are always
offspring at the base of the plantain tree.
ly/Explanations;
lm gbt was craving for children.
It seemed she was not able to have them
so she went to the Babalwo. bt pa Il

n gb, Wl

nl

turutu, they cast If

divination for her. They advised her to
make offerings so that she would have
children. She made the offerings and she
became blessed with many children.
Then there is always abundance of
offspring at the base of the plantain tree.
Plants and the animals are creation and
representation of the manifestation of
God. The plantain is referred to as an
entity that continues to regenerate even
after it is cut down. The plantain always
grows back. The small plantain plants
are the children of the large plantain
plants. It is an indication that the client
will always be. The offspring"s of the
client will always grow to carry on.
b: The offerings are to be made by
the Babalwo that did the divination.b
will be possible by the Babalwo with a
question using the opele. However, it
must include the 4 pots, 4 rats, 4 fish.
The fish used in most sacrifice is usually
the catfish unless otherwise specified.
Babalwo will make these offerings
with incantation for the Client. He will
use his ase to command prayer and
blessings for the client. br-by
b-.
J O G B S KJE
J O G B
Igb ni igb in,

dn ni

dn orn, A
df fn rnml,
Nj

t ifn

lo fw

bk bl

n kt ttn
Ngbt rnmln

b bk
t wn awo l,
W

n nb ni k r
s r b,
Lti gb n ni bk
Ti dw

dr lra wn obnrin
rnml.
Chapter 7
The forest is of fire which is vanity.
The desert is a desert of dryness.
They cast Ifa for rnml,
The day that rnml was going to bury
abiku in a pit at a dump. Bury abiku in a
pit at a dump. Never to base bk
anymore. (bk children are born to
die young)
When rnml was having bk, he
went to the Babalwos
They told him to make offerings;
He made offerings,
Since the time that he made the offerings,
The wives of rnml stopped giving
birth to children that will die as infants.
ly: When the wives of rnml
were bearing bk children, he went to
the Babalwos to inquire what he could
do to put an end to it. bk is a subject
to be discussed on its own. They are
children born and they die very young to
come back again. Some times in the
same mother and father or the same
family. They continue to torture their
parents by being born and dieing so
frequently to the point that the parent has
to do some spiritual and ritualistic to
appeal to those children"s spirit to allow
them to stay. rnml was advised to
make offerings which he did. That
stopped the bk from being born by the
wives of rnml.
b: Theb should be prescribed by
the Babalwo, asking the

whatb.
Theb could be presented to and
gb.
b fn,b s d.
J O G B
ODN KN S KJ Orgb,
sgb Aj ni r

tp

tp

,
A df fn Ign,m olojogboloro,
A lu kn ba wn gb de

ra,
ki r opepe Ign lttn,
Orgb kang

, kng

, kng

n If

Orgb kng

,
Ign n kini un yoe?
T un yo fi di argb,
W

n nb ni k r,
Ign r b, w

n s gbn y

if lee lr
Or Ign w n

funfun,
Bni p, w iw;
Lti gb n lor Ign t maan

funfun A
k s m md ign; If, n; A dgb
A o si da argb
Chapter 8
Orgb, sgb, j n r

tp

tp

(alias of a Babalwo)
It could mean that the Bitter Kola of a
deceased Awo is usually very tough. It
might have been left for a long time
because it means a very old Awo that
passes.
Orgb, sgb, j is very tough.
Ifa was cast for the vulture, the son
ofl

gbr
She was told that he will not be able to
live in the town of ra; e.g. where there
was prosperity people will not find a
strong and young vulture in the dump.
Orgb represents longevity usually in If

.
In Il-If

there are very old people;

Orgb is very old usually last
Ignnugn (vulture) asks what shall be
done so he can have a long life.
He was told to make offerings
The Vulture made the offerings. Ifa
powder was poured on his head. His
head became white. Notice the head of
the vulture. Since then the vulture"s head
is usually white.
OD KNN: J O G B S
KSAN runml ni o d

s nmu
s;
Mo n di ls nm s;
n okoo mns tir

k mn j
rnml n dl

s mn s

Mo n d

s mn s

ngb

n mn s tir

k mn j
rnml n dil

s mn s
Mo nl

s mn s
On ogj mn s tir

k mn j
Mo nn

Bb mi gbnmirgn tani
mn tr? n

wd

ta nkan l mn s

tir

j Ntor a k k ow k ow
K a gbgb

wd

ta,
If n, A bs j
If n; w

n k n gbgb ni t d if n
ibi

.
Chapter 9 rnml says it is time to
take action. I say it is time to take
position; (Ok) 40 takes its action
never finish up;
ru

nml says it"s time to take position,

He says 30 took its action never finish
up
ru

nml says it"s time to take action

I say it"s time to take position
He says 40 took its position never to
finish up.
Then I ask, my father
(gbnmrgn) ru

nml"s name) Who

finishes?
He said 50.
Because when we count money, there is
always 50 denominations, e.g. for
counting money in 50, 100, 20, 10, etc.
We never leave out 50.
Ifa says we will accomplish our goals.
If says the one that If cast for will
never be forgotten.
ly:
The client should be advised to always
finish up anything that he starts. To have
perseverance and endurance. If speaks
about time in this Od. When its time to
do something . It should be done. The
old Awo takes his time to do things.
Toalways try and accomplish one"s
goals and do well; they will be
remembered by those acts.
b:
The client should do offerings of: 20
Okra, 3 corn and beans. The food should
be shared by all the people.
OD KNN J O G B S K W
rnml n di hin
Mo n di imi sin

sin;
nni t b fi omi rb,
e lo sinmi
rnml n di hin,
Mo n di imi si n

sin
nni t b fi iy

r b e ni

ndn,
rnml n di hin, Mo n di im
sin

sin
If n k a gb igb omi tt
A r

il d

si, A tn bu iy

si
ni n y w mn-n, wn yn t
w n ts na l mu nb

. If nni t
df, y simi ay

l l
Chapter 10
rnml says it is time to take a break
and breathe deep.
It says it is time to rest.
He says that he who makes an offering of
water,
Always rests.
rnml says whoever makes offerings
of Okra, will always become
prosperous. rnml says it is time to
take a break. I say it is time to rest.
ly:
If says the client who receives jogb
in divination should try to take a break
and rest. They could even go on
vacation. He or she should try to take
time to enjoy life, relax and rest.
b:
Cold water, Okra, and salt. The Okra
should be cut in the water and some salt
put in it. The client should drink it or
make okra soup and share it with
friends. The Babalwo should pray for
rest of mind for the client. br b

ye,
by b ss.
J O G B S KKL P

np

n
gd ne aro in igb
ggr ne awo jm

b dn

ldnj, d b yekan
A df fn rnml tn

l b s d
olk
A k b s dlk, k oj aya,m, aj
ti ire gbogbo p

n ni,
(KGbE)
A pa kk ade kan n pay / A f

gbn kan si; A w bu epo pupa sii, a

gbe l s d s.
If n a r ire lra

.
Chapter 11
P npn gd (alias of an Awo) of the
forest
ggr (alias of an Awo) of the town
jm

If friendship becomes too sweet it will

seem like a blood relation; They cast If
forrnml when he was going to make
friendship with , The person that
makes friendship with never goes
broke or penny-less.
The person that makes friendship with
shall never be in need of a wife,
children and other necessities of life.
, I have come to be your friend.
ly: The client will benefit from a
friendship. A close friend like a relative
will help one to be comfortable with
one"s needs.
b: 1 Rooster, 1 Snail, Palm oil; The
offerings should be presented to
with the chest of the Rooster wide open.
It should be done by the Babalwo with
an appeal to .
OD KNN: J O G B S
KEJL m w

tor iyn y ik,

tnpke

yn kokoko pa ob;
A df fn rnml,
T maa f

aym elwe Emr

W

n n k rb, k l r y f

n n k r eku kan, gb

dgb

n
ow, l

ti yb

adye mj W

n fi
l

s d eku n, w

n n k l r
m

n in gb

(igb) rnml rb,

Ay j

m ba obnrin
Igba (200) aso ni ay man

r s s
pnik

ni t b r d un, ni un maa f

Ngb t rnml f eku y; Gnl

s
in gb

Lwr

kej
Ay w ya gb

s pt m

k gbgb

Eku w n

sal
Ay r eku p

l lk s

gi nd Ay wn

l eku l
N ibi t ay tin

l eku l A knn t,
nd ay
kej,

kta ... T gbogbo r

fi tn,
Ay w, w n hh lsk t

rnml
b n

le B rnmle ri d ay ni y
Ngb t ay r rnml,
n par, n un ti s p
nik

ni t b r d un
Ni un yo f

,
By ni ay di aya rnml
rnml w l k gbogbor ay w s
il ara r

; Ay w jk ti rnml
Ngb t rnml f ay tn, rnml
wn

krin, wn

p; A gb ay kal

,
wa k l m

, o e, e,
LY:If n a r aya rere kan f

,
by, If n, k a r b
A r eku,ja, gbb

ady mj, l

,
a so l

n m

d eku, a l fi gn
igi s in igb.
ALAYE:
B RR:

Chapter 12
Because of pounding yam, the finger
grows a deformity.
The thumb bulges back in order to break
the kola nut.
They both cast Ifa forrnml.
rnml was going to marry the world,
the daughter ofl

w,l

mr, the one

who wears the clouds as clothes.
He was told to make offerings of 1 rat,
150,000 cowries (money beads) and 4
hens.
The Babalwos put the beads on the rat
so it can see better in the bush.
rnml offers the sacrifice;
The world was the daughter of the King.
Aye usually wraps herself in 200 pieces
of cloth;
She promises that whichever man sees
her naked is the one she will marry.
Whenrnml let the rat rise in the
bush, one morning, Ay went to relieve
herself in the bush. , the trickster,
scared the Rat.
The Rat began to run;
Ay saw the Rat with beads on it;
She was curious and began to run after
the Rat.
As she was running after the Rat, one of
her pieces of cloth fell from her body.
Later the second cloth fell off, and then
the third, etc.
Until all her clothes fell off.
Ay was then naked at the very moment
thatrnml was coming along. This is
howrnml saw Ay"s nakedness and
she became his wife. Afterrnml
finished marrying Ay, he was singing
with happiness. We have Ay.
We do not leave anymore;
Ifa tells the client:
That to receive jogb in a divination
means that one will find a wonderful
wife (or husband). There will be a
woman or man in one"s life that will
bring success.
b: 1 Rat, 2 hens, some beads or
cowries, The Babalawo will tie the
beads on to the Rat. The client will
leave it in the bush. Enough money for
food will be given to the Babalawo.
OD KNN: J O G B S
KTL
k gb, hun

mi rn dd, hun jngb,

Olgb ln

fidn e r
A df fnm ar

ns t rp

;
W

n n aya p

ng

kan ni y gb
W

n n k rb, Ob mrndnlgn,
Abo ad m

ta,
Awo dd tuntun Igb dmu tuntun
gb

ta ow;
K r b, s gba aya n, L

hn y n
egb da wl

sl, y s mu k k
KL :If n kni t d if y rb,
T k b r, wn ar ay, y ma
dn

kan r

j K s m gba obnrin lir

b.

Chapter 13
ku

"gb, is the voice of Or

Her breath that is deep is the voice of
jngbin.
It was the Cat that used dn over its
body.
Those were the Awos that cast If
divination
For the child of r

sns tu erp

(another name for the Cat) This means

the one with claws equipped to dig in
the dust It was said that a very slim
woman will be attracted to him. He was
told to make a sacrifice.
b: 16 Ob bt (kolanuts)
3 hens
1 covered boal
a substantial amount of money
He refused to make this sacrifice. He
took a woman in but after some time he
became ill and died.
Explanation:
The client should make this sacrifice to
avert the incident and be careful taking a
new slim woman into his life without
making sacrifice.
OD KNN: J O G B S
KRNL
Ar l b"

dun nl

,
dun k m ar s
A df fndun
dun t e m y y, ay f f

,
gor igi,
N gb ws

,
Il p

ni y ma a rn
un p

l dun,m y r

,
Sgb

n nj

kan,
dun ti y ja ol
W

n l j gbdo ya n oko olko y

l k

ri olko,
L b f f

gun igi gb;

Ngb tdun o fi wp un f; Olko
ti d, s mun dun
Olko w didun lkn,
Ngb t mn d iledi
W

n ri i pm

sun ni;
W

n w s fn olko p
ni t m w yi,
wn k gbd

p ,
Ntor pm

sun ni,
W

n n kdun j

Nidun b j

,
n loot

ni un ya gbdo
Sgb

n lj olko n un e y; W

n
wa bidun p,
Knni y san fn olko,
dun w b

s se bii wr n,
dun ygbdo h,
dun ygbdo h,
Ni wn gb

ml

b s wp; Tidun
ti tn nb

n n y t r olko s
Ni k w

n fi y j,
W

n n,m y kan n
Nidun ti y
Sgb

n w

n fi w

jra wn, dun b

nn j

,
rn s kan y
wn gbni w n,
Ta ni y tn n rn ara wn, W

n n,
w dun,
Ngb t m w Ay
K l d, t ko j f f

dun gblj emi l w sre K l

d, ti o k fi f m

igi,
T olko fi w mn ,
dun n,md k yra b gb gb
abikn d

bi p
Ar bdun n il,
dun k m

n s,
Ar or igi l y dun
y wn

f sk
dun wn

,
y f sk
dun n

,
y f sk,
dun b

,
y f m

igi l

run, dun s; dun l.

B RR:- Eku,ja, gbn, gbb

die

rndnlgn, epo,

k, ob.

Chapter 14
Men walk on the ground
But the monkey does not know how to
run Ifa was cast for the monkey;
The monkey is the brother of y
y jumps and climbs in the trees.
In the beginning of evolution
y used to walk on the ground;
Both he and his brother, the monkey. But
one day, the monkey and y, the thief,
Went to steal corn from a farmer.
y was the first one to see the farmer.
He jumped up on top of an gb tree.
Before the monkey was able to jump and
climb the tree, The farmer had arrived
and captured the monkey, tying him up.
The elder priest found that the monkey
(edun) had been tied up. When he took
him to the l

d (the shrine for

judgment), The elder priest found that
the monkey was the son of sun.
They told the farmer that the monkey they
had accused Must not be sentenced
because he was the son of sun; They
asked dun to confess and so he did.
He admitted that he had stole corn from
the field but that the farmer was there
when he had taken it. They then
askeddun what he would pay to the
farmer.
With this the monkey started acting crazy
and singing that dun y"gbado, h:
(Monkey plucked the corn, dun
ygbado; Monkey plucked the corn)
The elders then decided to let the
monkey go free.
Aye was held responsible;
The elders deliberated as to who was
going to pay for the offense. They
decided that the monkey was guilty and
should be punished.
Since he knew his brother"s character,
ya

asked Monkey why he had run

instead of jumping into a tree. Monkey
replied that it was easier for younger
ones to be quick but an older one with a
big belly like a sack could not.
There was ground to run on.
But the monkey did not know how to run.
That is why running on the tree is the
way of the monkey.
y jumps in the tree;
Monkey hops on the ground.
b 1 rat, 1 snail, 1 hen, palm oil, corn
pulp, kolanuts, 160 equivalent money.
ly:
If advises the client to be careful of
those he spends time with. It reminds
that birds of the same feather flock
together.
It warms that two people can do a crime
together but only one person may be
punished for the crime. Beware of
temptation to follow others to do the
wrong things. Be careful not to be the
one that pays for a crime that one has not
committed.
OD KNN J O G B S
K DGN
N j

t egn d ay
bej ni w

n b,
kan k,

kan w n aay
y t w lay w sunkn tt
Ni w

n b d

gb

n,
W

n ds gn,
W

n m y t w ly l sn igb
W

n gbe a gn n b nkn lr
ni t gb gn nn

pe
y t w ly p:
M t wa o,
Ib yi k dra o,
y t w ly b

s sunkn gn
n yra w

in igb l A t a dbo
aly lr
Ni an

p n, k gn
Nj

kan, y jn

gn sn

w;
gn s gbe a y r

l
n Am

ni b;
W

n n, kn ln

;
n, kn ni

gn
kj or,
B yn k b m

Ta ni y gb a d r

l
W

n n k w

n bi egn,
gn n un k gbe e
W

n n k w

n bi or,
Or n hun k jal,
W

n n knni k aya if e?
W

n n b k be s,
Tani y w gbb l

osn,
Or yra mm a aya rnml, If
me j

k
W

n gb a d m l.
B RR:- kk mj, gbb

die
kan, Eku,ja

, kr, b a b rb,
tani, a d y

rosn s ara kko kan, a

fi b egn.
Chapter 15
The day that Egngn first came to the
world, They gave birth to the twins
(bej)
One of the children died and the other
survived.
The one that survived started crying for
the one who had died; They then figured
out a way to console the one that had
survived.
They made a masquerade dress.
Someone wore the dress and warned the
surviving twin not to come to the
performance.
The surviving twin started crying
thinking about where the deceased one
had gone to.
So he went deeper and deeper into the
forest.
The masquerade dress was worn by the
surviving twin and is known as k
egngn: the masquerade dress.
Egngn masquerade dress of world and
the heavens is what is called
jgb

k.
One day the mother of the Ejis taking a
bath at the river when Egu

ngu

n came and
took away Eji"s clothes.
And Egung un took away Eji"s mother"s
clothes as well. Eji had no answer when
people asked who had taken his clothes.
Ejigb

said that the first is Egngn

and the second is Or.
If a person does not take off his or her
clothes to bathe then who could take
away his clothes? The people say they
should ask Egngn.
Egngn says it was not him.
The people say to ask Or.
Or says it was not him;
The people say he did not steal the
clothes.
They ask him what the wife of If should
do.
They said if its not , who will take
an offering from Osn? Or should
quickly bring the clothes of the wife
ofrnml. Ifa does not let someone
take away the clothes on one"s body.
b: 1 Rooster, 1 hen, 1 Rat, 1 Fish,
Bean pie, Bean cake.
The Babalwo should then sprinkle
yrsn on one Rooster as an offering
to Egngn. ly: The client might lose
something. One should be careful that no
one steals anything of value from the
client.
can cause someone to lose
something very valuable. One should be
aware.
OD KNN: J O G B S
KRNDNLGN
Ab

m tojtim;
W

n sd gb

,
W

n mn gbde mje b

,
A df fn Erin
Wn y mn erin jba l so
Ab

m tojtim,
Wn d gb

;
Wn mn gb

d mje b

,
A df fnf

n,
W

n n wn y mu j"ba l jn
Ab

m tojtim,
Wn d gb

Wn a mn gb

d mje b

A df fn jkm

,
Wn y fi joy alpta oko
Ab

m tojtim,
Wn d gb

n mn agbede mjie b

A df fn tl;
W

n n wn yo f joy Oloko;
r po, r f,
tt s knn di olko
Chapter 16
The needle (abr) is pointed on both
ends But in the middle it is smooth.
Abr m toj tim
Wn d gbodo
W

n m gb

d mje b

Cast
Ifa divination for the elephant.
The elephant was chosen to be king of
so (a town) We cannot tie the elephant
down
Ab

m toj tim
W

n d gb

,
W

n m gb

d mje b

Cast Ifa divination for the Buffalo He

was chosen to be the King of jn Ab

m toj tim
W

n d gb

,
W

n m gb

d mje b

Cast Ifa for Jkm

He was chosen to be King of the butcher

in the forest Ab

m toj tim
W

n d gb

,
W

n m gbede mje b

Cast If divination for tl (a name)

He was chosen to be the Chief of the
Village
People from p, people of f,
It is the good head that helps the leopard
to be the Lord of the Jungle.
b: kk

gun t, 1 snail,
Kolanuts, 1 Ram for Own head.
ly:
The client for whom If has been cast by
the Babalwo, will be chosen for
something very important in life. He or
she could be chosen to be the King or a
Leader of some sort.
Things might be difficult in the beginning
but he will eventually occupy some
position of leadership in the community.
If this client makes the offerings
prescribed by If, this prediction will
manifest in his or her life.
OD KNN J O G B S
KTDNLGN
ynkng

,
A df fn rnmil,
Nj

trnmln

l fita ogb kan or

Nj

t ifn

l b ik munl

,
P k ku ma baa pa un n kker Ni
b l byinikng

,
P kn ni k un e,
Oyinikng

n k t

j gbgb ore
(fm

) Or,

, k s bu erp

d k
K s t

j irin
K f gbogbo r

rb ntor ik
rnml nn

j mo di gbgb or, N
k k m

,
Gbogbo n

kan t

run ti Ay, n n k r i
N s maa panu mi m

,
Fr ni mo dk

Mo rn rn rn, n k sn,
W

n n k w

n w ibi w,
Oj mi k n r ibi;
rnmln

l n

n
Af

k as als;
ff l

wl

w,
W

n n w rnml
Bwo ni wn y tie waa
rnml n ar

run ni n

r
W

n n ir l

r
Ogun ay ti ogun j

Ni w

n d l

rn n l af

T af

fin

gb wn l
Af

ni oruk tn

pe Or
A k s r, af

n k maa ks
Chapter 17
Oyinnkang (Sign of Old Age)
Cast If divination for rnml
The day that rnml was going to
bless his head with longevity;
The day that Ifa was going to make
friends with Death, in order to avoid
dying young.
He went to Oyinnkang to ask what
should be done to achieve longevity.
Oyinnkang told rnml to find a
parasitic plant (gbgb-ro

), Shea
butter and some soil from the bottom of a
hill;
He should offer up all of these so as to
prevent an early death.
rnml said I have become gbgb-
or; I will not ever die;
I will become 200 hills; I am
immovable; All that I don"t know,
All that I don"t see of heaven and earth
I will always keep my silence
I walk along for a while and do not get
lost I walk along for a while and do not
get lost. They were told to find ibi
(negativity) My eyes will not see
negativity.
rnml was going along his way,
The wind was carrying people"s clothes
The strong breeze was carrying people"s
dresses They asked rnml how they
should retrieve them
rnml said they should go see
ar

run
They responded that something you
cannot see is called Fear.
People"s negative forces and the witch"s
negative forces are the energies that had
offended the town of the wind.
That"s why the wind was blowing them
away; Wind is the name that we call
Or;
We do not call Or, we call the wind; It
is something we don"t see that we call

r (fear) Ifa says my eyes will not see

negativity.
b:
1 snail, 1 okete, 1 fish, 1 hen, Kolanuts,
corn pulp, palm oil
ly:
Ifa says the client should make offerings
so he or she could have a long life. He
or she could be prevented from
experiencing negativity. The client
should watch what he or she says. He or
she should not reveal everything he or
she sees. They must be able to hold a
secret. Make an offering to prevent
losses.
OD KNN: J O G B S
KEJDNLGN Iwj kun, kun n
w

n ie,
yn kun, kun ni w

n e,
Erin ke e y pad kn,
bt kn kn kn;
Lo

kun lo

kun laa k m lja

mrindinlogun A df fn wn lde d,
Ara de d
L df fn wn lde g

t,
Nj

t w

n j n ktkt,
W

n n skun p wn k nba
Ojojm ni ajogn n

ka wn m

il

grg W

n n k wn ar de d
rb; K wn ba l nba;
gb gntn kan,

lp

epo pupa,
Ob fn ogj, ob ip ogj,gbm

w,
l

itn, l

if, p

lp

fun; W

n n k w

n n k
gbogbo r

sn agbada,
K wn k gbe l s et kun,
W

n sie b

,
W

n n b w

n b d et kun
nit w

n b k

r nb

ni k w

n fi jba
d Ngb t w

n d et kun; w

n
bnkan nb,
W

n w mun, w

n fi j ba,
gb t in wn dn tn;
Orin ni w

n n

k,
W

n n, iwj kun, kun ni,

yn kun, kun ni,
yn t m pin kun k s
B: YB DIE KAN, OB IFN,
OB PA, TN, IF, S SFUN, EPO,
KO, OB GIDI, OW AWO.
Chapter 18
The front of the sea is all sea; The back
of the sea is all sea It is impossible to
turn the elephant over to the butcher if
The pond is spread fully flat;
Greetings to the sea is the way we salute
the children of rnml
Cast If divination at the town of d
They were the people that cast If for
them at Igeti (an ancient town). They
woke up in the early morning;
They were crying that they do not have a
King.
The day that negativity was troubling
them at their town,
The people of d were asked to make
offerings sot hey could have a King. A
big lamb, plenty of palm oil
White Kolanuts (40) 2000 cowries or
equivalent in money; Ituns, If beads,
and plenty of whitebtl beans
They should put everything in a black
pot;
They should take it to the seashore.
They should perform all the offerings,
They were told that when they get to the
seashore, the first person they see at the
shore will be their King.
When they got to the seashore they found
someone there, They asked the person
and made him their King, Everything
was well with them.
They were very happy.
They were singing and dancing in praise
of their Awo. They sang, Iwj kun,
kunni, yn kun, kun ni. No one
knows the end of the sea.
b:
1 hen, White Kolanuts, Red Kolanuts,
Itun beads, Ifa beads, White beads
ofbtl, Palm oil, Corn pulp, regular
Kolanuts, and money for the Babalwo.
ly:
There are certain things in life that we
may not know in terms of how nature
creates them. For instance, how the
universe is suspended and the seas are
connected. We cannot separate them.
Humility and respect for the Creators.
Respect for humanity (the children of
rnml). The client might need
leadership (the King). He or she might
be in the right place at the right time to
be choosing a leader in his or her
lifetime.
runmilacast Ifa

divination for one"s

mother. One"s mother was coming from
Heaven to Earth She was told to be
prepared to offer sacrifice; She listened
to the advice by offering sacrifice. She
will now be favored.
One"s own mother never fails to favor
one. She cast for one"s father.
One"s own parent Spirits do not fail to
favor one. One"s own Ikin, Ifa

does not
fail to favor one. In a short period of
time without going far.
Come and find us in the midst of
prosperity.
It is in the midst of prosperity that we
find one at the Shrine of rnml.
Ejiogbe Chapter 19
As funfun ni
sunkun

il ala

ro

pl

r ni sunkun

ej
tantan. Adfa

fun

ni
olubi r

m ba Ido.
Ifa ni ni Olubi ki
rahun aje. Arira oko,
p mama j kin
rahun Arira oko. ni
olubi ki rahun aya.
Arira oko, p mama
j kin rahun Arira
oko. ni olubi ki rahun
ile nini Arira oko, p
mama j kin rahun
Arira oko. ni olubi ki
rahun m bibi. Arira
oko, p mama j kin
rahun Arira oko. Eni
olubi ki rahun ire
gbogbo Arira oko,
p mama j kin
rahun Arira oko.
Translation White
clothes are the one
that cry to be dyed.
The beginning of a
matter is the one that
cry for the partner.
Cast Ifa for the one
born by the Lord
King. Ifa say that the
one born of the King
do not suffer
Ariraoko,runmila do
not make me suffer
The one born of the
King do not suffer to
have a husband The
one born of the King
do not suffer to have a
wife. Ariraoko,
runmila do not make
me suffer The one
born of the King do
not suffer to have a h
suffer ouse Ariraoko,
runmila do not make
me The one born of
the King do not suffer
to have children
Ariraoko, runmila do
not make me suffer
The one born of the
King do not starve to
have all prosperity
Ariraoko, runmila
do not make me suffer
Alaye Ifa say the client
will not starve in life.
He/she will have all the
good things in life.
He/she will be blessed
will all the need of life,
from a house, wife,
husband, children and
all other prosperity in
life. The client if even
born of poor family
will be blessed with
prosperity.
Ebo The Babalawo
could use the Ibo to
ask for the b. The
ebos should include
white clothes, Eku, ja
Epo, Iy, Efun, Obi
and Orogbo.
Ejiogbe chapter21
Sun

kr sun

kr
Babalawo Ile di"fa fun
Ile

. Gb kr gba

kr.
Babalawo na l"odifa
fun na. Okurukuru a
fed wl. Babalawo
ja

difafun j. Wn
wipe ki awn mtta
rub. Ki

wn bale
kal

. Ki wn le di l

ni. Ile ni kanlo rub.

Ilewa di l

ni. Bi enia
ba lo so

ko. Bi enia ba
lo s

j. Il nlaa f"a

si. Riru"b ni gbeni

Airu ki gbeni. ba"wo
la ru s

gun. Arusgun
laa ba ni ls p
Translation
Sunkr Sunkr. The
Babalawo of the house
cast Ifa for the house.
Gbakr gbakr.
Babalawo of the road
cast Ifa for the road.
Okuru afd wl.
Babalawo of the
market cast for the
market. The three of
them were told to
make offerings. So
that they will be
prosperous in the end
And have people in
them. The house was
the only one that made
the offering. The
house became
prosperous. If people
go to the farm or
market We always
come back to the
house. Making
offerings favors one"s
life. Not making
offerings don"t help
one"s life. Come find
us in victory. It is
victorious we find one
with runmila.
Alaye The Odu

say
that the client should
make offerings so
he/she could have
prosperity in the end.
The three elements the
house, the road and
the market place were
told to make offering
but only one of them
made the offering. The
house made the
offerings. At the end of
the day everyone
comes to the house.
There is baking and
shaking in the house.
The life of the client
will be like the house
that has the last laugh.
Ebo Epopupa Obi
Orogbo Igba ademu.
Iy, yle meji
plp onj.
OD KJ: Y K MJ S K
K y

k, mo b mul

,
K o mae dm,
In bbr n par
d

ff, w

f n pa w

f
df fn f,
Ngb t n

b larn

t ay B Ik
bn

sagb

m pa t

ni y ofa
Ob s Ik ma pawo m

o
Ik ti y

lr awo,
t

n a ay f ob s
Ik ma pa awo m

o,
Ik ti y

lr awo
b
Ewe peregun, Igbo Iml, Eku,ja,
Igbin,k Epopupa kk ati Ob
II. Y K MJ

Chapter 1
Y K: [The shifter/protector from
Death]
y

k made a covenant with you (the

Babalwo) Make sure not to betray me;
It is the anger of a slave that kills the
slave (Awo) It is the aggression of a
servant that kills the slave; They get
together and cast If for the fua Ob.
While in the midst of Enemies of the
world,
If death chooses those around me to die,
y

k will separate me and spare me

from death. If sickness and disease is
falling upon those around me, y

k
will take me away from there.
All four pieces of Kola nuts used in the
divination means Death to the initiate
(Awo);
We usually separate f Ob, the fifth
of the four pieces; And ask that Death
leave Awo alone (Awo: initiate); Death
has shifted Ofua Obi (fifth split kola nut)
Death stops killing Awo (initiate)
Death has shifted from the head of Awo
(initiate). ly:
The client that y

k speaks to in
divination should
Yield to the advice of the Babalwo in
order to avert death in their life.
He or she should be advised to make
sacrifice.
Ifa says that if you swear an oath, do not
betray.
While other people may be stricken
around you, you will not become sick or
succumb to death.
b:
Prgn leaves, Igb mol

, Eku,ja,Rat,
fish, snail and roaster
Kolanuts, corn-pulp, palm oil, with
enough money.
Offering is to be made by a Babalawo,
presented to the head of the client and
given to and Egngn. The food
should be cooked.
YKU MJ ORI KEJI (A)
B o b y

,
m k y

,
Yang il

, wn k gbd

y il

,
tr wn k gbd

y rj
A df fnl

m Akoto
Tn

sawo l l gb

du gbndu
N n sawo l y;
W

n n k gbd

l, fi b b l
rb, W

n n n k r eku mj
olw

ja mj olgbd,y mj
abf ganga Ewr abm r

;
rb, tn, w

n if fun un;
Ni b kor s l gb

d gbndu
n k j

yal w
K w jhun,
j

, aj

ya il mi w, k w jran

ran

ni mo s sl

de aje
B: EKU MJ,JA MJ, YL
MJ, KURU, G D WER, OB,
EPO TI K.
Chapter 2(A)
If you shift, I will not shift.
The laterite foundation of the house
prevents the house from shifting; The
head does not shift the market people;
No disappointments
Cast forl

m-Akt (the name of a

merchant traveler).
Who was exploring l gb

nd-gb

ndu
(an ancient town),
l

m-Akt was told not to go

exploring the town without first making
offerings;
He was told to sacrifice two small Rats,
Two big fish and two pigeons, one
female goat. He yielded to the advice
and made the offerings to Ifa. He then
proceeded to l gb

ndu-gb

ndu.
He prayed for money that it may come to
his house so that he may eat and drink
there;
So money came to his house for eating
and drinking.
Money come to my house and eat
banana.
I have prepared the meat of g

or
banana in exchange for money.
b:
Two Rats, two Fish, two Pigeons, Bean
Cake Gumbos, Bananas, Kolanuts, Corn-
palm, Palm oil, Money for Babalawo.
ly:
The client is going on a journey to do
business. He or she should not go unless
they make sacrifice and offerings.
OD KJ: Y K MJ S KJ
(B)
y

,
b

,
A df fn

kk,
T w

n n

p n ad,
T n

bim r

l gba

b
Ewly

k j

ork mrn a fi
aynr

Yy nii se tabo,
b nie tak,
Y

d pee wa b

m tuntun lr yb

yb

a dm;
B

kan k y

kan k lee r b Ldn

ldn ni n b il oyin
B RR: EKUJA, GBN,
EPO, K, OB YB ADY, TOR
M P LU OW AWO
Chapter 2(B)
It shifted p

(an expression in Yorb

meaning the way in which women opens
for birth) It peals b

,
They cast If divination for y

Okko
That is what we call the Hen;
The hen that delivers her child without
going into labor.
The leaves of l

does not have

any other name besides aynr Survival
is the way of the feminine
Pealing is the way of the male
masculinity
The bottom opens and the newborn child
is dropped as the profit of survival.
The eggs that are laid become chicks;
There is always sweetness where honey
is.
b:
1 Rat, 1 Fish, 1 Snail, Palm oil, Corn
pulp, Kolanuts, 1 Hen, Money for
Babalwo for the blessing of the child.
ly:
The client will be blessed with bearing
children. The child"s birth will come
easy like the hens lays their eggs.
OJ ODN M RNDNLGN
BY CHIEF WND ABNBL
OD KJ: Y K MJ S
KJ(C) Abl

, Abl

tal

,
Abm gbogbo lhun lhun
A df fnl

fin yangb
T o l ay lk
o ro ogb o,
B

ni n k k m

N togbl

run mo tikn
jasin,l

run mo tkn
tn r mi n m

dn
gngn igb ni mo d
r awo ndn yin a
si tn r awo l

dn t mb

gngn igb ni awo d

Awo ni m lot

o;
gngn igb ni mo d
Ik w mi dl k b mi
rn w mi dl k b mi
gngn igb ni mo d,
f w mi dl, k bami
gngn igb ni mo d
B RR: OB, EKU,JA, EPO, K
EWS, K
M RNDNLGN OW AWO
Chapter 2(B)
The one that matches the ground; The
one that dominates the ground; The one
that has everything, Cast Ifa divination
forl

fin yngb (a powerful spirit)

The one that is coming to the world of
longevity
I will see old age
I will never die.
I will see old age; God has closed the
door of death. You will see next year.
I became the termite hill of the forest;
You have seen the Awo (an initiate)
already; You will also see Awo (an
initiate) again next year; Awo has
become the termite hill.
I am an Awo for sure.
I have become the termite hill of the
forest.
Death came looking for me at my house
but could not find me; Disease and
sickness look for me at my house but
couldn"t find me; I have become the
termite hill
Thieves came looking for me at my
house but couldn"t find me; I have
become the termite hill.
b:
Kolanuts, Fish, Palm oil, a big Rat, 1600
cowries or equivalent in money.
ly:
In order for the client to avert death,
disease, sickness and loss, one should
make these offerings. There could be
death around the client"s house or his
relatives.
OD KJ: Y K MJ S K TA
Bb y

ky

k,
Ni w

n n

p n

k
Bb y

,
Ni w

n n

p n

r, k se e gb lj
Arr rs, ko e e k m

Mo rin

n tt,
Mo d il srorgr;
Mo m m dm

p y

,
K

nik

ni mo m n mi o
ni ba n mi, rj gb
y l

n, j

k n l.
B RR: EPO, K,
OB, KK KAN, OW AWO)

Chapter 3
Bb Y kyk (the father that shifts
death)
He is the one that is called y

k;
Bb y

(an expression the way

an old person walks) He is the one that
is called y

;
One should not slap a lame person;
The dwarf of r should not be
detained.
The dwarf of r should not be
detained;
I walked for so long.
I arrived at the house of ororogo;
I became the child of the short Palm tree;
No one should flog me;
Whoever flogs me will witness the anger
of Ogb ( rnml)
Get out of my way and let me through.
b:
Palm oil, Corn palp, Kolanut, 1 Rooster,
Money for the Babalawo.
ly:
The client that went to receive a reading
has the protection of rnml against
death, sickness, disease and disrespect.
If the client makes the offering he or she
will receive the blessing of respect from
people and be prevented from the
negative forces of Ik and rn.
OD KJ: Y K MJ S
KRIN W

n rn mi n de

pnrnks
Mo b wn n de

pnrnks
W

n rn mi de

pnrnks
Mo b wn n de

prnpnks
Mo b wn w

n n

fi igb ahun d ahun

W

n n

fi ip oor d oor
Mo b oor
Nbt w

n gb fi p

de p

gbdw

nrn m

k, agbo ay,
gbfunfun r B

dn b j tn,
gbogbo we ni i bwn yns

o Ki
ti

run k w s il ay
Ti il ay k bwn re de

run
Agbodiw

nran ni mo d
Kn

m bwn k ik aj

k
gbdwnrn ni mo m d
B RR: p

ni o fi b

b r

.

Chapter 4
I was sent to the place of prnks (a
distant journey) I found people at the
place of prnks
I was sent to the place of prnks
I found them at the place of prnks
I found them keeping the shell of the
turtle for the turtle.
They were keeping the spikes of the r

for r

I found Goodness where they

were waiting; gbdwnran (a special
Ram) the child of y

k The Ram of the

world. The White Ram of r When
the New Year comes.
All the leaves of the forest rejoice.
Let the one from heaven come alive to
the world. The one in the world does not
go to them in heaven I have become
gbdwnran (a Special Ram) Do not
let me die a group death.
I have become gbdwnran (a Special
Ram) b & Offerings:
The Babalwo should use the p

to
ask what the offerings should be.
OD KEJ Y K MJ S
KRN y

k y

k,
wn ary gbogbon

s kiri,
A df fn

k,
T y l r y k n pp;
Ngb ll r...
B nyn b k
N l t w

n n

p n pp, w

n k sin
w

n W

n n by k l tn j
W

n d b w

n,
W

n a s ma wo w

n lj
Sgb

n ngb t

k sawo d l yi;
b wn k tt ti gbgb
W

n p

l suu...
y

k w s fn wn p
un y jde fn wn n l n
fi b wn b le ya
W

n n wn b

k, k bwn ya
wn ku y

k rb, pe ign,
y

k wye, pe t ntr,
Gbogbo wn y w

ny
L j wn k n
y

k w l s igb il pop
n gbogbo k t b k k wn gbe w
K un ma b wn ya w

n kr lra
aly B w

n b ti gb wn d
y

k n k w

n mn psn mje w
n psn mje ni un fi ya wn k
n Y si fi psn mje nl

kkan
p

A ya

ly
A ya

run
A y s ibd

n
L

hn n,

k n; K wn ma a l
n wn k n
K gbd

pad wy m

By n wn
arye s, y

k di

yak.
B RR: EKU,JA, EPO, K,
GBN, OB, KK KAN P L
OW AWO
Chapter 5
y

k separated the dead from the

living;
All the people of the world were running
helter and skelter. They cast If
divination for y

k;
He was going to separate the dead from
a distant town called Pp. In the past
lives,
If someone dies, in the ancient town of
Pp
They do not bury them;
It was believed that the dead person
might wake up again; They covered them
with clothes.
They will be watching them;
But when y

k got to this town;

He found a lot of them dead from a long
time ago. Some are still very recent.
They were plentiful.
y

k then told them that he will leave

the town,
Unless they can separate their dead from
the living;
They begged y

k to help them
separate their dead from the living.
y

k performed some rituals and he

called the vulture; y

k then called
Tentere (another scavenger bird).
All these birds consumed the dead
bodies; y

k then went deeper into the

town of Pp; He asked them to bring
out all the dead people that they had
been keeping, so that he could help them
to separate the living from the dead.
When they brought their dead,
y

k asked them to bring 7 whips.

He said he needed 7 whips to separate
the dead;
y

k said that he will use the 7 whips

to separate the dead people from the
living ones.
He hit the seven whips on the ground one
at a time.
And said We separate you from the
world to the Heavens.
We separate you to the gates of Heaven.
They should go on to the heavens.
And they should not come back to the
world of the living.
That is how the people of the world
gave y

k the name of the one that

separates the dead from the living.
b:
1 Rat, Fish, Palm oil, Corn palp, Snails,
Shea butter, 1 Rooster, Money for the
Babalwo. ly:
Ifa says that the client will be separated
from death. Even if death is around the
client, the death will be separated from
him.
OD KEJ: Y K MJ S KF
Brbr ni k n

d
B

n nim ary
A df fn

n sokn;
Tn

sem ba n

ni t b f

akin
K m f ohun e ojo
ni t b f

e ojo
K ma fi ohun e akin
ba k j

k a k ogun s l Obnrin
K a b wn l
K a hw gb

gb

K l k p

Km ni le naw

gbgbr gbni
sin
Chapter 6
The vehicle can turn over if mishandled;
So also can people"s character be
affected?
They cast If divination for the way to
sokn, an ancient Yorb town (also a
name).
The one who is the child of the King of
y

The one who wants to be brave

Should not sound like a coward.
The one that"s the coward should not
sound like a brave one;
The King does not allow us to wage war
against the women of the town, and go
with them. We should have a calm nature
So that we can end calmly.
So that our children can bury us with
dignity.
b:
1 Rat, 1 fish, 1 fish and some kolanuts to
Ifa. Money for the Babalawo. (Good
Character) ly:
Ifa says a car can turn over if it is not
handled properly. So also can people
change or tarnish their own character.
People should not pretend that they can
do what they really cannot do. We
should have good character for our old
age, so that our children can bury us in
glory.
Y K MJ S KEJE
In kankan n iwj r oyin rn
kankan n bd gb

T a re oyin di gb
Oyin ti d r

s l Sgb

n il awo k
n gbfo If n un k n j

k a pfo
Nin

kan t a d if s
Chapter 7
Fire is always in the front of the honey
collector (i.e., in the beehive). The sun
is always burning on the back of the
farmer.
The honey collector may lose,
But the house of an Awo (initiate) will
never be empty.
Ifa says he will prevent us from losses.
If says he will not let us lose. That is
why we consult rnml.
b:
2 Kolanuts, Osn, Honey, Some money
for the Babalwo.
OD KEJ: Y K MEJ S KJ
B b y

k y

Yang, k gbd

y ile
tr, k gbd

y rj
mi k y

,
w k y

,
y

l b n k
W

n e b ojm

ln

,
A df fn jy

,
T y t

run la wy bba r

k
j

ow l bn

w m
Dandan, mo w,
If ni y y ire tmi... fn m
LY: If ni k a rb, if n un y
fn wa n ire l

, sgb

n k a b
if,

rnml, b a k b n if, k a tt n
if n kk.
Chapter 8
If you shift, I will not shift.
There laterite of the house does not
permit that the house shifts. The head
does not shift the people of the market;
I do not shift.
I do not shift.
You do not shift.
y

just begins to appear from the

mountain.
They thought it was the beginning of the
day.
Cast for jogb.
The one that will arrive from the sky
likeba

So if it is money I desire,
I say all is possible.
Ifa will shift prosperity to me.
b:
1 Hen, Kolanuts, Palm oil, Yam, Osn,
Guinea pepper, Money for the
Babalwo.
ly:
If says we should make sacrifice. If
says he will bring much prosperity. But
we should make offerings to If. If we
do not have If we should receive one
from a Babalwo.
OD KEJ: Y K MJ S
KSAN
y

nhn
y

flhun
y

n lan

b
W

n e b ojm

ln

Df fn Oloye-gl
m or ire, ti r b
K lor Olyn

e
Gl, lorl

ru, gl.
ALAYE: If n k a rb, k a le di
aswj, if n ip kan tb oy kan w,
k le b

s wa l

, k a le r ow, k
a le n iy,b ni k a r. P L :- la fi
br.
Chapter 9
y

is here;
y

is there,
y

was just appearing. They thought it

was the beginning of the day,
Cast If for Oly-gl, a Chief.
The child of prosperity
The head of the chief foams like soap.
Gl foams now like the head of a Chief.
b:
The Babalwo should use p

to ask
for the offerings that should be made.
ly:
If says we should make offerings so that
we can be a leader. If predicts that
there is a position for us, or there is a
chieftaincy for us. So that we can fill the
appointed position. So that we can be
prosperous in life. We will have dignity.
We should make offerings.
.
Y K MJ S K W f ni iy
in,
m

nm

n ni iy j,
A n

l ni iy egngn,
A df fn

ff,
Tie m l

l
Kan gb wr

,
T w

n n k r b jj
W

n n k r bk kan,
gb

f ti a dd kan,
ff fib e l

O k k rb,
Li p

, sn gb

ff d,
Dd sn yn

pelk si,
ff w pad t wn babalwo r

l,
W

n n fi t b le r b n l

po mj
ff w rb n l

po mj t k

n n k fikn bal
P ara r

y y ptpt,
W

n n b sn e t y; y n ohun ti
p k s igi t fiw

t ti k n gun
If n k rb, k a l ks jr K a
lee ey

r
K a maa dbl

sn.
B: bk kan, a dd, epo,

k,
ob... etc.

Chapter 10
The smoke is the dignity and glory of the
fire. The lightening is the dignity and
glory of the rain; Large clothes is the
dignity of the masquerade, The son of the
wealthy from the beginning of time Cast
If divination for

fat (an animal),

He was asked to make offerings every
day
He was told to make an offering of a he
goat, 1,200cowrie"s equivalent to money
and a black cloth. ff took the advice
for sacrifice as a joke and Refused to
make it.
In no time Ofafa got sick;
Gradually the sickness worsened;
He then went back to the Babalwo;
He told him that unless he can make the
offerings twice ff now made the
offerings double as he was told.
He told him to be patient and not to
worry.
They told him that he would get better
completely
They said as sick as he was he will get
better and be blessed. And that there is
no tree that he will not be able to climb;
Ifa says we should make offerings so that
we can achieve our goals. We can
accomplish our missions.
Also that one may avert sickness and
stay healthy.
b:
1 heat goat, A black cloth, Palm oil, corn
palp, kolanuts. Money to the Babalwo.
ly:
rnml says the client should make
offering so the one will not be sick. If
the client ignores the advice he or she
will get sick and when he or she tries to
help he must make a double offering.
The client will have dignity in life. One
should not disbelieve the Babalwo.
There is a lesson for those that ignore
the advice of the Ifa priests.
Y K MJ Gb KKNL
Olw roj

, omi il Alk,
Olw k j

bi omi

n jer,
K s omi kan t, pa ots s omi jer,
omi oj A df fn Awb

,
m ba l

y jr
Lko

gb

nry,
W

n n n ddn y,
Nil

run maa tan in w fn

W

n n k rb,
yl mrin
gb

rin ti skt d r

Ngbt Awb

m ba y

r b tn
K t

ni, k t su
W

n w mn Awb

J ba de y

If nnit d if y y j nyn l

yn
i

ti whl ly, if nni psn

ni,b ni kr.
Chapter 11
The rich man explains and pleads his
case;
The water of the house of Alk (the
town of gb)
The rich man pleads his case, the water
of jer (the town in kt land) There is
no water that kills the poor,
The water of jer.
The water from the eyes tears,
Ifa divination was cast for wb

,
The child of the King of y

Ajor, an
important Yoruba place)
At the work on the farm of Igbnry
(name of a farm),
He was told that in that year God will
shine the light of good character for
them.
They were told to make a sacrifice of 4
pigeons, 1000 cowries equivalent in
money, and his or her pants or trousers.
After Awb

the son of the King of y

finsihed making the offerings;

It was not too many days and too many
months before the King of y

died.
The people of y

then selected Awobo

and made him King of y

.
b:
4 Pigeons, 1000 cowries equivalent in
money, Own pants, 1 White Rooster.
ly:
If says the person that consulted If will
become a very important person after
they have worked for their achievement.
That the person will be like a king who
other people pay homage to and serve.
OD KEJ: Y K MEJ S
KEJL p gb

ngb

n ni swj gbn
enini, t

ls

mjj ni jjdna
gbrgn gbrogn Apsa abnu b

mb

dfa fn erun lj a
A lukin fn k

k
W

n n k

rnl

a k rb
K k

k n r b
K wn mae r ik jok
K

k nkan ni rb,
K tj

k t o
Olwa wn a y k
wn ar il s pe gbogbo wn
P k w

n maa mra,
Lti b Olw wn l

run
Wn pe gbogbo wn ao y kal

l
k

k n, Sgb

n s dhn n,
Hii sk
wn yn n ba a n
n k

r o
K

t
Afnj as k yn

run
Ngb t s w by tn
Ni wn nyn b mun k

k
Kr lrn s t n

b olw wn l

run Lti gb n ni w

n k ti fi as
kl

k sin k m

A klk ni a
pupa,
Tb t b ni pupa nn.
B RR: a pupa, bk kan
tigbf,
If n k a rb k a ma r ik jk

Chapter 12
There is always a long stick held in front
of someone as they are clearing away the
dew. Both feet struggle for the pathway:
gborogangborogan,
The wearing tool (aps) has a narrow
mouth.
Ifa divination is made for 155 different
colors of clothes
Divination is done for K

k the red
cloth;
All the different color clothes were told
to make an offering, So that they will not
all die together.
It was only the red cloth that made the
offerings.
In a few days and a few months
The owner of all those clothes died; The
people of the house called all of them,
that they should be prepared
to die with their owner.
They put all the clothes out including the
red cloth;
But then responded, saying Listen
to me (in the ancient language) The
people responded in agreement (hen)
K

k finished making its offering.

Kelek finished making it offering,
That an elegant cloth does not die.
After had said this,
All the people took K

k away from
the other clothes to be buried with their
owner.
Since then thepeople don"t include
Kelek in burial of a deceased person.
Kelek is the Red Cloth, or a cloth that
has red in it.
b:
Red cloth, 1 he goat, 6000 cowries or
the equivalent in money.
ly:
The client should make an offering so
that he or she will not die in a group
death. It is also a lesson to always yield
to the advice of offerings when it is
prescribed to avert negativity.
OD KEJ: Y K MEJ S
KTL
knrin ykt lr gb
gb k,knrin ykt k l
A df fn ar il han lukin fn ra oko
W

n n k w

n rb
K w

n r, grp bk,
gbf ti a borankokan
Ara il ti ara oko j

Sgb

n w

n k

lti r b
Ara il k s il, ara oko s k s oko
W

n n k wn maa gb ar oko l il
Ngbt w

n dl, w

n n k wn m
r

e re k W

n n wn p

lko,
wn k m l ll m

y ni wn
If

e man

wp, ar p

lko
K tn m l ll
un ni s mn k wn m k tb
sgn il ma k Orin b ok b k p
Jr -jr--lm

Jo

ao

l-m
Jo

jo

a-lu-m

Tt di n y n lu

il-If

.
B: (grp bk p

lu

a bora")

Chapter 13
The fat man sits on top of the pumpkin
plant; The pumpkin dies but the fat man
does not leave. Ifa divination was cast
for the people of the town, And for the
people of the village.
Both were told to make offerings.
To offer a he goat;
To offer 6000 cowries or equivalent in
money
And also their cover sheets;
The people of the town and the people of
the village were friends. But they
refused to make the offerings.
The people of the town died in the town
and the people of the village died in the
village. They said that the people of the
village should be taken to the town.
When they got there, their children were
told to perform burial rites.
They said they had spent too long a time
in the village.
They do not know how to play the ritual
drums any longer.
That is why in If

, they usually say that

the people have stayed too long in the
village.
They no longer remember how to drum;
That is why the children of the deceased
and the priest that performs the burial
rites, usually sings at the burial
ceremony.
Joro-joro o lm

(we just dance, we

don"t drum)
J, j o lm

j j lm

.
Until today in Il-If

they usually clap

their two hands at the ceremony.
b:
1 he goat, the cover sheet from One"s
bed
ly:
Ifa

advises one not to be too far away

abroad. One should always keep
connection with one"s own roots. To
make offerings to avoid sudden death.
Yield to the advice of If for longevity.
OD KEJ: OD IF Y K MEJ
S KRNL rnml n y b
yibiyibi,
W

n n k if k m b yibiyibi,
Ngb t ma b
b

j,
b Ogun (warrior Orisa)
b

n
b il i

khn wn
L

hn y

rnml sawo l sl
olkunsnid s gbdn
m

rndnlgn nb

Ngbt n

, il gn l l

y
gn k bb r pp

, si fn n onj
pp

hn t

rnml jhun tn
s fn gnm r

wp hun f

gbns

(ygb

) gn s fun wpnkan
k gbn s

hn rnml s tn mn
ara
l s

jm r

j ne bb n lejo dradra
rnml tn n un f

gbns

j n, wn k gbn s

nb
By ni

rnml ya il gbogbo wn
m r ypo Tt t fi d

il

Ngbt d

il

Il

pa odidi ewr

fn bb r

rnml n lej dradra,

rnml br wp un f

ygb

Il

sr s fn bb r

p
Ibi t b wu ni k su s,
rnml b

s yr su s ib

,
w ti il

kn ib

,
k p

t jde, ni tn n un f

su si
Il

n k tn su s ibiti b wa
Gbogbo yara ti Orunmila w ni
Osu ohun rere si
Chapter 14
rnml says he will give birth to
ybyb; When he gave birth to children,
He gave birth to Oko, the farm
And he gave birth toj, the market.
He gave birth to gn, the tools;
He gave birth to n, the road;
He gave birth to Il-i

, the house and

the last of them; After these, rnml
went to practice If divination across the
sea; He spent 16 years there.
When he was coming back from his
journey He first stopped at gu

n"s
house, one of his children. His son gun
greeted him and gave him food to eat.
After rnml finished his food,
He told gn that he wanted to relieve
himself.
gu

n said that people don"t relieve

themselves in his house. rnml
restrained himself and proceeded on to
his son j"s house. j entertained his
father very well.
rnml again announced (un
f

gbns

) that he needed to use the

toilet.
j also said that no one does that in his
house.
This is how rnmlstopped at all of
his children"s house; Il ru

nml"s son
made a feast of a whole goat for his
father; He entertained rnml very
well;
rnml asked to use the toilet again.
ru

nml"s son Ile, told his father that he

can relieve himself wherever he likes.
rnml went in one of the rooms and
closed the door of the room. Soon after
that Orunmila told his son that he needed
to do it again.
Ile told rnml to relieve himself
wherever he liked. rnml went to
another room and did it there the same
way; rnml opened another room
and did it there;
He came out and closed the door of the
room.
He asked Ile to go clean the shit in the
rooms.
When Il went in the first room to clean
the shit,
Instead of shit, the room was full of
money.
When Il went in the second room to
clean the shit,
Instead of the shit, the room was full of
jewelry.
In every room Orunmila went, there
were treasures.
rnml then prayed for Il that from
that day forth,
All the work of the Farm, of the Road, of
the market place, and of gn, the
toolmaker, will benefit Il (the House).
That is why we keep everything that we
work for in the house.
Y K MJ S KDGN
w y

,
mi y

,
y

l b

lk m arye b
ojm

ln

, Df fn rnl

s
H b fn Kele,
W

n n i

t w

n f

y K w

n j
ly

l swu A funfun k rb, Kl

nkan l rb
j

:Kl r o
Kl tuu
A pupa k yrn
(If n k a rb ntor Ik)
Chapter 15
You do not shift. I do not shift.
y (the Shifty one) just started
emerging from beyond;
The people of the world thought it was
the beginning of the daylight, the sunrise.
If divination was cast for one hundred
and seventy-five different color cloths.
It was also cast for Kele the red cloth.
They told them that there is a message
for them to deliver. They should deliver
a message of fear.
The white cloth did not make an
offering;
Kele, the red cloth, was the only one that
made the offerings. The red cloth Kele,
made an offering.
The red cloth did not go up to Heaven.
b:
The client should make offerings to
Egngn, kk Ady, A pupa, A
dd, ti A funfun, Epo pupa, Ob
orgb, Atare,t, etc.
ly:
If says that the client should make
offerings to prevent unnecessary death.
The client will not die a group death. He
or she will be spared a group death.
Y K MJ S
KRNDNLGN p gongo ln

saj
gb

n nini,
s

mjj ln

j jad n gbrgn-
gbrgn Df fn Oly ile
Han lu kin fn Oly oko
W

n n k w

n rb
K w

n fi a gb

-jd rb
s rr,gb art
j Ik pa oly il
Ni ik pa Oly Oko
(If n k A rb, k a fi a jda rb
ntor Ik)
Chapter 16
It is a long stick that always leads the
way of the person that clears the dew.
The two feet usually struggle to lead on
the footpath.
Ifa divination was cast for the teachings
for the Chief of the house. If was also
cast for the Chief of the village.
Both of them were told to make offerings
with a group dress;
They did not listen to the advice and
there was a problem with Eshu.
The day that Death killed the Chief of the
town, the same day Death killed the
Chief of the village.
b:
Make offerings to Egngn, the
ancestors. kk, Ady, Epo pupa,
Ob, Orgb, Atare, Oyin, Ohun jj.
Make offerings with a dress made by
everyone (group dress). Give away to
the needy.
ly:
If advises the client to make offerings
to avoid unnecessary death. A story was
told of two friends who were told to
make an offering in order to avoid Ik
but they did not listen. So when Death
came, Ik took them. There is a dress
that they all had a piece of.
III. WR MJ Intro
The Major 16 Od of Ifa are the primary
disciples of rnml. In many of the
Ods, reference is made to the ancients
who brought the wisdom whose
teachings guide human beings to live in
peace and harmony in the world.
The Ods came to earth for the purpose
of teaching a sociology of life. They
reveal wisdom about interpersonal
relationships, a positive character to
enhanceone"s life with, respect for the
elders and other people around us.
The Ods came to teach humans how to
relate with the other creatures around us.
The Ods teach us about the energies in
the universe and the respect we should
have for them; such elements of the
universe as the mountains, the sea, the
ocean, the forest and the earth.
As in other religious scriptures like the
Bible or the Qu"ran, the Ods revealed
positive ways of life to humans. For
example, in I wr Mj, chapter 14 says
that if a young person should give
respect to his Elders, everything that he
or she embarks upon will work out and
he or she will have a happy and long
life. (William Bascom 1991: 37)
Also in wr Mj, the need for us to
help one another is expressed. In chapter
2 of wr Mj, it is determined that
though the hand of youth cannot reach the
shelves, the hand of the adult cannot pass
through the neck of a gourd. Therefore,
the favor that a young person may ask of
an adult should not be refused. Each can
do something unique for the other.
In so many Ods of If there is always
some knowledge as to how we can co-
exist in love, harmony and respect. In
this regard, one is reminded of the
sociological implications of If.
OD KTA: WR MEJ S KNN
w

m, k j w

rk
A df fn dn
T y maa lo reeji

ml

m ka j dn
a ma j

rk l f

rn kiri Sgb

n w

rk l f

rn j
dn w r w

igi

m,
s f

l j

N b kr s il babalwo
wr mj ni od t y si
W

n n k dn me d ibi w

m
N

sn gangan,
W

n n ru ni k ma j w

m W

n
n b b d b

sn,
W

n nlmi y fi kan

nkan

n p o
W

n n w

m t aryn

j
K j w

rk,
T wn m ary k j
dn k gb

, gbra n

sn gangan:
l j w

m;
Ngb tl

m ri i
s fi kannaknn p .
B: p

ni a fi brb r

:

Chapter 1
My forbidden fruit is not forbidden like
that of rk.
Divination was cast for dn, the bat.
The bat was flying around attempting to
pluck the fruit of life from its tree, as he
was used to doing with other fruits that
sustained him.
But most of all he liked the fruit of Iroko.
The bat saw the fruit of Emi (a plant)
and wanted to eat it.
He went to the house of the Babalwo to
inquire if it was safe to eat or not. wr
Mj was the Od which resulted for
him in the divination.
He was warned not to touch the Emi
fruit, In the heat of the afternoon.
He was only to eat it at night.
He was told that the owner of the plant
would kill him with a sling shot if he
were to go in the afternoon. They told
him that the fruit of the mi plant that
people eat is not the same as the rk
plant. When the owner of the fruit saw
him,
He killed the bat with a sling-shot.
b:
The babalwo will use the opele to ask
which offerings to make.
ly:
Ifa predicts that the client wanted to do
something that they should not do. The
act could be very dangerous for the
client. He or she should yield to the
advice of the babalwo and not do it. It
may cause him or her their life. Needless
to say, one should be very careful not to
do something that will result in death.
OD KTA WR MJ S KEJ
w

we k t pp,
Ti gblagb k w krgb,
I

we b gb, k me k

;
Gbogbo wa ni a n

, t a j n

b ara wa,
A df fn

rnml,
y t akp r

p l

Oldmar
Oldmar w rns s rnml
P k w s d t k fi gb akp r

Ngb t

rnml d iwj Oldmar,

n, un sa ip un fn Akp
n, pn, akp ni k gb

Ngb n ni

n t w y
Oldmar,
In r

s dn wp, un k dj

kn
kankan
Nil

d b n ltij

n l
m d kan k gbd

dj

eekn kan
Ankndj

, syn
Ankndj

, seun
Ngb t o k gb

tnunkej
K lo dj

e
B RR: Pat

b ni a yn, y
tm

s orsirsin

kan ni aayn l

b
Chapter 2
The hand of the youth cannot reach the
shelf;
The hand of the adult cannot fit through
the narrow neck of the gourd.
The adult should not refuse the favor a
youth asks.
We all have something we can do for
others.
Ifa divination was cast for rnml and
he is sued in the Court of Oldmar.
Oldmar sends for rnml so that
he may come and explain why he does
not favor his cash keeper.
When rnml arrived to the presence
of Oldmar, he said that he had tried
his best to favor his Akp or cash
keeper.
It was the destiny of Akp that
prevented his success.
Oldmar understood, then, and was
pleased not to have made a wrong
judgment.
From that day on, Oldmar, the
Creator decreed that no one should pass
judgment on anyone without having first
heard both sides of the story.
The person who makes a one-sided
judgment does not honor justice.
b:
The babalwo will ask for the offerings
to be given.
ly:
One should not pass judgment without
first examining the situation clearly. One
must hear both sides of a story before
deciding. Oldmar may punish such a
person who makes an uninformed
judgment.
OD K TA WR MJ S KETA
r

k gba r

,
K a fi al

,
A df fn kk n y

l,
T y b ni tl

y w,
Ngb t Oldmar f

d yn
W

n k r ibi gb
Ntor p gd omi ni il ay
Ni rnml b l s

oldmar
Oldmar w fn rnml niyl
m

rin kk ady kan;

wn ni w

n tan erp

in agb

n
T oldmar s

kal

lti de

run
Ni gbogbo ay fi di tigb tij by
Ij ni wn aryn

j
Ay

ni w

n n

,
W

n n

yin wr mj, wr mjn

yin
if
W

n n knni y b ni tnl

ye o,
koko nyl

,
Ni y b ni tn il

ye
B: yl kan, yb

Kan, kk
kan, Epo, k, Ob, Ow t t Awo
jhun.

Chapter 3
A situation which should be addressed
in the morning, should not be left for the
night. If divination was cast for
Okokoniyl, the hen;
[the one that will help to fix the world]
When Oldmar first created human
beings,
There was no place for them to live
because the world was filled with
water. So rnml went to Oldmar,
who gave him pigeons and 1 rooster.
These two were responsible for
spreading the soil in the basket.
Oldmar dropped from the heavens.
In this way the world turned into the
jungle that it is today. The people of the
world began to dance and sing with
happiness. They were praising wr
Mj and If.
They were singing like this and asking
for help to fix the world. koko Nyl
is the one who will help us fix the
world.
b:
1 pigeon, 1 hen, 1 rooster, palm oil, corn
palp, kolanuts, cash for the babalwo.
ly:
If says that when it is the time to do
something, it should be done in a timely
fashion. One should not postpone what
needs to be done. If explains the
creation of the world. If also explains
the beginning of something that will be
big and beneficial to many people.
OD K TA WR MJ S KRIN
Ar l d
Mo d lj
Mo fi dnu
Moe gb

n sl

wr wr
A df fn gn, onj ole
Nj

t n

l s okod
W

n n k rb
A dd kan,
Bj d

, pele irin
Mrw

pe ti ewn

l rk
Gbogbo r

ni gn r
wn awo r

w n k gbb n
L s l oko;
Nbi t wn gb

nrn gbn

j Ngb t
e b

Pa hnrn gal kan

O ni kinni onibuje pa
o w kt ti tn
Kn ni onbj

pa
wo kt ti tn
B: Eku mj,ja mj, kk kan,mu
agb kan,yl, a dd, mrw

p,
p

irin,w il, epo,

k, ob.

Chapter 4
The people of the town of the Black-
Charcoal.
I am black on the face,
Up to my mouth.
My skin is also black (wr-wr), look
of blackness.
If divination was cast for gn on the
day he was going to the first hunt.
He was told to make offerings.
The babalwo told him to take them on
the way to a farm. That is where the
antelopes pass their time.
When gn arrived there,
He killed one gal (deer)
He was happy and singing.
What didnbj, the owner of the Led,
Killed the animals.
Don"t you see, ku

tu

and Atan, the

animals that Onbj has killed? Don"t
you see?
b:
2 rats, 2 fish, 1 rooster, pliers, 1 pigeon,
a piece of black cloth, some palm
leaves, a piece of metal, corn palp, the
leaves of okara, palm oil, corn palp,
kolanut.
ly: If says that the client is on his or
her way to achieve something. He or she
should make offerings in order to
accomplish the mission. If the client
makes the offerings, he or she will have
happiness.
OD K TA WR MJ S
KRN Looot, looot nimd
kkern

fi yanrn m il Alkn l k

il
tir

,
B

ni ko fi ti omie,
f

bojo n wal

tir

n w

ndoro
w

ndoro; Il Afebojo gboy, gbt

ni k gbd

, gbt

Eku krek n kl tir

,
W

n dor kod ldodo

kanoo jwr,
L la igbl sl

wo wn n il olfin,
gn t mo gn, k s e
p m, k s j
A df fn kkerd,
ti frn kja;
W

n n

l ree d igb wr
N

sn gangan
W

n n k w

n k maa l d igb n
f b w

n b rb dradra
Sgb

n finrn kja k gb

Ni b mnra n

sn gangan
s w in igb wr
B ti w in igb n
Ni wn iwin b da kjp wk b
lr A tie m finrn koj, un lan

pkn Kjpb wr t k r niknn

gb kiri di n
B RR: (If s p a f t a n,
nib, p

l n

kan mrn t if b tn
gb)

Chapter 5
It is true that the Children used to make
sand houses.
It was the crab that built his house
without considering the water.
fnbojo, an animal, is the one that digs
a hole to make his house (w

nd

-
w

nd

) The house of fnbojo can

accommodate and hide the tray
But the fnbojo cannot be King.
A small rat usually makes his house
hanging down from the tree. jwor was
the only one to clear the road to
prosperity; One of the priests in the
house ofl

run.
The thing that I say shall come to pass.
The curse that I make shall manifest;
Ifa divination was cast for a young
hunter, And the disrespectful apprentice,
finran kja. They both went to hunt in
the forest of wr Mj.
They were told not to go hunting in the
forest
In the middle of the afternoon without
first making the proper offering and
ritual.
But the fnrnkja did not listen to the
advice of the babalwo, and prepared
himself for the hunt in the middle of the
afternoon.
He then entered the forest of wr.
The ghost in the forest captured him in a
special woven cloth, kjp wk, which
looks like leopard fur. How do we know
how the disrespectful apprentice is?
It is the leopard.
It is that special cloth that was told to the
finrnkja. What he refused to offer
as a sacrifice in the beginningis what the
leopard is wearing still. That is the
leopard"s fur.
b:
If says it is a piece of woven cloth that
one has that should be offered as a
sacrifice. The babalawo will use the
opele to ask for the rest of the offerings.
ly:
If advises the client to make an offering
before he or she sets out on a mission.
The client should yield to the advice of
the babalwo so as not to regret or get
captured like the leopard. If he or she
does not listen to the advice, the
repercussions might remain with them
forever. That is why even today, the
leopard is still hunted for his fur.
OD KTA WR MJ S KF
l torofnn torofn,
l torofn torofn,
l toord,
l pondewure
Agbe ma gbhn mi rkun lko ma
gbhun mi i r

"

sa knllgn r,
A df fn knb,
T w

n fi ld oy nl baba r

n n
ire aj y t l

n n irem y to l

If n b b j

kre aje t mi l

mi

w
pr min

o mun sin o n mkun N

ilri, ni mob

tn
Ni ile eri, ni moba tn
N il eljel
m erin t fon kkan
Gbr l

yn Ij l

rnml j

k r t
J

ki n r gb
B: Orgb, Ob, Ataare, kk kan,
Eku ja, , k, Epo, p

l Ow Awo.

Chapter 6
l ( rnml) trfnni trfinni
(very clear and neat) l ( rnml)
frfinni trfinni
l, the one who goes down to the river.
l, the one that blesses [pondewure]
Agbe, the special bird, carry my voice
across the sea.
lk, the special bird, carry my voice
across the ocean.
The 21 mortals.
Ifa divination was cast for knb, first
child in the family usually male. The one
that they propose to make Chief of his
father"s lineage.
They told him that the prosperity of
children will come into his life. Ifa if
you let the prosperity of money come in
my hands; My ten fingers, my whole
hands.
My head is what I will use to worship
you at the shrine of Olkun. In the house
of Oleri;
In the depth of the sea.
In the house of Yem ja. At the cool
place
At the house ofljl
The son of the elephant that roars
immensely;
The elephant that rules the forest
rnml me carry you for a long time. Let
me carry you until you reach old age.
b:
Bitter kola, kola nut, guinea pepper, 1
rooster, 1 rat, 1 pigeon, corn palp, cash
for the babalwo.
ly:
If predicts blessings and prosperity for
the client that consults If. He or she
will be appointed to a very important
position in life. If the client makes the
offerings they will receive many
blessings from If. In return for all the
blessings the client should worship If,
for a long time. He or she should
worship Ifa for the rest of their life.
OD KTA WR MJ S KEJE
wr wor wor
A df fn algb

d mgn T ma fi
irin jona
Ntor p n

wjuwmu T k s l koj
m

tn

e
Ngb ll, b algb

d b ti ki irin
bn
Biw

wn b ti rr
Wn a fiw

bomi
Wn f

n
Sgb

n ngb t w

n bn

yi,
Irin ti jn bj

K s n dra m

, fn ohun t w

n f

r,
Algb

d mgn w m kan p

l
j
kr s

wr
Lti l br ohun t yoe,
Iwori ni ko si ohun ti yooe
Ju p k ma fiw

j tinu,
L

hn gb t b par is

n al

K w l w

Algb

d mgn se b

, i

s dra
Ngb t w

n b p, nbo ni ti r gn
r

e
T irin r

k fi jn m

Algb

d mgn n, B s wr, t n
k n du lj K n d l

nu, k e gb

n
sl

wr wr
Gbogbo irin b ti jn tn.
B RR:
(Eku mj,ja mj, Ob, Epo, k,
yb

ady, rbof)
Chapter 7
wr wor wor, the one that watches
the head.
Ifa divination was cast for the
Blacksmith at the shrine of gn; The
one that usually burns his metal work;
Because he was too busy cleaning and
washing his face.
Because he was too busy washing his
mouth and nose; He was not paying
attention to his work,
In the past times when a Blacksmith was
making metal work, If his hands get
dirty,
They usually put their hands in water and
wash them.
But while they were cleaning and
washing their hands, the metal work will
start burning and damaging. It will no
longer be good, for what he needs it for.
The blacksmith of mgn then added
two plus three.
He went to Iwori to ask him what he
should do.
Iwori told him that there is nothing he
could do, other than to use his hands to
wash his face and nose.
After he had finished his work in the
evening, he went to take a bath.
The blacksmith of mgn listened to the
advice.
Then his work began to look good.
When people asked him where he made
his medicine that enhanced his work so,
he said that if it had not been for Iwori
who had asked him to stay black in the
face and mouth, and stay dirty on the
chin, all his work would have been
burnt.
b:
2 rats, 2 fish, palm oil, corn palp, 1 hen,
a thing that If likes.
ly:
rnml speaks of a person that does
not give 100% attention to his or her
work. Instead of finishing his work first,
he or she is too busy worrying about the
way he or she looks. Meanwhile, the
work is neglected to the point of
spoiling.
If the client can face his or her work
squarely, he or she will succeed in the
work and be happy regardless of how
difficult it is.
OD K TA WR MJ S KEJO
de kn, de k kn tt
m

de j, k j jn,
A df fn wr,
T n

l t de nf,
W

n nb k j tt, n k e
de gb

, de k r,
m ree j tn,m r

tk l
de kan tt de di al

gnj

gan, de r hnn
wn olde-o-m-k-de,
W j srn de
W

n kgb b tt,
W

n n, jn jn, ma tk l
Ni gbogbom de b tk l
rrb n gbe ni
r k gbyn
K p

, k jn
w wo if awo k
B e n

B e n

.
(B RR: kk kan, yb

,
eku,ja,

k,

gbn, ob p

l ow

ljllgn.
Chapter 8
The Surroundings were full but not for
long.
The plans for the Surroundings were
going well but not for long.
Ifa divination was cast for Iwori;
He was going to initiate the
Surroundings
Ifa responded that the Surroundings
should make offerings. So that it will
have joy and wellbeing for a very long
time.
The Surroundings heard the advice but
ignored it.
Afterwards the children of Ode finished
dancing.
They dispersed into the Surroundings
where it was full of nighttime.
The night set in and the Surroundings
became thin;
Awo Olde was there alone descending
into the middle of the Surroundings.
They screamed like tt, the town cry.
They announced that night had arrived.
You should disperse.
All the children of the Surroundings
dispersed then.
Oh, yes, making the appropriate
offerings befits one.
And not making the appropriate offerings
does not befit one"s life; It"s not far.
Come and see the predictions of the
babalwo As it comes to pass. As it
comes to pass.
b:
1 rooster, 1 hen, snail, kolanut, corn
palp, 430 cowries, the equivalent in
money.
ly:
If advises that it is always good to
yield to the advice of the babalwo. It
might seem fine in the beginning not to
but if the client does not follow the
advice of If things might go wrong and
it might become too late.
OD KTA WR MJ S K SN
r k

ni or
K n mndnmndn A df fn j
koko,
j wr t n

l s de y

n n k
rb
yl mj,yin ady mj,
tigb

gb

n,
W

n n k n r ibi nb

n n un k
n j
K r ibi
Chapter 9
The head is just like the knuckle of
the hoe
It has no soft parts.
They cast Ifa divination for jkoko
(jwor)
j wr was going to the town of
y

and there he was told to make

offerings.
2 pigeons with 2 hens eggs.
And 1,980 cowries as the equivalent of
money.
They said that he would not see or
meet negativity there; They said that
he would see and meet with positivity
there instead. Ifa affirmed that he
would prevent jkoko from seeing
negativity.
Song: Oj Awo k rbi jwr Oj
Awo k rbi jwr
b:
2 pigeons, 2 hens, money for the
Babalawo
ly:
Ifa predicts that the client is going on
a journey. In order for the client to
experience positivity on his or her
journey, he or she should make
offerings so as not to run into
negativity.
RN (ORIN AWO) OJ, AWO
K R IBI, J WR, OJ AWO
K R IBI, J WR.
OD KTA WR MJ S K W
p n

p oj k n enini
gbgb irun gb

n
Ke ll
A df fn oj
Ngb t n

l s de pr pr n
ork t oyn

n n k rb,
yl mj ti

gb

knl ow W

n n k
n r ibi
Ngb t oj n

n de pr t
wn babalwo l,
W

n n k rb,
K oj r

m r buruk n de ay W

n
n k myl kan
K fi kan oj s
K fiyl kej kan, oj

tn, If n k a
rb
Chapter 10
The eyelids do not collect dews.
The old beard does not look curly and
shine If was cast for the eyes.
When the eyes were going to the
Outskirts of expression, they were told
to make offerings of two pigeons and
2,200 cowries equivalent in money.
The eyes were told that they would not
see negativity.
As the eyes approached the Outskirts of
expression, they went to see the
babalwo.
They were told to make offerings so that
they would not see negativity in the
world. They were told to take one
pigeon and to touch the left eye with one
of the two pigeons. To use to the second
pigeon to touch the right eye.
Ifa says the client should make offerings;
Ifa predicts that the client is going on
some sort of journey, so as not to
experience negativity.
b:
2 pigeons and 2,200 cowries equivalent
in money.
ly:
It predicts that the client who receives
wr Mj in a reading should make
these offerings to prevent negativity.
OD KTA WR MJ S
KKNL
sin j n wr

,
k gbnrngbnrn snu
Orn gbabirr wl l

run y
os l tt (k) l

run n Oldmr
y os tt smr

gbj l

run
tn yanranyanran,
A df fn id, han lkn fn j A bu
fn irin te m k

hn wn, W

n n k
w

n rb ak,
Id ti j rb, sgbn irin k r. Irin
n ir

ni w

n n

pa, nl

run ti par i
Koko ni ara Id ti jn

le,
Sgb

n l

hn dn mrn, ara irin k d,

w b

s n dpt, n

bj

,
If nl

m k awn m

ta rb tbm
y m

ta Ntor bgb

yn wn.
Chapter 11
The horse wakes in the morning with a
chain in his mouth. The sun shines
through the cracks of the house. God puts
the moon up high.
The rainbow takes over the eyes of God,
the sky.
It shines very bright.
They divine for Brass and the Lead.
They also divine for Iron, the younger
brother of both Brass and Lead. They
were told to make offerings to prevent
their death.
Brass and Lead make their offerings but
Iron did not.
Iron told the babalawo that he was lying.
God finished all the work on him so that
there was nothing left to be done. Brass
and Lead were feeling fine.
But after five years Iron fell sick.
He began to rust and spoil.
Ifa says that three children from the same
parents should make offerings because
the youngest one of them will get sick or
die unexpectedly otherwise.
b:
Ram, plantain, palm oil, kolanuts, oti or
palm wine.
ly:
The client might be one of a group of
three children of the same parents. They
should make offerings so that the
youngest one of them could be prevented
from negativity or death. He or she
should not ignore the advice of the
babalwos. If he or she does, death or
sickness is a possibility.
OD KTA WR MJ S KEJLA
sn awo tr
Polo awo lgn

,
A df fnl

fin de wfn,
W

n nn

kan rbt
Y jb

lti oj

run,
Y s d s klekle
W

n n k ap r l ka
W

n k r b,
If n k r b ntor yn m

ta
Kkn m ba wl
If n k wn ar il k
M sunkn, k k mrn ma ba k
Ngb t rnml l s

hn odi
fi wn m r

knrin sl l
Ngb t

rnml l tn
jkl

rn w

l
Ntor k s rnml nl la d if
wn m r

knrin y t wn
babalwo l
Lti d if, b jkl

rn n ke n
kan wn tt bb wn y fi d, w

n
n k w

n rb
W

n n k w

n r ewr

kan, kr
k

kan, eku mj-mj,gbf , gbta,

Ork wn m rnml ni
i. Ap-or
ii. Ap le j
iii. jm olwnrn
iv. Fygb
v. W

mlj
Chapter 12
sn, the sun or daylight, awo tr, the
ability to see.
Polo the awo of lgn, a town,
Cast If for the owner of the palace of
the outskirts of wfn, meaning
careful look". He was told to make
offerings.
They said that a round thing will fall
from the sky and break into pieces. In
order to be able to contain it, the client
is advised to make offerings in the name
of the people so that there will be no
reason to lament.
Ifa says that the relatives of the deceased
one should not cry so as to prevent
another death. When rnml went on a
journey, he left his sons in the house.
After rnml was gone, a serious
virus spread throughout the town.
Since rnml was gone, the people
decided to divine.
The children of rnml went to the
babalwo to make a divination.
They wanted to know how to protect
themselves against the virus until their
father returned. b:
They were told to make offerings of 1
goat each, 1 piece of meat, 2 rats each,
12,000 cowries equivalent to each and
6000 cowries equivalent each;
The names of those children of rnml
are:
1. pr

2. Ap-l

-j
3. jm Olw

nrn
4. Fysgb
5. W

mlj
ly:
The client should make offerings in
order to prevent sickness or group death
such as that caused by AIDS or another
viral epidemic. He should abide by the
advice of the babalwo.
After they took all the offering items to
the babalwo, they insisted that the
babalwo sacrifice all the goats asb.
All the children of rnml did that
except for the youngest of them called
Wmlj who told the babalwo to do
what he saw fit when the virus came
after the sacrifice of all the goats. It
affected or killed everyone in the town
except Wmlj, the youngest son of
rnml, the only one who had listened
to the advice of the babalwos.
The spirits came to rnml and
instructed him to go back home because
something was happening there.
rnml was very sad to find out that all
his sons had died except for the youngest
one. "s and ru

nml"s friends tried

to console him.
OD K TA WR MJ S
KTL rnml n di sii
Mo n kni r y

ib
n k a Omi d
K ma ba d om s lej lra
Mo n lejo wo ni o?
n lej aj, Aya,k, m ti Oy
If n un r ire lej
Ire aj, ire aya tbk ti ire oy
Chapter 13
rnml said that it had become sii, or
the throwing of water;
I said for a person to duck and be careful
throwing water so that he does not throw
in on an arriving visitor. I asked which
visitor it might be?
He replied that the visitor of Aj or
money, Aya or wife,k or
husband,m or child, Oy or
Chieftaincy.
If says that he saw the prosperity of a
visitor,
The prosperity of money, the prosperity
of a wife or husband, and the prosperity
of the Chieftaincy or oy jj.
b:
Ob kolanut, orgb, money for the
babalwo, 1000 cowries.
ly:
If predicts that rnml sees the
prosperity from a visitor that will bring
good things in life. Among them money,
a new wife, a husband, a child and a
position in life. The client should be
nice to a visitor that might come into his
house and treat him well because the
visitor may bring good luck.
OD K TA WR MJ S
KRNL Bmd b trba fn gb
Ohun gbogbo t b dw l,
m gn grg
w r

s ma tut p

;
A df fnm onw p

,
T ke fojdi s y tb bb
T ay r

dn jj.
Chapter 14
If a youth gives respect to the elders
everything that he or she embarks on
will be a success. The person who does
not disrespect his mother or father will
have a very calm character and peace of
mind. His or her life will be filled with
joy.
ly:
Ifa

advises the client to have a good and

calm character. Ifa

says that the client"s

life will be good and he or she will have
success in his or her life.
If also advises that the client should
have respect for his or her parents so
that his or her life will be long and
happy.
OD KTA WR MJ S
KDG
Adgnl

l lawo Elr
bdnrn lawo kin

or ata
Gngnd lawo ill

ta,
wn ni w

n df fn rnml
Ngb t ire gbogbon

l lde t k ya il
Wn n k mra sb ne,
gb

b rb,
If n od l n k ire w bami d,
Sg by ni wr mjn

dr lj p

n
bo n bol

j lj
T fi man

fi irew r

tr;
K p

, k jnn,
Ire gbogbo w ya d tururu
Chapter 15
Adgnl

l is the Awo of Elree

bdnrn was the Awo of oko, a
beautiful bird on top of the pepper tree.
Gngd was the Awo of the house of
Ill

ta
They were the Babalwo that cast Ifa
divination for rnml.
When all the goodness was passing by
and did not branch to the house of
rnml, rnml was asked to make
offerings and so he did.
Ifa says that Od, or mortar, was the one
that asked for prosperity to settle down
with me. The figures made on thep

n
If, the divining tray for wr Mj
were very steady.
Abo is what covers the face of the
market seller when he or she gives away
his or her profits. Not too far in the
future, prosperity will come in
abundance.
b:
Corn, black eye peas, peanuts, palm oil,
2000 cowries equivalent in money for
the babalwo.
ly:
If says that the client should make
sacrifice so that good things can come
into his or her life. Prosperity of wealth,
children and all good things in life.
OD K TA WR MJ S
KRNDNLGN rk d n f

yn
j pk

y
L df fn Elj wr t y

igb kta
Od wy O loun k n j

k gbl
ay,
j

loun k n j

k gbl ay,
If n t be bi tim thun b ni,
Ibi t a n k gbgb ma gb
Ib

ni gbgbn

gb
Ibi a n k t

m t

,
Ib

ni k n s t

,
Ibi a n k ky ma bal

Ib ni gb hew or gbrgbr,
If b mo b k, di

run r,
yfi b o b le m k,
yfi b o b le wal

If b mo b k,
drn r o.
Chapter 16
The wooded part of the hoe resembles
the back of a monkey"s head.
Divination was cast for Elj wr
which is the third of the Ods to come
into the world. The witches say that they
will not let Iwori live in the world
Ifa says if it is his own child, wr
Mj, he will live in the world
Wherever we say Ew gbgb, a plant
should not leave
There are gbgb leaves.
Where they tell T

not to grow; there is

where Tt grows.
b:
1 rat, 1 fish, some t

leaves, 1 hen,
2000 cowries
ly:
The client should make offerings so that
the people of the world will not disturb
him or her from achieving their goals. In
order that the enemies of the client do
not drive him or her away from his or
her place. If the client makes offerings
he or she will be able to do all the good
things in life and accomplish his or her
mission.
OD KTA WR MJ S
KTDNLGN
wr mj l r t lj p

n
L df fn yy Abyegb
y t f

hnt, t n fkn snrhu

m,
rm l

yn ady kk
b skn
ny okoe tn n

bm ju ni l? W

n
n k rb,
gbb, rb,
r p,
r

f,
w b n n j

bt m,
r

m gbm p

n ni ti aya awo r

m
gbm p

n ni ti

gn r

m gbm
p

n ni t aya awo
Chapter 17
wr Mj was the Od that appeared
on the If tray
When If was cast for the mother of
Abyegbe, the one that rested his back as
she began to cry because she did not
have any children.
She saw the baby chicks behind the
mother hen.
She started crying;
She bemoaned the fact that the birds in
the forest had more children than she
did. She was told to make offerings and
perform rituals.
She listened to the advice of her
Babalwo and made the sacrifices.
The people of f, let people come and
find me in the midst of a lot of children.
Having children to care for is the way of
the wife of the Herbalist; Having
children to care for is the way of the
wives of the babalwo.
b:
10 chicken eggs, palm oil, kolanuts,
Akara, bean cake
ly:
If the client that wr Mj came to is a
woman, she should be looking to have
children. The client should listen to the
advice of the babalwo and make
offerings and rituals. If the client does
so, she will be blessed with a lot of
children.
Children are also representative of other
blessings in life. With the advent of
children, the parents will receive more
sympathy from people and therefore get
more help. All the good things that come
in to the life of the client will increase
his or her prosperity.
OD KTA WR MJ S
KEJDNLGN
Esinsin l gor od
d m

gb

nyn m

gb

yn, L df fn
kk
Tn

lo re j olgun lde gd W

n n
k skl

b ne gbb t joy
tn,
wn

j, wn y

,
n, wa j ,
wan

,
wa j olgun lde gd ni M

Chapter 18
snsn, an itching plant, was the one
that climbed to the top of the river. He
has his roots (m

gb

nyn-m

gb

nyn)
grounded.
He cast If for the pot, kk.
He was to be made the Chief of the army
in the city of gd.
He was asked to make offerings and
rituals; He listened and he was made
Chief. He was dancing and he was
happy. He says we are dancing and very
happy.
I have become the Chief of the Army of
the City gd. I am very grateful.
b:
1 rooster, kolanuts, bitter kola, 1,600
cowries.
ly:
The client will become a very important
person in the community. He or she
should make offerings and rituals so that
he or she will take on that position. He
or she will become a Chief or a very
important person of authority.
OD K TA WR MJ S
KKNDNLGN ni a b w de,
Ni a b l il,
ni aj b w,
Ni aj b l,
Df fn jkoko wr
Nj

tn

t k

run b

w s il ay
W

n n k skl

b ne
W

n n k ma b if,
W

n n b b ti b if t
Ni if ye gb t
gbb rb
j

if tj m

mi
K w mi ire,
j kk wr
If t oj m

m, k wm ire,
B b tj m

mi
M lw l

,
j koko wr,
If tj m

mi, k o wm ire;
B o b tj m

mi
A bm lm
jkoko wr, if tj m

mi k o wm
ire B o b tj m

mi,
A r ire gbogbo,
j koko wr,
If tj m

mi, k o wm ire
j koko wr
Chapter 19
The person that one came out with, is the
person that one goes back home with; It
is the one that the dog comes with that he
leaves with.
Ifa divination was cast for j kk
wr,
The day jkk wr was coming from
heaven into the world.
He was told to make offerings to If;
They told him that the more he
worshipped If and made offerings to
If, the more If will bless and favor
him.
jkoko wr listened and made the
offerings.
So Ifa watched over me and brought me
prosperity, jkoko wr; If, if you
look at me, I will have money in my
hands; jkoko wr, If looks at me
and sees me with positivity.
If you look after me, I will have more
children; jkoko wr;
If looks at me in goodness, if you look
after me. I will have much prosperity.
jkoko wr,
If looks at me with positive ness,
jkoko wr.
b:
Kolanuts, palm oil, yam, wine or spirits.
Also receive one"s own ikn of If from
the babalwo and learn how to pray with
them.
ly:
In jkoko wr, If says in the Od that
the client should learn how to worship
If and pray with If. The client should
learn the activities of If. The more the
client works and worships with If, the
more he or she will receive blessings
and prosperity from If.
OD K TA WR MJ S OGN
gd w o gbk od
payn keke s lko
Df fn aln

takn
T y maae oun gbogbo, b idn, b
dn B idn ni moe t mo fi lj
B idn b idn ni mo e t mo fi lya B
idn b idn ni moe t mo fi bm, B
idn b idn ni moe t mo fi nre gbogbo
gd wu gbk od, payn keke
slko
LY: If n a rb, k a ma ba r
nira, k a l n ire gbogbo p

l sr ti
lf.

Chapter 20
(gd Ow) The cotton tree stands on
the top of the river, showing off its white
teeth to the farmer. If divination was
cast for the Spider, the one who will be
doing everything like magic; It is like
magic I made that brought me riches.
It is like magic I made that brought me
my wife. It is like magic I made that
brought me children; It is like magic I
made that brought me prosperity.
The cotton tree stands on the top of the
river, showing off its white teeth to the
farmer.
b:
2 white pigeons, kolanuts, 1 white yam,
1000 cowries.
ly:
wr Mj says that the client will be
able to have success in life like a magic
other people will not understands. He or
she will be able to make things manifest.
Just as the Spider makes its webs, it is
like magic that other insects do not know
understand how she does it.
The client will have money like magic;
he or she will have wives and children
like magic. All goodness will come to
the client like magic.
OD K RIN ODI MJ S KNN
Il ni mo jk s,
Ni gbogbo iren

turuturu w b mi
d

ni mo jk k,
Gbogbor

turuturu w b mi,
Mo jk inr
Mo rre r

t p

rgd
A df fn odi, tn

swo l s de k
jk fi

yn t igi akko
re gbogbon

d w o
grr, grr,
Ibi a fiy

s ni iy

somi s
Ire gbogbo d w o,
grr, grr,
k k y

t fi gbab tir
Ire gbogbo d w o,
grr, grr
B: (EKU,JA, EWS, OB,
EPO, K, K M SN OW)
IV. D MJ

Chapter 1
It is in the house that I sit,
Where prosperity pours onto me,
I sit in my own living room where all
treasures pour over me.
I sit comfortably without standing.
I see prosperity in treasures of
abundance;
They cast Ifa divination for d Mj as
Ifa was going to practice in the city of
k.
He sat along the way at the foot of an
akko tree to rest his back.
All prosperity pours towards me
(grgr) in abundance.
It is where we leave salt that salt melts
and turns to water;
All prosperity pours towards me in
abundance
Igr-igr (sounds of pouring)
The mountain does not shift as it
receives its offerings. It remains
constant.
All prosperity pours towards me;
Igr-igr
b:
Rat, fish, bush rat, kola nut, palm oil,
Palp, corn palm, 900 cowries.
ly:
If says that prosperity will come to the
client wherever he may be. He or she
will stay put without mourning or
walking around.
OD K RIN ODI MJ S KEJ Odi
kii j d,
Awo wn nl ktu
A df fun y tn

rosn
T an

p n d, tbalay k gbd

j
kr

k t e rosn r,
Odi n e gn fn y t an

p n d
Te ork y
Ni k fi gbd j d di n
d ni y n

,
ma fi d rf

fn balaye
B RR: bk kan fn , epo,
iy

k, ob, p

l ow Awo.
Chapter 2
Odi does not eat d (palm kernel)
The Awo of the house of Ktu (an
ancient Yorba town)
Cast If divination for the woman that
was doing the work of arosin;
The one that we call d thatbalay
must not eat.
The palm kernel that does not make oil
before Odi.
Odi was the one that made medicine for
the woman that we call d, the woman
that raised from youth before the
palm kernel began to make oil.
Because people called rosin (d)
which is the name of the mother of .
That is why does not eat d until
today.
Adi was the name of the mother of .
Do not cook vegetables with d (palm
kernel oil) forbalay.
b:
1 he goat, palm kernel forbalay, salt,
corn palp, kolanut, money for the
babalwo.
ly:
The client should prevent him or herself
from "s anger. He or she should not
upset his or her mother. The client
should be careful to respect taboos and
to observe the restrictions of If.
OD KRIN ODI MJ S KTA
d mjj; awo il alr,
d mjj; awo ill

fin,
d mjj, awo wn nl

wrngn-
ga m

til,m ons

gi,
gntil, fiw

lab aj ttt
W

n n wo d mj
ti w j

o,
T aboyn k fi tiw

l b osn? T
gn k fi tiw

l b osn?
T aboyn il k fi bi tibi tire? Kngiri,
k lan

b s o
Kngiri,
B: yeb mj,yl mj, eku,ja,
epo,

k, gbn, ob ti kk kan.

Chapter 3
Odmj was the Awo of the house of
Alr; Odmj was the Awo of the
house ofl

fin; Odmj was the Awo of

the house of wrngnga. m

ti

was the Awo of On

gi,
gnti

used his hands to touch (te te

te)
They asked Odmj what was
happening;
Those pregnant women did not put their
clean hands in the Osn pot (red cam
wood that we use to beautify the
newborn baby).
They asked why the barren woman could
not have children?;
Why the woman in labor could not suffer
less?.
Od says that they should make offerings
and so they did. They made If work for
them.
Then they received great prosperity of
children,
Of money; prosperity of longevity at the
end.
They say that the way we did it was
through , kangr (???)
OD KRIN ODI MJ S KRIN
Odi gblagb If

,
Awo ill

fin
T y prok rn

s jk
Ngb t wn if

, k f

mn asngb l
sde y

n w l b odi p k gba wn n
m

rn Odi n k w

n ru d agb

n
m

rndnlgn ti igbr igi kan,

K wn p

s lr
K wn w gbe e rn

s y

K w n s fn Alfin p
Ifdn n t y d, Agbnn

d ni k
fie If, ti wpm r

knrin t
bm, K ma fir igi n yn
Ngbt Alafin r y
pe p k w tm

rok tl

fin pa rn si un
s w w fn jk p
w n ar If

k f

sin asingb m

ti wp gblagb Awo kann

b
l

gbb wn Ltij

n ni jk o ti y

,
wn ar If

nu m

fn asngb
Ij ni w

n n

j,
Ay

ni w

n n

,
W

n n, di ,
gblagb If

,
di o, gblagb If

. Awo ilelfin
B: P L A F BRB
N
NOTICE
Asngb rn If

ti y

igb n r
nn

nkan

sn t Alfn y

fn wn n If

lti ma sn k wn ma mn r w,
ntorp j

algbra ngb n.
Chapter 4
Od, the elder in If

, the Awo of the

house ofl

fin, the owner of the palace,

cast If divination for the l

fin, in
heaven.
l

fin, the one that sends a sacred

message to jk (old y

),
the one that sends a sacred message to
jk (the Empire)
When the people of IF no longer
wanted to send their taxes to the Empire
of y

.
The people of Ife went to Awo dmj
to divine advice;
He advised them to make offerings of
baskets and one bunch of firewood.
Also to make a special offering in the
middle of the bunch of firewood to send
to the y

empire.
He advised them to tell the Alfin that
the annual reading of the year that he
will do that year, required that he use Il

baskets full of vegetables to perform it.

And that if his son has just become a
father, he should use a bunch of
firewood to keep warm.
When the Alfin saw this message, he
called s to come and interpret the
sacred message that had been sent to
him.
s then told the Alfin that the people
of If

no longer wanted to continue

serving his empire. Also that there is an
elder advising them, who is close to the
people of If

.
From that day on the people at Ife
stopped paying tribute to y

and were
very happy. They started dancing for joy.
They were singing in praise of d, the
elder of If

, They were singing in praise

of d, the elder of If

.
b:
The p

l should be used to find out

what the offerings should be.
ly:
The client who consults If should make
sacrifice so that he or she may be free of
enslavement. He or she will be able to
gain his or her freedom from any
bondage or burden in life. He or she
should seek the advice of an Elder and
abide by his advice.
OD K RIN ODI MJ S KRN
Ap Ewr

ni k j

k a pa ewr

A
df fn Jkta
Te r

m Gbng
la ni a o pa Jkt
tnla ni a pa Jkta
r

n ni a o pa Jkta rn ni a o pa
Jkt nu,nu, ni a o fi pa Jkta m

B RR: kk d kan, epo,

orgb, p

l gb kan fn Gbng

Chapter 5
It is the arms of the goat that prevent
people from killing the goat; Ifa
divination was cast for Jkta, who was
first son of Gbng. Tomorrow we will
kill Jkta.
It is the day after tomorrow that we will
kill Jkt.
It is the fourth day that we will kill
Jkta.
It is the 5
th
day that we will kill Jkta.
Only the tongue will be used to kill
Jkta
b:
1 rooster, palm oil, bitter kola, 1 ram for
Gbng.
ly:
The client that consults If will have
victory from his or her enemy. The
enemies will just continue to talk about
causing harm, but they will never be
able to cause it. He or she should be
watchful of enemies and hatred. He or
she should make offerings to gain
victory.
OD KRIN ODI MJ S KF
K a di d k kn bmbm A df fn
ataare
T k dr tir

l kn

Igba
Orgb,
Igba ataare, Igbay k bb Ta l
p Odi o lw l

Ayam b

K be gbaj Gbng
If d, al, bra ab
p

, ab wr
b Rr: Eku,ja, Epo, k, Orgb,
ataare,k bb, so ew r

, ob.
Chapter 6
Let us pack the buttocks fully.
Ifa divination was cast for the Guinea
pepper, the one that never packs its
luggage with a full load. And then 200
bitter kola, 200 guinea pepper, 200 y

leaves, 200 barley seeds.

with

(Gbngo

"s shaker)
He"s not the favorite of Gbng. If has
arrived as the authority.
b:
1 rat, 1 fish, palm oil, bitter kola, guinea
pepper, wheat, the seeds of Ew r

,
kola nuts.
ly:
rnml says that the client who has
consulted If will have abundance of
prosperity. His or her prosperity will be
full like the Atare is full of seeds. The
client will be with abundance in his or
her life.
OD K RIN ODI MJ S KEJE
tp lkun
A tkt n

Alakn ni gb

nu od
Ni n

b srsr fn l

fin
A df fn rnml
If k mn bb, b

ni k mun

If k mn bb
If k n iyen

m m

,
ba ald gba igbt kan
Iye d la w
B RR: Eku,ja, gbn, kk
kan,tn bb ti

l korko ew
if fn

y
He swings legs in the sea.
He does diving and gymnastics in the
ocean.
It was the crab who lives in the river
making small offerings forl

fin. Ifa
divination was cast for rnml.
Ifa does not drink wine nor does he
drink liquor.
Ifa no longer possesses wisdom.
The Royal King takes a cup of wine and
becomes wise again.
b:
1 rat, 1 fish, 1 rooster, 1 snail, red wine,
gin, Ifa leaves for memory.
ly:
The client who has consulted If should
not engage in too much drinking so as not
to be too forgetful or to lose his or her
memory. The client should watch his or
her drink so that he or she will not drink
bad water or get poisoned from drinking
too much. The client should be very
careful in these regards.
OD K RIN ODI MJ S KJ
rn t bn

dun babalwo
Ln

dun if,
rn t bn

dun Ongn,
Ni dun sanyn,
rn t bn

dun aj
Ni n

dun ohun s d r

A df fn rnml,m ondlj
Y gblw,
Y s gba pr m ba saya
r p
rf,
w b mi n r

gun
r

gun n wa w
B RR: eku,ja,

k, yb

fn if,
ews fn wn ym p

l epo pupa
pp

. It is what is hurting the babalwo

that hurts If.
It is what is hurting the Ongn that
hurts sanyn (r of herbs) It is what
hurts Aj (spirit of money) that hurts s
dr

(theemblem of Aj"s spirit) If

divination was cast for rnml (m
Ondlj).
He will look beautiful; he will put the
Royal pendant on his chest.
People of p, people of p (an ancient
town) Come and find me in victory.
We are victorious.
b:
ly:
The client that If has been cast for
should take his or her problems to If for
help and victory. The client is assured
that If will take his or her problems
seriously and help he or she to be
victorious in conquering his or her
problems.
OD K RIN ODI MJ S K SN
s

id n fi oj tan n
Olbnngbon n fap mjj lu
gb

du
jj gogoro awo Ajgnw
A df fn Ajgnw
T n

ti de

run b

w s il ay
If n k a rb p
mknrin la b, p de

run n y ti
mm w tir

w p, k sni t l k
lj b k da
Drn

in ohunkhun, If n iym n
y p

,
kk r

s p

, Ajgnw gb

b,
rb,
Igba ab

, gntn kan, a funfun kan,

epo ti gbjllogn nib r

.
Ajgnw n an

p n ay
It is the leg that wears brass on it that
shines most strongly to the eye.
l

nn-bnm (a type of bees) is the

one that uses her two arms to play the
gb

du drum. jj gogoro (a name) awo

jgnw
If divination was cast for Ajgnw, the
one that is coming to earth from heaven.
He was told to make sacrifice to achieve
fame.
b:
200 abere leaves, 1 she lamb, 1 piece of
white cloth, palm oil, 3000 cowries.
Ajgnw is the name that we call the
world.
ly:
Ifa says the client will be blessed with a
male child. The child and the client who
has consulted If will have fame if he or
she makes the appropriate offerings. He
or she will shine in life. He or she will
be always constant as the world is.
OD K RIN ODI MJ S KWA
Kt kt ni n

pil

arn
B b d k, di gburudu
B b d k, a di gbrd
A df fn ak

sn tn

e bb ilj
T n

l mn il ibjk
Ak

sn ni ork t an

pedn
Olr rere ma dj o
W

n n kdn r b,
K ma b r elnn nbjk r

K l na ap k l nas

bk kan, kk kan,
d kan, ti egbtllgn,
dan

gbb rub,
Gbgb

n k r d ti kk fn elnn
Ngbt d ibjko
dan

na ap, nas

,
b t k r, d t y k fi r b,
Gradually is the way we plant a tree;
When it gets tall enough it will spread
out;
When it gets tall enough it becomes
wide.
If divination was cast for Ak

san

, a
sacred tree, which was the chief of the
market place.
Aksan, who was going to settle down,
Ak

san

, is the name that we calldan

,
the sacred tree. A lucky-headed one
arrived at the market place anddn was
asked to make offerings so that he would
not experience hatred in the place he
decides to settle down.
In order that he could stretch his arms
and legs, he was told to make an offering
of 1 he goat, 1 rooster, 1 machete
(cutlass) and 2,600 cowries.dn
yielded to the advice and made the
offerings. But he did not make the
offerings of the machete and the 1
rooster to protect against hatred.
When he got to the place where he
wanted to settle down,dn stretched his
arms and legs. The people of the world
came to the market and took the offerings
that he did not make.
They took the machete and began to cut
down his legs and arms.
The client should make all the offerings
so that the people continue to do all of
their work in the morning; So that the
people of the world do not throw their
work away uselessly.
b:
1 he goat, 1 rooster, 1 machete (cutlass),
2,600 cowries.
ly:
The client that has consulted If should
make offerings so that he or she can
prosper in his or her work. She or he
will be blessed and will be able to settle
down with much success. But through
envy and hatred people will try to bring
him or her down. But the people of the
world came to cut him down: First the
arms and then the legs. The client can
prevent this from happening by yielding
to the advice of the babalawo and by
making the prescribed offerings.
OD K RIN ODI MJ S
KKNL W nb ar

run
K dun ar wn n il
A df kej ko ko mi
T a b n un nkan
T ma fi gbogbo ay segn j
jkkm ni ork t an

pe egngn If
n k a b egngn kan, n
Eegn n y s il

kn m fnni n
Obnrin kan y bm pp

,
K fi

, agb

k,
Psn ti bk kan b eegngn If ni
ork ni k n par

s ni k n parun
Lo ohun t a d if s
Chapter 11
The people in Heaven were told to come
here.
They were told not to fight over their
homes.
If divination was cast for kej
Kkm, the one that was born alone. If
was cast for the one that will have a
great inheritance.
jkkm is the name of the one we call
Egngn.
If priests say that the client should make
offerings to one special ancestor, so that
the ancestor will bless the client with
children.
The client should use black eye pea
pudding and corn whips and one he goat
as offerings for Egngn.
Ifa

predicts that the client"s name will

never perish. That is what we have
consulted If for.
b:
Black eye peas, corn palp, 1 he goat and
9 whips or sticks.
ly:
The client is advised to make offerings
to his or her ancestors. There are
blessings that are coming from the
ancestors for the client that has consulted
Ifa. The blessings will be inheritance
and children if the client makes the
offerings to the ancestors.
OD KRIN ODI MJ S KEJL
n sk, ap aj jgd ni in
l sk ap aj jgd n in,
Olko

funfun rr d r funfun
A df fn gbgb rhnhnrnhin
T ma a fis r

t il d
If t k w fis

ba il mi
If n obnrin, lejo kan w n

d
W byby, lej

, obnrin rere ni
Chapter 12
How is today that the dog"s arms spread
long.
How is tomorrow that the dogs arms
spread long.
Olko

(a bird) is white; his tail feather

is white.
If was consulted for gbgb ran-in-
ran-in (a big buzzard), the one that will
bring prosperity into the house of
rnml.
If, it is time that you come to my house
with prosperity.
Ifa says that there is a stranger in the
form of a woman who will bring
prosperity into the client"s life.
b:
1 hen, kolanuts, honey, gin, wine or other
liquor, 2000 cowries.
ly:
There is someone who is coming into the
life of the client who has consulted If.
This new person will bring good things
into his or her life. The client should
make offerings in order to manifest Ifa

"s
predictions
OD K RIN ODI MJ S KTL
de rere
rin rere
O m rn sk rn ns

mjj
A

k ohun r

s il
A d g

bm onn

kan
A df fn jj g

gb

T n

l s de Ibn
W

n n ornkan y mun d ibiti

Y gbe w kan,
W

n n

gngn ire ni y mae

W

n n k rb, gb

b rb
Ngb t d de bn, ohunkhun t
b Fiw

b ni di rere,
If nnkan f

l s dl

If n k r b k t l
K ib

le sn

n,
K l gbay ti ib

B: p

la fi brn

kan t a o fi
rb
Chapter 13
You arrived into prosperity. You walked
into prosperity. You know how to walk
timely on your two feet.
We just put down all aspects of wealth.
You arrived as the child of the owner of
it all.
They cast Ifa divination of the big
stranger who was going to the town of
Benin.
They said that the head of the client will
lead him or her to where he or she will
be prosperous. They said that he or she
will move directly towards prosperity.
He or she is told to make offerings.
When he or she has arrived at the city of
Benin, everything that he or she touches
will turn to prosperity. If says he or she
should make offerings before going.
If says someone (the client) will be
going on a journey;
If says he or she should make offerings
before going so that the place will be
favorable for him or her; so that he or
she will be famous and happy upon
return.
b:
The babalwo will use the p

to ask
for the offerings to be made to If.
ly:
The client who consulted If will be
very lucky. He or she will walk into a
situation of wealth and prosperity, which
have been prepared. If predicts that if
the client is going on a journey he or she
should first make inquiries and offerings
so that the journey will be successful.
ODU KERIN ODI MEJI ESE KERINLA
Mo de rere
Mo rin rere
Emi nkan ni mo mo irin asiko rin
A ss ko nkan r sil
Ni mo wole wr bim oni nkan
Emi kii sem oni nkan
Irin asiko ni mo rin
Chapter 14
I arrived into prosperity I walked into
prosperity. I am the only one that knows
the timely walk.
We just gathered all the aspects of
wealth and I walked into them as the
child of the owner of them. I only knows
the timely walk.
b:
The babalwo will use the opele to ask
what should be the offerings.
ly:
It is similar to the previous chapter,
chapter 13. The client who has consulted
If will be very lucky to walk into the
blessings of wealth.
ODU KERIN ODI MEJI ESE
KEEDOGUN Ki a ma se ku ni kker
Ki a ma se dgb nn s

Kama si fi

p tl

ni bjran
Chapter 15 May we not die too young;
May we not get old in poverty;
May we not walk with a cane at the
garbage dump.
b:
The client who has consulted Ifa should
pray for longevity and prosperity. Ifa
says if the client makes the offerings he
or she will be prevented from poverty
and an untimely death.
OD KRIN ODI MJ S
KRNDNLGN
F

nrnkn kan w l so ay r
A df fn onk l,
Tn

w oko m

rn y n kiri
bi j ogb fn wn lde

tn
bi

k mj fn wn lde ap
bi wr mj fn wn lde ej
Rrb ln

gbeni;
Er t a r fn s d ldj
K p

, k jnn,
w b ni n w

m
Chapter 16
Only one string of thread suspends the
Earth.
Ifa was consulted for Onkl.
She gave birth to jogb, an If
disciple, at the town of de tn. She
gave birth to y

kmj, an If disciple,
at the town of Ap. She gave birth to
wrmj, an If disciple at the town of
Ej.
Making offerings befits one"s life.
The offerings that were made for
were favorable.
Not too long; Not too far.
Come and find us in the midst of
children.
b:
Palm oil, kolanuts, guinea pepper,
money for the babalawo.
ly:
The client will be blessed with a lot of
children. The client should make
offerings for Eshu so that he or she will
be found in the midst of a lot of children.
OD K RIN ODI MJ S
KTDNLGN Ww

n dunm
olfr
iwn dun m olfr
Bo ba sojo m fohn sakin
Bo b sakin, m fohn sojo
r lok dir kal

n fagb gun lr gan gan gan L df

fn yngb
T n un y fawo

sn,
Y n

gb to

lo

hun y f"awo

sn Ara r

ln

e
j

k l o sun o
kn yn

gb la sun o
kn yn

gb
Chapter 17
The scarcity of the monkey (dun) is
calledm Olfiri.
Scarcity of monkey is called m
Olfiri.
If you are a coward, you should not
behave as brave.
If you are brave you should not behave
as a coward.
The people of the town of lok packed
their luggage
They piled their luggage very high.
Ifa was consulted for Yngb, the one
who plans to ridicule Awo, the
babalwo. Yngb, who plans to
ridicule Awo is only hurting himself.
Then who do we cry for?
It is Yngb who we will cry for.
It is Yngb who we will cry for.
b:
Snails, kolanuts, guinea pepper, palm
oil, corn.
ly:
There is someone who is planning to
ridicule the client. The client should be
careful.
OD K RIN ODI MJ S
KEJDNLGN Kk a grkan
gdgd ngd
yn,

yn, la j j r s,
Df fn wn n dknrin
A lukin fn wn n d bnrin
gb d j

kan a r

m b,
gb d di mj
Ni irem d,
K p k jnn,
w b n n rn m
Chapter 18
The knot of a cloth is knotty.
gdegd n gd (a Yorba
expression) Backwards is the way we
dance for the r.
If was consulted for the crowd of
males.
They cast If with the Ikns in the crowd
of women.
When the crowd was only one, no
children were born.
When the crowd became two, prosperity
measured in children arrived. Not too
long; not too far.
b:
7 chicken eggs, palm oil, kolanuts,
guinea pepper, 700 cowries.
ly:
There are blessings of children
predicted for the client who has
consulted If. He or she will have a
relationship with a member of the
opposite sex who will yield the birth of
a child. There will be an association
with a woman that will lead to a child or
children.
OD K RIN ODI MJ S
KKNDNLGN Odindi od,
odindin, od
j od di mj, w

n dtt

Df fn Ak

sn,
Tn

l ree j bal

j
A bu fun ay r

Tn

l re dj sl
Ak

sn n

dd,
Ay rn

dj,
yin o m

wp
Olr ire lun dja
Chapter 19
Odindi d (a package) Odindi d
(another package)
The two packages became two;
They became the truth.
Ifa was cast for Ak

sn, a chief, who

was going to become the Chief of the
market.
If was also consulted for his wife who
was going to establish a market place.
Ak

san was wearing the crown of

chieftaincy; His wife was creating a
market don"t you know that they are the
lucky ones creating a market.
b:
1 yam, black eye peas, palm oil,
kolanuts, 1 rooster, 1 hen, 1000 cowries.
ly:
The client who has consulted If will
become a very important figure in the
society. He or she will rise to become a
chief or even a king or president. So
also the wife or husband of the client
will become a very important person
and be blessed. She or he will
eventually found an establishment. Both
the husband and the wife will become
famous and important in the society.
They will become great people.
OD K RIN ODI MJ S GN
gbn k pil

aron

dda
fbojo wn k pil

arn n ww
A k gboju gbogbo laja
A k gboju kikan lagbo
A ki gbj ffo
l adiy gd
Taa ni gbj yyn l algm
A df fn fbojo
T n

l s knl j

n n k rb,
gb

b, rb,
B isu b ta tn
A gb re r

l lri
f

bjo, awo ni y ma jre wn

B r b so tn
A gb re r

l or
f

bjo awo ni y ma jre wn B

gbdo b bm tn
A gb re r

l or
f

bj, Awo ni y ma jre wn

Chapter 20
The snail did not plan to make the blue
dye.
f

bojo did not plan to go sand digging.

One is not too brave in flying like the
rooster.
Who knows now to walk with style more
than the chameleon?
Ifa divination was cast for f

bojo, the
sand digger, who was going to the
backyard of the snake.
He was told to make sacrifice and
offerings; He yielded to the advice and
made the sacrifice. If the yam is ready,
the farmer will harvest it.
If the peas finish growing, the farmer
will make a profit from them. f

bojo,
the sand digger, an Awo will always be
favored. After the corn has grown very
well, the farmer will make profit from it.
f

bojo and the babalawo will always

be favored.
b:
2 yams, black eye peas, corn, palm oil, 1
he goat.
ly:
If predicted that the client who has
consulted If will have favorability. He
or she will eventually have victory over
his or her work, just as the farmer in his
harvest.
OD K RIN ODI MJ S
KKNLLGN dd ln

fi ra r

d igb
Olbr l fhn n k
W

n e b t erin
Df fn rr gg
T sm"knrin de

run
B mi k til

nb, b nk lgn rr
t mo gb

kn l, t to mi n tmi
Chapter 21
The blocker was the one that blocked the
forest with his own body.
Olbr (a small bird) was the one that
made sound from up the hill
People thought he was as big as an
elephant.
If was cast for Ariragaga (a name for
Gbng), who was the man from
Heaven.
Even if I do not have my offerings and
my charms, I can depend on rr
Gbng He is enough for me.
b:
Black eye peas, corn, okra, pounded
yam, bitter kola, palm oil, 1 rooster, 1
ram, 6000 cowries.
ly:
The client who has consulted If should
be very close to the r, Gbng.
Gbng is the energy of thunder and
lightening. If says that Gbng will
protect and fight for the client who has
consulted If. The client might seem
powerless but Gbng will empower
him or her and win his or her victory
over his or her enemy.
OD K RIN ODI MJ S
KEJILELOGUN Ynmynm ab

yn
pl
Df fn or,
n

b lgbr un nkanoo grogro

W

n n k skal

b ne
gb

b, rb
Et w, et br dr Or mi k s
dl

ni nu w,nu b or dr Or mi
ks dil

ni Irun w, irun br dr Or
mi ks dl

ni.
Chapter 22
Yimi yimi, an insect that has a flat head.
Ifa was cast for Or, the head.
Or was left alone, all alone.
Or was advised to make offerings and
he yielded to the advice.
He made the offerings.
Then the ear came to join him.
The head stayed with the head.
My head must be in possession of
goodness.
The mouth came to join the head and
stayed with the head.
My head must be in possession of
goodness.
The nose came to join the head and
stayed with the head. My head must be in
possession of goodness;
The nose came to join the head and
stayed with him. My head must be in
possession of witness.
The hair came to join the head and
stayed with the head. My head must be in
possession of goodness.
This is how all the elements of the head
came to join the head.
b:
Kolanuts, coconuts, efun white clay for
ceremony, Osn, red cam wood, the
head of a fish, the head of a rat, money
for the babalwo, r or orl

dni.
ly:
The client that consulted If could be
lonely. If says that the client will be
joined by other useful people in his or
her life. The client will no longer be
lonely. The client will also be blessed
with prosperity.
OD K RIN ODI MJ S
KTALELOGUN dd n fnu ara r

dgun
ww n fi ohn nu ara r

b y

r ni
gb

ohn olbr lkr

A n b k terin, p

ju f

n l
Ibi olbr ba s, k m t di o Df
fn irin w

nw

n
Te mknrin, gn, ngb rb,
bn r

, Ib

n ro Ibn k r, k sni ma
j

k w

n doj bn k

un
Kp

, k jnn,
w b ni n r

gun
r

gun l b ni l

p
Chapter 23
Od was the one that uses his own mouth
to obstruct war.
ww, an animal, was the one that uses
his own mouth to collect sand.
Who hears Olbr, a small bird, from a
distance, might say that he is not as big
as the elephant.
He is bigger than a buffalo
Where Olbr hides he is even not as
big as a chicken.
If divination was cast for a bunch of
Iron, who is the son of gn when he
lives in the midst of his enemies.
He was advised to make offerings and
he followed it. He made the offerings.
Here is a gun but the gun did not fire. But
no one will allow someone else to point
a gun on him or her.
Not so long, not so far.
Come and find us in total victory;
It is in total victory we always find us at
the foot of p ( rnml.
b:
7 yams, 7 plantains, palm oil, kolanut, 1
rat, 1 fish, salt, corn, black eye peas,
efun and osun. Money for the babalwo.
ly:
Victory is predicted for t he client who
has consulted If. He or she will use his
or her mouth to win himself or herself
victory. Just like the gun uses its mouth
to make the shot sound, so also the client
will have victory. An indication that the
client is in the midst of enemies. There
may be envy and jealousy in the life of
the client.
OD KRIN BR MJ S
KNN
nbr, l br
A df fn br,
Tn

l sko lerdn
T n

fi omi oj srhnm
ya gn, ya pr
r"

m l

hn ady b skn
Ni w l s oko alwo
un l bm byi
Ni br df si, w

n n pp

ni irem
r

Sgb

n k rb, k rb

lp

m K o s rb k wn m
ary ma pa wn m r

lp

m ni br r, K rb

t,
W

n w n k gbb n l s

yn odi
W

n n ibit gbb n s ni k fiel

K s ma gb ib

, se b

w b

lp

m
Gbgb

n ntorb t

t k r
L

ddn ni wn m aryn

paa lm
j, yn s d ni wn

yin Awo
n n br
T n

l oko lerdn
Rrb ln

gbeni
r b k gbyn
K p

k jnn
w woo Ifa awo k b ti n

abe wr.
KL : If n gn dl

m pp

,
gb

n b km ary ma pam
n ni k a r. B: Eku,ja, Igbn,
Ob, k, yb

ade.
V. BR MJ
Chapter 1
Today Br, a disciple of If Tomorrow
Br, a disciple of If;
If divination was cast for Br, the one
that is going to do seasonal farm work.
He or she is crying because he or she
does not have children;
Br desired to have children
But she was barren. She began to cry.
She saw the baby chicks following
behind their mother and she continued to
cry.
Then she visited the diviner to ask for
her own children.
That is what Br consulted If about.
The babalwo told her that prosperity of
children would be plenty but that she
should make offerings in asking for them.
She should also make offerings to
protect her children against the evil of
people in the world who might kill them.
But Br only made offerings that she
might bear many children and not against
her enemies. She was told to make
offerings at the edge of the town.
She was told that wherever she laid the
offerings was to be where she made her
home. There she should live.
She heeded the advice of If and gave
birth to many children.
But because the offerings to ward off
enemies were not made, every year her
children were killed. She discovered the
wisdom of the babalawos who had cast
the divination for her.
She was saying, today Br who was
going to do seasonal farm work. Making
offerings is what favors our lives.
Not too long; not too far.
Come and see the prediction of Awo as
it manifests itself. rnml speaks and
it is so.
b:
1 rat, 1 fish, 1 snail, kolanuts, corn pulp,
1 adult hen (the adult hen who is always
making a cackling sound)
ly:
If says that a barren woman will bear
children. He or she should make
offerings so that the people of the world
will not kill her children. The client
should yield to the advice of the diviners
so as not to regret what may happen.
BR MJ S KEJ Mo j ri
olkon

roko,
m l,
m o r,
Mo j, mo gbrn bb mi l

Arn bb miw

gbgbgb
Mo j, mo gba rn bb mi,
Arn bb mi ab

gbogbogbo
Gbogbogbo ni eegun kr y ju w

n
A df fn iktnn

l
m l

dnyr
Nj

t n

f fn onkrgbb
W

n n k mn kk gogoro fn

sun
(orr)
W

n n k mn ojkjk

yl fn od
l

yinj g

r p,
r

f
w b n n r

gun
r

gun ni wa w
KL : If n a f

l ibkan, k b
rr

ti od k a t l, k ibi t an

l l
dra) rr

ti od la b lr oun t
df s).
B RR: Eku,ja, Ob m

f, kk
m

ta,yl mj, A b Od ti orni

nb

. kk kan fn or r yl kan fn
od.
Chapter 2
I woke in the morning as the farmers
were going out to their fields; I did not
go; I refused to go;
I woke in the morning and I held my
father"s velvet garment.
My father"s velvet dress with long arms.
I woke up in the morning and I held my
father"s velvet dress. My father"s velvet
dress has long legs;
It is long in the way the masquerade
looks from a distance
If divination was cast for Iktanl

, the
child of Oldnyr, on the day that he
was going to perform If work for
On

krgbb

.
He was asked to offer a big rooster for
Osun.
He was asked to make offer a big pigeon
for the Od,l

yinjg

.
The people of p, the people of f,
Come and find us in total victory.
We are the absolute victory.
b:
1 rat, 1 fish, palm oil, kolanuts, 3
roosters, 2 pigeons. The client should
make offerings to Od and his or her
own head. The pigeon for the Od. The
roaster for one"s Or.
ly:
If says that the client may be planning a
journey. He or she should make offerings
so that he or she will meet good luck
along the way. The client should make
offerings to his or her spiritual head. He
or she should also make offerings to the
Od. For this purpose we seek
divination.
BR MJ S K TA rnml,
If mo n di onran ran ran wa n
sawo,
A df fn p,
T y ma l ky bbar

k
gbg,ni mi ni e
Im

, nii mi n e rnml, If l
fn mi lw gbal If j, k o w fim
r b m l

nu B on p

np

np

n b tan
in r

rg l

, w k wl Sle
mi Awo
Bb mi, rg l

W dandan k o w l Sl mi Awo.
KL :-Od yn

s fn wa wp, if
w n skn wa, k a mjto, un ni y
bwa yanj oun t a df l, b

t j
m

ow k a fi l if)
(B RR: eku,ja, gbn, Ob, epo,
yb

kan) (A rb if nb y, b a
ba rb tn a fi ade n b if)

Chapter 3
rnml, I call If; I say he has
become our lineage.
It is our lineage and heritage to be an
Awo (an initiate0
If was consulted for the Palm tree, that
if it will be treasurous as the King
of r

. Is it the gbg of my man that

is not real.
Is it the Palm tree of my man,
representing rnml, that is not real.
rnml, If himself was the one who
gave me money to get the house. If,
when you wake up, come and feed me
with your breast milk
When Onp

np

np

n, a spirit name, lit

his light, he always puts it on the top of
his child"s head. rgl

, (a praise
name for rnml), come and create
wealth in my house. I am an Awo.
b:
1 rat, 1 fish, 1 snail, palm oil, corn palp,
1 hen. The offerings of the hen should go
to If. 8000 cowries.
ly:
This Od is telling the client who has
consulted If that rnml is close to
him or her in spirit. One should study Ifa
for goodness to come into the life of the
client. Ifa

will help solve all the client"s

problems, especially financial ones.
BR MJ S K RIN
Mo j, mo b Erin nn igb,
Mo n, Erin, p

, alwoo m

duru
m

duru Mo j, mo bf

n n

dn,
Mo n,f

n, p

alwoo pp, Mo
j, mo b gb

nrn nn igb
Mo j, mo b er n bt,
Mo n, re, p

, alwoo kinikini
Il

gun, iln

l s"o

do rr
Ikn gb

n, ikn wn n

re bygb A
df fn Erin l

m eranko
T w

nn

b larn sr,
T w

n n

b lrn

t,
W

n nb b

yn ni k w

n e, W

n
n awo k sb b

yn,
wn ni awo awyerye il rnml
Ni w

If fn wn d kr

,
Nj

t w

n n

wranko kiri,
W

n n k w

n r b,
B w

n ti rb tn, W

n wo in igb l
Ni w

n b b

s n ri eranko wn
paw

n, W

n wn

yin awo t kif fn

wn wn awo n n

yin if
Rrb l n

gbeni,
r k gbnyn,
tt w b ni, n r

gun
(KL : If n k arb k a ma k b
sl

lr)
If n

t k n r wa mm, if ni k a gb

kl

B:b kw

wa le t ohun t an

,
p

la fi br.

Chapter 4
I woke in the morning and found the
elephant in the jungle. I greeted the
elephant and praised him;
Alwo m

duru-m

duru
I woke and found the buffalo in the
forest.
I greeted the buffalo ( f

n) and praised
him.
Alwo psps
I woke and found the antelope
(gb

nrn) in the woods.

I woke and found the python and gave
praise to him (Alwo kn-kn, the
shining color) The okro (il) packed
themselves into groups of twenty.
Ikn, a plant like okro) packed
themselves into thirties.
Ifa was consulted for the elephant, on the
day that all the animals were surrounded
by their enemies (people) hunting to kill
them.
They were told to make offerings of
spoiled eggs.
They refused to make these offerings.
They refused the babalwo, Awororoye,
an ancient name meaning those who wait
patiently watching for things.
If divination was cast for the people of
kr

, an ancient kt town on the day

of the hunt. They were told to make
offerings.
As soon as they did they entered the
forest to hunt.
They began to kill the animals: the
elephants, the buffaloes, etc. They were
very happy and sang in praise of the
babalawos.

Chapter 5
The rooster uses his crest as his pride.
If was consulted for plk, a kind of
bird, the one that will ignore his own
matters yet get involved in other
people"s matters.
rnml will help him take care of his
own matters.
He was told to make offerings so that he
will possess dignity in his life.
He made the offerings and then they told
him he could go and fix other people"s
matters better than his own.
After he did all these things he was told
that many people will come and serve
him and thank him. He was very happy
and began to dance.
Chapter 6
It is rolling that we roll the mortar; It is
rolling that we roll the big pot; The way
we roll the mortar,
We must not roll the pot the same way. If
we roll the pot the same way.
The pottery person will be very sad.
It is only one wife that brings joy in the
husband"s home.
If they become two wives, one will
accuse the other of gossip.
If they become three wives, one will
accuse the other of stubbornness.
If they become four, there could be
inseparable fights amongst them.
The fifth wife could lead to the
separation of the family and the
household. The seventh wife will say
that it is the If of their husband that
brings misfortune to her.
b:
If thought that the client should sacrifice
the pleasure. He will ask from If
whatever comes to his mind as long as
If accepts. Theb should be done. The
client might have to choose one wife if
he has more than one now.
ly:
If says to the client who has consulted
Ifa to be careful with multiple
relationships. He will have problems
from this. If says there is no rest of
mind in more than one wife at a time.
BR MJ S KEJE
A mo or af

j l

gb

,
A mos

sk l

n,
A mo or oly lwj
L dffn j

rndnlgn od
W

n n

l r sb nll

fin
W

n n k w

n rb,
Tarani l t
Ti arani l j
Df fn j

br
Tn

l rb nll

fin
W

n n k rb,
gb

b, rb,
j

br gb

sin dd gn
sin dd
br gbsin pupa gn,
sin pupa,
br gbsin funfun gn
in funfun
j

br nkan nin

b l

ynni tn

rb
If n k a rb, k a bor k a l dil

l.
Chapter 7 One cannot differentiate the
head of a blind person in a crowd of
people. Neither can one differentiate the
footpath of a crazy person on the road.
If divination was cast for the Sixteen
Ods (Il disciples of rnml) They
were told to make offerings;
One"s own matters in other words, are
important.
One should take care of his own matters.
If divination was cast for j br.
br was going to make offerings at
the house ofl

fin.
He heeded and made the offerings.
br road the black horse .
He rode the red horse.
br rode the black horse .
He rode the white horse.
j br is the only one that was left
behind, makingb offerings for
blessings.
b:
1 horse tail, rk

, kolanuts, orgb.
The babalwo will ask for what If
wants with the

.
ly:
The client should listen to the advice of
the babalwos. He or she should make
his or her bs in order to receive many
blessings in life.
BR MJ S KJ
Am kn ni

yn
Amsn ni nk
A df fn

rnml
Ifn

awo ko ldb

If t

, k n la db

tmi
Ayani ladb

ni,
m ni ldb

ni
t k n la db

tmi
B b di wy m

dn,
Bya b tin

gb igb ob
m ma gb igb ata
LY: If n k a rb, k a m sar
ow ju m l, If n gn y dil

m
B RR: kan t if b ti gb ni.

Chapter 8
We took one from yn;
We took one from nk
Ifa divination was cast for rnml, the
energy of wisdom. Ifa was making Awo
(divination practice);
But he did not have a companion (db)
If, it is time for me to have my own
db.
Alaye: Ifa predicted that the client will
be surrounded by people like his
children ,wife and family Offerings: The
Babalawo will determine the ebo with
Opele
BR MJ S KSN e
mini,w

mi

tn
r

mini,w

mi s;
Ab

j nin

m oj l

j tt nini,
Adf fn ba d
j gbr-l

l bwn munl

ibd Tal fi gn
g

, g

, g

?
g

j d o,
m Abso jgbnn
T b so taj, so taya
so tm, fi tk p

(If n ire ow, Aya,m, ti k w

fnnit

br)
(mj b jde s.)

Chapter 9
It pleases me to my right;
It pleases me to my left;
The two kk leaves do not beat on each
other.
The lead fan is the one that cools the
King"s face (l

j).
(big ntl lead fan)
If divination was cast for the King of
d, the one with the uncountable beads.
He was the one that settles at Ibd and
makes everything all right. Ogedenjo, a
special plant that belonged tobtl,
the one that has abundant seeds. If it
grows for children it grows for
longevity.
The one that wears the hat to top the
beads around the neck.
The one that wears the crown that tops
the cap.
The day he was going to settle down at
Ibd, his enemies told him that he
would not be able to settle there.
rnml said that he would be able to
settle at Ibudo.
The he was made Old, the King.
j br was the one that made Ol-
d, the King.
b:
1 rat, beads, fish, 1 rooster, palm oil,
salt, kolanuts.
ly:
If says that the client who has consulted
If will become someone that others
serve. He or she could become a king or
a queen with the beads of chieftaincy on
his or her neck, and the crown of the
king and queen on his or her head, He or
she will become very important in some
way.
This is a story of someone who
eventually settles in a place or town and
was content. He became a king and had a
good life filled with abundance. The tree
that he planted provided much
prosperity. It grew prosperity in wealth,
wives, children and longevity.
br Mj is the Od of the kings or
someone who gains a prestigious
position in life, such as president, king,
chief or other leader.
BR MJ S K W
Ikn n fagbr el
tr ni j

rn pgb

n, Df fn
olgnrara,
Te yy olgngnr b n w

n n
k we
s gb

b rb,
Aj ln

;
K w w;
gnrr olgngnr
Ire gbogbo ln

w
K w w
gnrr olgngnr
(If n un y gba ire fnni td y b
y s)
Chapter 10
It is the mucous from the nose that
chooses the head as its home;
It is the head that prevents the sun from
hitting the chin;
If divination was cast forl

gnrara,
who was the mother of Olgngnr.
She was told to make offerings.
She listened and made the offerings;
If it is money that you desire, come and
say:
gnrara Olgngunr
If it is prosperity that you desire, come
and say:
gnrara Olgngunr
b:
Make offerings to rnml Eku,ja,
Ob, Orgb, Atare, Epo pupa.
ly:
If predicted that Oldmar will bless
the client with whatever he or she
desires. He or she should pray to be
blessed.
BR MJ S KANKANLA
I

e ntj
wn

e b

m Agbe l j tun trk,

m-d l j tap-trn
Df fn j

br
N j

t tin

lr
W

n n k rb
br mj rb
wn

e i

ej
(If n

ly k yanj, If n Whl
r

k y. If n k r o, k le e sej)
Chapter 11
We should inquire about the work we do
to take care of our lives, the business we
do. It is the child of the farmer who
wakes up with his hoe.
It is the child of the hunter who wakes up
with his pouch and gun ready to go
hunting
They cast Ifa for Obara when he was
doing the wrong profession. He was
advised to make offerings and change his
profession. He did and started to make
prosperity
BR MJ S KEJL
Or w s ws n

df
l

ws ws n

dib;
rr

lgbn

n,
Gbogbo wn ln

d ws-ws awo
ne Df fn ba l gbeni
A bu fn or l gbeni
Or l gbeni
ba kan k t gbeni
(If n k a rb, k a brni k dr
wa le gb)
Chapter 12 Onws

ws

(today we
want to do a name), was divining. la
w

(tomorrow want to do a
name), was holding the b. rore does
not have seniority among them.
They were all agitating to practice If
divination.
If divination was cast forbalgbeni,
the one who the king favors.
If was also cast for Orilo

gbeni (it is
one"s spiritual head that is favored in
one"s life) It is one"s spiritual head that
favors one"s life;
There is no king that can favor one"s life
more than one"s spiritual head.
b:
The client to view the r or from the
chief priest. Offering includes worship
of one"s own spiritual head. (Ob,
Orgb, Agb

n, dn, Oyin, rk,

Osn, etc.)
ly:
This is a story that also reinforces the
need to perpetuate one"s own spiritual
head (or). The Yorba

believe that the

spiritual head is very important. It is
believed among the Yoruba that every
success and experience in life depends a
great deal on one"s own spiritual head.
If the client does not have the orisa ori,
he or she should find out and get it.
BR MJ S K TALA
K mun iyn k gb

Kane is k

gb
ni t j n kt-kt wr

; T gn
iyn kgb

,
K n k nyn nkn
Df fn-Lngbd Te yy

br-mj
W

n n k rb,
K bor fnm r

n r

t d l l
(If n k yni t od y y br fn m
r

, k hun t a d If s le yr s rere)

Chapter 13
To pound pounded yam for friends to
eat;
To cook yam for an association to eat;
The one that wakes up in the early
morning and pounds pounded yam for his
or her friends to eat, will not have any
bad wishes in his or her mind.
If divination was cast for Langbd,
who was the mother of barmeji. She
was asked to make offerings;
To make offerings and propitiate for her
child;
Spiritual head to make offerings;
So that her child"s blocked path may be
opened.
b:
The client should receive orisa ori.
Offerings include agb

n, Ob, Orgb,
Iy

, dn, rk, kk ady Owy

fn Awo.
ly: If says that the client who has
this Od in consultation should make
offerings to the spiritual head of his or
her child. If he or she is a young person
that has a mother alive, he or she should
go to the mother to make the offering for
him or her. The offering will enhance the
life of the client. The offering will make
things get easier in the life of the client.
There will be success and prosperity in
the life of the client.
In this Od, rnml teaches that it is
good to be generous. Having a good
mind towards other people such as
giving food to people who need it,
brings blessings into one"s life. Food is
one of the essentials of life. You are
giving life when you give food and there
is a reward for it.
BR MJ S K RIL K lo n
nl
To n k Babalwo y w; Mo n, ohun
tmd n

j T finu kk i kr
Klo n nl
T ni k Babalwo y w
Mo n ohun t gblangb j; T fe
gb

n sl

krm-krm, Mo n
Ewr

o n m

-m

, Mo lgtn n
m

-m

w t g

kra r m o,
wo otn l

br,
Tn

b lgbe, tn

h y t g

kra
r

m o.
(If n k ely fitn rb, k pe
pj k ara le ba r

.)

Chapter 14
The Chief Priest was asked to stop at
your house and he asked,
What do you have in thehouse?
I have children who like to eat, as they
make their mouth k

(the sound of
the mouth when chewing)
I have what the Elders like to eat, that
makes their chins go koromu k

m
(the movement the chin makes as the
mouth is chewing something)
I have a very robust goat;
I have a very robust ram;
It is time that my life becomes calm.
Look at the wine of br
As it foams from the gourd.
It is time to make my life become calm.
b:
Make feast for friends, cook stew,
pounded yam, wine, drinks, etc.
ly:
If advises that it is very rewarding to
be generous and give food. Make feast
for friends and associations. It usually
makes one"s life very easy. Be kind to
people and be helpful. There is always a
blessing for it.
BR MJ S K DGN
Babalwo kker
f"

pa rr

tl

;
Df fn j br
Hn lukin fn Ojd
W

n n k wn rb
K w

n br,
K w

n le dni psn
br nkan l rb
s dini psn
(if n k a rb, k a b or k un t
adw

l l yr s rere)

Chapter 15
The young babalwo walks with orre
(Osn. The staff of the babalwo) If
divination was cast for j br.
It was also cast for the Oj Ods (the
rest of the Sixteen Ods) They were told
to make offerings.
They were told to propitiate to their
spiritual head, so that they would
become someone people gather to
worship. br was the only one that
made the offerings.
He became someone to be worshipped.
b:
kk Ady, Ob, Orgb, Atare, Oyin,
rk, dn,fun, etc.
ly:
If advises the client to make offerings
to the spiritual head so that he or she
will become a leader and other people
will propitiate to him or her. The client
will be blessed with a lot of followers.
Whatever he or she embarks on will
become successful. br the Od of the
King and leadership.
BR MJ S
KRNDNLGN
eplnje s"

tn
rn mnj

s"o

s
dere kk ni ko lura l wn
Pl nje pl nje pl nje
Df fn j br
W

n n k rb,
Ntor ely rb, k b ibj, k

n r

le l)
Chapter 16
He breaks pelenge (the look of a tall
person who swings) to the right side; He
walks gently to the left;
dre Kk (a bird that roams the cocoa
farm)
Ifa divination was cast for j br, the
name that we call twin children. He was
told to make offerings for his old age.
b:
Make offerings to Egngn, kk

, Epo
pupa, Iy, Ob, Orgb, Atare, Omi tt,
etc.
ly:
This Od is speaking of our time in life.
It is speaking of our activities. Things
may be fine in the beginning but we must
prepare for our old age. All these things
depend on the way we use our body and
the preparations we have made in terms
of financial security for our old age. Ifa
says that the client should make offerings
to the bej (twins) Spirit, so that his or
her road will remain open. He or she
should do things to prepare for old age,
e.g. savings, doing good things for
people to remember you by. Investments
for the future.
BR MJ S KTADINLOGUN
ksbr l o b l

r Df fn
l

br;
T n Agb

n n kt
W

n n k rb
K s tn bf
br rb
(If n knit od y y s rb ntor
w t n

e)

Chapter 17
It is the big portion of stew that bothers
the owner of the stew;
Ifa divination was cast forlbr
(name of Od), who said that the Basket
he had made did not sell; He was told to
make offerings to If and l

br.
b:
Makeb to , Epo pupa, Iu, g

,
Ob, Orgb, Atare, w,t.
ly:
If says that there is no need to be
worried. Things might look like there is
no solution to sustain one in life. But if
we make offerings everything will work
itself out. If says that the client should
make offerings so that his or her
business will get better. He or she will
be able to do good business and will
make many sales and profit.
Chapter 18
If divination was cast for j br,
on the day that he was doing work that
resulted unprofitable. He was told to
make offerings;
br Mj made the offerings and his
work became profitable.
b: Make offerings to If, gn, ,
Ob, Orgb, Iu, Epo pupa, Oyin, Iy

,
g

, kk Ady, Abo Ady, etc.

ly:
Ifa

says that the client"s matters are not

all that well. He or she is working too
hard. Not enough profit is being made
through his or her labor. He or she is
working but nothing is showing for it. If
the client makes offerings, things will
turn around for the client. There will be
more blessings in his or her life and his
or her work will become more
productive and profitable.
OD K RIN KARA MJ S
KINNI Ar j

jokn
jokn n arj

A df fn Erin
Te m Oligb
A df fnf

n
Te m Ol

dn
A df fn rngn m t W

n n k Erin
k rb K Erin le b l

l W

n n
kf

n wy K l b ny
W

n n k rngn m

rb
K le b l

r ju gbogbo wn y oko
Erin gb

, Erin rb
f

n gb f

n rb
rngn mt

rb
W n s r ju gbogboy oko l w

Erin y l
Ntor r b n

l
Ntorb r

rngn m

t t

Ntorb r

k tn

kan
sr w, w gb iy fn mi mi ni,
rngn m

sr w, w gb iy fn mi If n b a
be rb s ni ire wa y p

S lr
ohun t a df l lr, if n.. A j ye
B: EKU,JA, GBN,YL,
KK, YB , OB, EPO, K,
ETC.

VI. KNRN MJ Chapter 1
Arojorojo Ijkn jokn also arojorojo
Cast If divination teachings for the
Elephant, who was the child of Oligb,
the owner of the forest. Cast If
divination teachings for the Buffalo, who
was the child of Ol dn, the owner of
the Plains.
He cast If divination teachings for
rngam mote.
They told the elephant to make offerings,
so that the elephant will be wealthy.
They told the Buffalo to make offerings,
so that He will have dignity.
They told rngan mote to make offerings
so that she will have more things than all
the rest of the birds in the forest.
The elephant listened to the advice and
He made his offerings.
The buffalo listened and made his
offerings.
rngan mote made his offerings too. She
has more things that the rest of the birds
in the forest. The elephant was able to
achieve wealth because the elephant
made more abundant offerings. The
buffalo was able to achieve dignity
because he made a lot of offerings.
rngan mote only had few things
because her offerings were not much.
Everyone come and give me dignity.
I am Irangan mote.
Run come to give me dignity.
b:
1 rat, 1 fish, 1 snail, 1 pigeon, 1 rooster,
1 hen, Kola nuts, Palm oil, corn mill.
ly:
If says that the more we believe and
make our offerings the more we will get
the rewards. The offerings could be
discipline of ourselves; it could be
something given up; or it could be some
item of things. If predicted that the
client will eventually take an important
position in the society. The client will
become a chief.
OD KRIN KARA MJ S
KEJ B a b ti ko ni
B

ni k ni
B a b ti k ni
B

ni j

ni
rnml ln

o,
m Elpo pupa
K j dn
rnml, l pl

o kn jran sn
rnml p

o
m o p

npo-tr
m ran m lw

Kn

gbrun l

gi
Awo t b tt d
W

n y ma ree k

gi
y t k b tt d Wn r k iyn
Gb

gi nin

o k
N k k iyn
jgbr l

nin

k
N k ka

ku

n iku

gbororo
A df fn ire nn

--ko
Te m oldmar
Ady funfun, gb y kk Ta n l
fn Eldmar l

b m m

di ady
funfun
gb aay

Oldmar
(If n k a rb fn igi, k a si ma
mjto)
(If dradra, s wp, a dil

e.t.c.) b: a b

if,

la fi br
ohun t fa gb.

Chapter 2
It is the condition we meet that
determines how we greet each other. It
is how we are greeted that determines
how we answer. rnml l be well.
The child of the owner of plenty palm
oil; Who does not eat palm kernel oil.
rnml l be well.
The leopard that eats meat.
rnml be well.
The child of Ponpo toro;
The child helps me.
Let me lay my neck on S

gi (expensive
bead jewelry) Those that come early,
they will harvest S

gi.
Those that come late,
They will harvest the Coral beads. Segi
is the one that I will harvest. I don"t
want to harvest Coral Beads. I will
harvest uncountable beads.
I don"t want to harvest Iku

gbrgb
Cast If divination teachings for
Irenink, (its goodness that I will
meet), who was the child of Oldmar.
The white hen is the favorite of the
rooster, who could give Oldmar for
offerings.
I have become a white hen, the favorite
of Oldmar. The p

will be used
to find what should be theb. What If
wants.
ly:
The client who consulted If should do
some things to achieve dignity. He or she
should try what it takes to achieve
success in life. He or she should strive
for the best. He or she should try to be
the favorite of Oldmar.
OD K RIN KARA MJ S
KETA Eeknnw w

n o j hra
tata
Ohn rere n y ob lp
Ohn burk n y f nn ap
A df fn ak y
A b fn jmr
W

n n

l s okod
j

k olko m

k o K gnb

y N wy m

dn
K a rbi j gbntt
If n k a ma ba ibi t a tn

hun j

, k
a m ae dr fn

gni, k a si

ra
Kni tn

n le rni mu
b: Ohun t b wu babalwo l le yin
l

b

Chapter 3
The nails of the fingers cannot scratch
the body with the clothes on.
It is a good voice of approach that brings
Kolanut out of the pocket.
It is the bad voice of approach that
brings out the sword from its case. They
cast Ifa divination teachings for the male
monkey,
And also for the Chimpanzee.
They were planning to go game hunting.
So let not the farmer die.
Let not gnbr, the hoe, break.
By the same time next year, we shall find
a place to dance Gbntt, the happy
dance. The babalwo will ask for what
If wants. The p

will be used to
find the offerings.
ly:
Ifa advises not to mess up where one
makes a living. The client should take
care of where he or she works; to
always look out for the good of where
the client is benefiting or works. Always
be careful of someone who is looking to
trap the client. The client should be
diplomatic and send good vibes. The
good vibes will bring positive
responses.
OD K RIN KARA MJ S
K RIN K

logun

awo il olwu
bj lgb

n, awo wn lde y

Tr
ni d

ta,
A df fn Olnly
T n

ti kl

run b

w s aye
j

, Olunly m

e rdun

rn
gb t k bn lm r

, jn
w b ni n w

m
KL : If n ibi t n

l y dra, gn
y dl

m Sgb

n k a mae bn, k a
ma a fi ara da etc.
(B RR: EKU,JA, YB ,
YL, EPO, EKU, OB.

Chapter 4
The K

(facial tribal mark) is twenty.

He was the Awo of the house of Olwu,
an ancient Yorb town. The bj
(facial tribal mark) is thirty. He was the
Awo of the town of y

.
Ture, a Hausa tribal mark, was fifty.
Cast If divination teachings for
Olnlye.
He was coming from heaven to Earth.
So olloy do not let matters bother you.
It is the elder who has a lot of children
who does not get angry. In no time; not
too far.
Come and find us in the midst of
children.
b:
1 rat, 1 fish, 1 hen, 1 pigeon, palm oil
Kolanuts, money for the babalwo.
ly:
If predicts that the client is planning
some adventure. If says that the
adventure will be fruitful. He or she may
be planning on getting together with
partners of the opposite sex to have
children. They will be blessed with a lot
of children. The client should not get
angry. He or she must learn how to
tolerate others so that he or she will
have lots of people around as an elder.
OD K RIN KARA MJ S
KARUN gb

n erinl k

,
woy jngbn l

rn sin
A d if fn B l

T sm bb gbnmrgn
W

n n k w rb
Ntor p k l s oko Eku mj,ja
mj, yb

ady mj Ok tigbaaj
rb If
A pa

kan nn ady n A l n
y, o bu epo si i A gbe l s

A w fikan t k
Fn ni t d if n
Lti fi b if
If nnkan ny
K gbd

l s oko
K gbd

fs w enini K ma a b
if
Chapter 5
The old Hipopotamus does not talk.
Look at a bunch of birds on the neck of
the horse.
They cast If divination teachings for
Bilope, who was the child of
gbnmrgn ( rnml) He was told
to come and make offerings.
Because he does not go to the farm or to
work, he was told to make offerings of 2
rats, 2 hens, and some money.
The hen should be given to If as
sacrifice;
And the other hen should be given as
sacrifice to .
b:
2 rats, 2 fish, 2 hens, Kolanuts. It will be
advisable for the client to receive If.
ly:
If predicts that the client should be a
devotee of If. The client should not go
to do other kinds of work for a living.
He or she should study If and work
with If.
KNRN MJ S KF Ikn
winrin
Ikn winrin
A df fn Yanmoti
T n

l s oko alerdn
T n

l mn il

ibd
Ntor tm; wn ni y bm Eku
mj,ja mj
Ok ti egbaj
If nnkan n

e n

kan, Os l

B b r b m ni y fi b Ynmt
rb
Chapter 6
Ikn winrin, a name;
He was the one that cast If divination
teachings for Ynmot. He who was
going on a farming venture.
He was going there to settle down.
He desired children.
He was asked to make offerings;
To offer 2 rats, 2 fish, 2,400 equivalent
cowries in money. Ynmt made the
offerings and he had many children. Not
too long; not too far.
Come and find me in the midst of many
children.
b:
2 rats, 2 fish, kolanuts, alligator pepper,
palm oil and Oti.
ly:
If says that the client who has consulted
If may be proposing to go on a venture.
If says if he or she makes offerings it
will succeed. Also that the client might
be looking to have children. He or she
will be blessed with children.
KARA MJ S KJE y n
ar
Krkuru k da mn-mn
Ak par Abo par
W

n k gbgbe lr
San san b kk ady
Adf fn l

fin;
l

finn

runt

A df fn Lns

aya r

gb

gb

run

A df fn knbm r

r rn
r

n n klfn rb
K n dd gba dd K n pupa gba
pupa
K n fun fun gba fun-fun
K l yin

rin

gb yin

rin

Br pt mn-mn b ni krn l
Brp

t
(LY: K nit d If fn k e
tt k rn ma ba k

l) hun ti wn
b r

t b nnit ara r

ky.
K e b k Ara Olwa R

le y gg)
B: (i) A dd, A pupa, A
funfun
(ii) Eku,ja, Ob, Orgb (iii) Ow fn
Babalwo lti jun
(iv) Ewr dd kan.
Chapter 7
( y

), in the dry season the thunder

does not crash. The cloud does not
glitter.
The par bird, partridges either male
or female, Do not wear the upright crest.
The head crest like the rooster.
The teachings of If divination of l

fin.
l

fin was smelling the sickness.

lns

, his wife was very sick.

knb his son was also very ill.
l

fin was asked to make divination.

He was to offer a black cloth.
Let the owner of the red take the red. Let
the owner of the white take the white.
Let the owner of the glitter take the
glitter.
Everybody will be happy.
Brp

t (a name of rnml), please

come and take away our sickness. Come
and take away our sickness Brp

t.
b: Black clothes, red clothes, white
clothes & glitter clothes. 2 rats, 2 fish,
kolanuts & Orgbo.
Palm oilt. And enough money for the
babalwos to eat.
ly:
Let the person who we If divination for
make offerings, so that a terrible disease
does not affect him or her or his
family.l

fin the head of the house was

sick. His wife was sick. His son was
also sick. That means that the whole
household was sick. The client should
do whatever offerings to prevent
sickness in the family
OR KEJ KANRAN MJ S
KJ
B l

b k b peni sefn k y ni
rn t k sunw

n; Konkon

i soj
A df fn j knrn
T n

l il tl

s j k ma rn
j

k ma yan
Chapter 8
If someone who is making b does not
invite someone there; Being nosey is not
necessary.
A negative matter usually shows its
faceono.
They cast If divination for j knrn
in the teaching of If.
He was going to the house of tl

. Just
let him walk freely.
Let him walk in style.
b:
1 rat, 1 fish, palm oil,ti and Ob for
. Enough money for the babalwo.
ly:
Ifa

advises the client not to get involved

in other people"s matters. He or she
could get into problems by getting into
other people"s matters.
ORI KEJI KANRAN MJ S
KSAN
y

k sn r,
M

n-m

n k jr

k
Ako par ti Abo par k lgbe lr
sansan A df fn

dd, Yy
gb;
ti b Erin tif

n
s b gb kta
Ngb t Gbng b m

erin tif

n
W

n b

lu igb;
Gbgb

n Gbng b m

gb
gb n s b m

pad
gb k sl , n

j p

l Gbng Ngb
t p

t w

n tin

j
Gbng f s

hn, pad s run

(Lti gb n ni Gbng t w l

run, fi
Ngbt r b sn) (T m

n-nm

n-k,
gb fis

wal

, a n j un p

l r
ku

kan)

Chapter 9
In the Dry season (Hamattan), the
thunder does not crash.
The lightening does not flash in secret.
Male and female par, a bird called
Partridges, do not wear the upright crest
on their heads. They cast the teaching of
If for rjdd, the mother of gb,
the Ram.
She who gave birth to Erin, the elephant
and tof

n, the buffalo.
And also she has given birth to the ram
as her third child.
When Gbng the spirit of thunder and
lightening roared at the elephant and the
buffalo, they both fled into the forest.
But when Gbng roared at gb the
ram, the same ram roared back at
Gbng.
He did not run away. He fought with
Gbng the spirit of thunder and
lightening. After they had fought for
some time,
Gbng withdrew and he went back to
Heaven.
Since then, whenever the thunder roars
and the lightening flashes, gb the ram
scratches the ground in preparation for
flight.
And says to Congo: our fight is not
finished yet.
b:
1 ram, kola nuts, bitter kola for Gbng
(Orgb), palm oil, black eyed peas,
corn mill & Okra.
ly:
If teaches the client who has consulted
If to be brave and have confidence. The
client will have victory if he or she has
courage and bravery. There will be a big
problem in the life of the client but with
courage he or she will overcome the
problem no matter how big it may be.
KNRN MJ S K W
knrn k nhn
knrn kan l

hn; knrn mjj

abnu ono wn ni w

n dfa

f"

m
W

n n Ire mjj
Ni y ma r ly
rnml m

n m

n j

k
Ire mejimeji k w n Awo. ly:nit
A df fn y r Ire mj, by Ire ow
ti irem b: (i) Olwa r

rb fn
if ti
(ii) kko adiy , abody kan (iii) Ob
Epo ti
(iv) Ow t t awo jun.
Chapter 10
There is One knrn here.
There is One knrn there.
The two knrn come together and
have pointed mouths.
They were the one that cast If
divination teachings for the two breasts
of the woman. They told the breast that
she would always receive goodness in
double. That is why there is always two
breasts instead of one.
rnml please always Bless the
Awos with double goodness.
b:
2 rats, 2 fish, kolanuts, bitter kola, palm
oilt, enough money for the babalawo
to eat.
ly:
The client will be blessed with things in
double. Since the breast is usually in
twos, the blessings from God will
double for the client who has consulted
If if he or she makes offerings.
Blessings could be on the way. He may
think its one thing but it could be two or
more.
ORI KEJI KANRAN MJI S
KOKNL r fi ih j ob
Igi okon

rju
Df fn od-mj,
Tn

re oko wsar

n n k rb
K le fi odidi ni

f j rb,
p

lp

omi,
s fi odidini

fe j
Od mj lork t an

pe omi
Odidini fie

j Ni ork tan

pem
(if n k a rb ntorm. If n ely f
l s ibkan k rb k le ba jr ti
ib

).

Chapter 11
The r chooses to eat Ob.
The trees in the forest were bothered.
They cast If divination for the two
Ods knrn mj. He was going on a
venture for prosperity.
He was told to make offerings.
So that he would be blessed with a
whole human. He made the offerings.
A lot of water.
Od mj is the name that we call the
female breast.
It is a whole human that the breast is
blessed with.
It is the name we call the baby.
b:
Eku,ja,yin ady, Ob, Orgb and
atare. Babalwo will use them to pray
for the client for blessings of children
and prosperity.
ly:
The client is advised to make offerings
because there is a blessing on its way.
People around the client can see this
coming and get a little jealous. That is
expressed where If said r choose
to eat Ob. The trees in the forest were
unhappy. Sometimes when you are
blessed some people get jealous. It is
human nature. If says the blessing of a
whole human is on its way for the client.
It could come in the form of a child
bearing or someone as an assistance or
helper. Another name for the gift of a
child is Odidini.
ORI KEJI KANRAN MJ S
KEJL En pere,
j pere,
Df fn Ltkl

;
To

ma

a gb oju

kan j"

To

ma gb oju

kan j"

f
W

n n k rb,
K fi epo rb,
Ltkl

rb;
Klae Ma npe Ltkl

(if n kniti Od y yo s k rb, k

ma bae whl ni ay r

. if n Epo
pupo nib r

.)

Chapter 12
I counted one. I counted two.
Names of the awos who consulted If
divination teachings for Ltkl

. He
was going to stay in one place and be
gifted.
He was told to make offerings. He was
told to make offerings of palm oil
Latakale made the offerings.
What do we call Ltkl

?
Ltkl

is what we call the Ants.

b:
Epo pupa, Eku,ja, Atare, Osn,fun,
Ob, Orgb, etc.
ly:
Ifa

teaches how we can gradually grow

from adding one plus one. Sometimes
we don"t have to keep going about to
increase our prosperity. We can be in
one place but maintain perseverance and
still make headway. These were the
names of the awos who cast If for
Ltkl

. He was assured of prosperity

without having to go too far. These were
the ways of the ants that will not have to
walk too far to fetch his prosperity.
Whoever this Od comes for should
make offerings so that he or she will not
have to walk or work too much before
he or she finds prosperity in his or her
life.
OR KEJ KANRAN MJ S
KTALA knrn kan nhn
knrn kan l

hn,
knrn mj bd jnww
jnww
A df fn Or, Adf fn Egn, Adf
fn rn

l, A df fn Gban

g adf
fn
W

n sunkn p wn k n l

nu
Ni w

n b k r s il Babalwo.
LY:- If s wpnit rb y.
wn m l

yn r

k ka

s, k on
t

hn me tt

. K si ma n sr
ti frad n t

hn y s di

r psn.
B RR:- Sr, tt

ti frad. K
a mae ore n gb-kugb.
Chapter 13
One knrn here; one knrn there.
The two knrn have their buts
jnww-jnwr Cast If divination
for the spiritual Head;
Cast If divination for Egngn.
They cast Ifa divination for r an"l
(btl) Also cast Ifa divination for
Gbng.
Cast for .
They were all crying that they did not
have any authority from their mouth.
Then they went to the babalwos for
divination.
b:
Ob, Orgb, Agb

n, rk, p, Oyin,
gbado, Epo pupa, Owy. Cowries
equivalent in money.
ly:
If says that the person who has
consulted If was having problems with
the people around him or her; not having
respect for what he or she says. He or
she should make offerings and prayers
so that people will respect him or her.
The client will eventually be someone
who everyone respects and worships.
He or she will be generous.
KNRN MJ S KRNL
lk j hr

L df fn kkdy ggr Tn

l re
gba rere-ngb Awo j

-dye
r

dod st Awo, m ti d sr
Rr b ni gbeni
r k gbe nyn w b ni n ww
ire Ww ire l bni L

bar
ly: If s wpnit d

knrn
mjn

w Ire
Ire t ni ko t hun sugbn t o b fi Or ti
sro r

. Olwa r

y r Ire pp

. K
ont

hun rb fn If. Gbogbo Ire y si

j

ti Olwar

.
Chapter 14
Alk j hr

Cast If divination for the big cock.

The one that was going to the yard of the
Awo to find prosperity. The rain that fell
on the cock has turned into prosperity.
Making offerings befits one"s life.
Not making offerings does not favor
one"s life.
Come and find us in abundance of
prosperity.
It is in abundance of prosperity that we
find one at the foot of r.
b:
Oyin, rk, Ob, Orgb, Atare, g

,
Epo pupa,t, kk Ady kan, Ow
Awo.
ly:
Ifa says that the client is looking for
goodness and prosperity in life. If he or
she makes the effort he or she will
achieve the goal. Even
though it might seem like it will not
happen. But in the end the client will be
in the middle of prosperity.
KNRN MJ S K DGN
kn mi o,
kn o,
gb

n gb

n tn
m

rn m

j
L df fn Lrum
T j

k wn fim Oly j Oy
rr b n gbeni
Ar k gbe ny
ly:
ly: If s wp knit d knrn
mj mae gb

n j, k olwar me fa
kb fn ara r

. k

ra k s rb
ntor whl ti fi

w f.
b
b rr: epo pupa, Ob, Orgb,
Atare,t, Iy

, g

, Eku tija, k
nthn tn

ra fn fw

f
Chapter 15
It is your turn. It is my turn.
It is over smartness and overzealousness
Cast If divination for Lrum, he who
did not let them choose the heir to the
chieftancy position. Yes, it is true that
making offering befits one"s life.
Not making offering does not befit one"s
life.
b: Epo pupa, Ob, Orgb, Atr,t,
Iy

, g

, du andja. The client

should make offerings to Eshu. He or she
should be careful not to get him or
herself into trouble.
ly:
If says in the Od knrnmj that the
client should not be too smart for his or
her own good. He or she should be
careful not to cause problems for his or
her own life. He or she should make
offerings to prevent a self-inflicted
problem.
KNRN MJ S
KRNDNLGN
kan b b b
L df fnl

bagb

du
m m ynkini b

m lnu j pa tn
tn naw

s tn rr b ni gbeni
Ar k gbnyn
LY: If s wp knit od if y
y s, k mae n w

b, k olwar

n
tlrn. K nt

hun si ma e tr
n. K s rb k olwar

fi lkn
ohun gbogbo.
B RR:- Ohun jj, Isu,

, Epo
pupa, Oyin, Iy

, Ob, Orgb, Atere.

Etc.
Chapter 16
kn b b b (an expression of how
big knrn is)
Cast Ifa teachings forl

baagbdu, the
child of the one that gives a little bit in
the child"s mouth. He finished eating the
arm and then went for the thigh.
It is true that making offerings befits
one"s life. Not making offerings does not
befit one"s life.
b:
Make offerings to . Epo pupa. Iu,
Ob, Orgb, Atare, j mu. The Client
should not be selfish or greedy in order
to earn the people"s respect. Try to be
generous and learn to share.
ly:
This is the story of If that teaches the
client not to be greedy. It is the story of
an elder who after taking a portion he or
she went on to take another portion
while not sharing much of it. It is not
good to be selfish or greedy. One must
learn self control and caution.
KNRN MJ S
KTDNLGN knrn kan l

hn
knrn kan nhn knrn l di mj
W

n dire
A df fn Gbng
Olr

j Bamb
m argb

gun
Ngb tn

l r gbya n yw W

n n
k ka il
K jreb ni ke
sb, gb tr Gbngo k

,
Gbng k rb pawo lk, pe
ll w rn yan yan, yan
Bni t k n k m

ly
w k t

gb

nin sb
W

n n obnrin t Gbngn

l f

N
agbra pp

ju Gbng l W

n n k
Gbng rb dada K fi l n
agbra lr yw r

n
Gbng k

n un, k n r b Ni
Gbng b mra, di il Ir s fi b

gbya n yw K tj

, k t os
Gbng gbya n yw tn
w n mjj b b

s dn agbra
wn w B Gbng b w sn, sn
T b ju dun r s ibkan
A di wp k gbogbo ay f igbe r

bnu
di wp k a ma rn

sl k a ma
rn

s oko; K a s mae nw
B n b a b d ibitdun nl

s
By k pa ju y nkan oo l;
Gbgb

n bya Obnrin Gbng b w

sn sn l w igi lw

n l

n
oko,nkan s n gb

nl; B w a w
il lw

n nbmrn, w

n e tt Wn
simi
B ti wu ya, a f lu w

n lrin l
Wn kl brb. Wn e tt d

Wn simi:
B

ni b Gbngk r

b pankan
oo Gbogbo-ay ni gb

Ngbt Gbngn

ri wp hun ti awn
Awo Ohun w k t
Ni Gbng b

s n yin wn Awo r

Gbng ti wn nyn w b

sn
krin wp Ay ror jkl, Ay ror
jkl
y kr, rr ju Gbng,
Ay l ror ju k l
LY: K nit d If ye tt, k
s rb knu r

k l k yw r

. K
olwa r

k s n t

rba fun yw r

.
T on t

hn b j

knrin k yw r

k
l ma b

fn k ont

hn k
lgbra ju yw r

l.
b rr: ml, Il, Epo pupa, w,
gbdo,tk-bb, Orgb, Ob,
Atare,

k, kr, etc.

Chapter 17
There is one knrn there.
There is one knrn here.
knrn became two, it turned to
goodness. Cast If divination teachings
for Gbng.
Olorj, the owner of the ram, Bambi
(help me birth)
The child who had two hundred stones
to win his wars.
The time that he was going to takeya
for his wife, he was told to make
offerings. The negativity of not making
offerings.
Gbng refused to make offerings.
He called the awos (initiates) gossipers
and called Eshu a thief.
He looked up to the sky as if he would
not die.
He refused to listen to the advice to
make offerings.
They told him that the woman who he
was about to marry was more powerful
that he himself (Gbng).
They told Gbng to make offerings so
that he will be able to have more power
than his wifeya. Gbng refused saying
that he would not make any offerings.
Gbng prepared and went to the house
of If ( ya"s place)
He then took ya as his wife.
It was not even a month or a few days
that Gbng took ya for his wife. The
two of them started to challenge each
other"s power.
If Gbng look for some time; or if he
throws his thunder stone somewhere;
Everybody will start to talk about him in
a negative way.
They will start to run helter skelter.
Sending messages of fear from the town
to the villages and from the villages to
the town; It started costing the people
money.
But when ya the wife of Gbng look
for some time;
But if we get to where the thunder stone
strike;
But if when ya the wife of Gbng
look for some time,
She could tear down trees on the people
on the way to the farm in the villages.
And no one will hear about it in the
town.
If chooses, she tear down the houses on
the people in other places.
They will make some rituals and keep
cool.
But if Gbng her husband kill only one
person,
The whole world hears about it;
When Gbng find out that what his
babalwos who cast If divination for
him before said came to manifest.
He started to praise his awos (initiates)
His awos were praising rnml.
And rnml was praising Olodumare.
Gbng and the other people around him
began to sin thus:
Aya ror j kl
The wife"s more brutal than the husband.
Aya ro r j k l
The wife is more brutal or powerful than
the husband. ya (ya, goddess of wind
and fire) kr ( kr praise name)
means the tearer.
She"s more brutal than Gbng.
Aya ror ju k l
The wife is more brutal than the
husband.
b:
ml, Il, Epo pupa, w,
gbdo,tik-bb, Orgb,
Atare, k, kr, etc.
ly:
The client who has consulted If with the
babalwo should make offerings so that
he or she will be respected by his wife.
The client should not be stubborn. The
client should listen to advice. He or she
should be humble. He should make
offerings to remain powerful but for the
people not to always talk bad about him
or her. He or she should be a devotee of
Sango and Oya. There will be victory in
the client"s life. He or she might
experience envy and jealousy in life. But
the client will become very famous. He
or she should make offerings to become
very famous. He or she should make
offerings to have victory over his or her
enemies.
RSN MJ S KNN

w
j

w
A df fun yl

m
lr ti dd
T w

n n

l s ay a la k
W

n d in ay
W

n t

bd sb

hn w,

hnb

olbod, a
dim
b rr: yb

fn m, Eku,ja,
gbn,

rndnlgn ti ob.
VII. ROSN MJ

Chapter 1
The male reproductive elements come
forth Man. The menstrual blood of the
female comes forthWoman.
Cast If divination teachings for the
Expensive velvet dress and the flower.
They were going to the world of
longevity.
They get to the world and settle there at
the boundary; On the long run the
gatekeeper was conceived. Then become
a child.
b:
1 rat, 1 fish, 4 kolanuts, 4 bitter kola, 2
coconuts, 1 hen, 1 snail. Money for the
babalwo to dob.
ly:
If predicted childbirth for the client.
There will be contact between male and
a female that will lead to the coming of a
child. rnml predicts longevity for
the client that has consulted If. Going to
the world of longevity means that the
client will have a long life.
RSN MJ S KEJ Bmd b
jig,
Wn fa ran bb wn l

,
W

n w

fnrngngn fnrngn
A df fn Yaw pa
T w

n e if fn n rs oro A n k
yw paran
Yw pa,m wn rs or
b rr: Eku,ja,

k, epo, kk,
yle ti ob

Chapter 2
When a child wakes up,
They will carry the father"s Velvet cloth
in their hands.
They hang their hands in style (fnrngn
fnrngngn)
Cast If divination teachings for
Ywopa, who made Ifa for the beginning
of the money. We ask you to quickly
open the Kolanuts. Why did you quickly
kill the goat.
Yawopa the child of the beginning of the
morning.
b:
1 rat, 1 fish, corn mill, palm oil, 1
rooster, 1 pigeon and Kolanuts.
ly:
If teaches that the client is advised to
follow instructions. The client will be
able to do things that are beyond what is
expected of him or her. Because when a
child is born the father of the child is
bound to have some things that the child
can have. But the child still has to work
for his or her own things. In order to
prepare for the possibilities, one has to
makeb.
RSN MJ S KTA bm

, a
o , A ek tn, Ik dariwo
A df fn kt il T y fi Olgb
joy
W

n n k rb,
kt pe awo n k
kt pe n ol
pe wn y mi ny by by
worn yanyan bni t k n k m

w k et

gb

in sb
Olgb d or oy tn, wn

p l

m j
K p, b

ni k jnn
w wo if awo k, b tin

If d, al
p

abe wr
(KL : If n k a r b k a ma b
kbm

ohun t a d if s, k a me
gb

kn l

. B RR: Eku,ja,
Epo, k kk kan.

Chapter 3
If we had known we wouldn"t have done
it; We made Ik (death) finish.
Death became noise (a problem)
Cast If divination teachings for the
house mice, who will make the Cat the
chief of the house.
He (the house mice were told to make
offerings) But he called the babalwo
trickster.
He called a thief.
He called I ymi"s sluggish birds
He stared at the sky as if he will never
die.
He blocked his ears from the advice to
make offerings.
After the Cat became the chief, he then
started killing the children of the Mice
for food. Not too long, not too far.
Come and see the If recited by the
babalawo as it comes to pass.
Ifa has arrived, the Authority.
p ( rnml) that has the say so to
be so.
ly:
If teaches that the client who has
consulted If should try and listen to the
advice of the babalawos. The client
should make Ebo so that he or she does
not regret something that he is getting
ready to do.
RSN MJ S KRIN
Etrr n mn wn w igb
r

gb

ndsn, wn a w

s ij, ni
bbur w igb,
w r a s t
A df fn rnml
Bb n

l ree ra Taranilgb

r r
rnml y j

Alagbrn wgb,
f

gb,
W

n kl

f, Taranilj, Taranilgb

K gb

kl

rr
tn k t

gbnin sb

hnw,

hnb

,
Taranilj w gb

l
n

e b Ajkoo kiri
fm

, k m

ke j Taranilj ni Ink
fm k ma j

p Taranilj ni b
(KL :- If n k a rb, k a me
gbrn oun t w

n b fn wa ni k a
gb

.
B: Eku,ja, ko, Ob,yl kan, p

l
Ow Awo.

Chapter 4
It was the small stubbornness that makes
them enter the jungle. The big
controversial orange drops in the bush;
The wicked person enters the forest, and
his or her character follows him.
Cast Ifa divination teachings by
rnml.
The father ( rnml) was going to buy
Taranilagb (which means mind your
own business) as his slave. This slave
of rnml is very stubborn.
He doesn"t listen;
And never listen to any advice or
instructions.
They advise and warn Tara nilagb.
He refused to listen to the advice. To
make offerings on the long run.
Tara nilagb went into the forest; then
got lost in the forest. And started eating
bushes.
It is possible that Taranilagb is the
gorilla.
It is possible that Taranilagb is the
monkey.
b: Eku,ja, Epo, k, Ob, yle plus
a lot of money.
ly:
The chapter of If teaches that one
should not be stubborn. One should try to
listen to advice. One can regret not
listening to advice.
RSN MJ S KRN kk
ady fi Ogle lblb e iy A df fn
plki
T y fi ti

sl

T y ma gb

tinilni kl kiri
rnml n b tn tara e n
W

n nb ni k r,
K le baa ny ly, si rb
W

n n k maa l tn tm l

mrn
e Ju b tin

tn ti ara r e l,
gb t e gbogbo r

tn
T n

lp

mesn tn
Orin awo nin

k
n knni b mi tnw tmie
rnml, bb mi, rg l

Ni y b mi tnw tmie
(KL : If n k a b un, k mj t
if dradra ntor k l bwa mj
t

il ay wa. If n k a mn

ara
wa n

knkndn
b rr: eku,ja, epo, Ob,yl, yb

fn If, gbn.

Chapter 5
The rooster uses its crest (the crown on
its head) for prestige and dignity; The
babalwo who cast If divination
teachings for plk, The one who will
not mind his own matters,
Instead was so busyworrying about other
people"s matters. rnml advises him
to fix his own matters first.
He was told to make sacrifice so that he
will have dignity in life. ru

nml told
him that he could go on and now face
other people"s problems.
Even better than if he fixes his own.
After he did all of that as he was told, he
then had a lot of followers. He was now
happy and began singing in praise of
awos.
Thus he sings: Who will help me fix my
own matters; it is rnml my father
rgl

, who will help me fix my

matters
b:
1 Eku,ja, Epo, k, Ob,yl. yb
ad for If and snails.
ly:
The client who has consulted If should
mind his or her own business. He should
try and listen to the advice of the
babalwos. The client is advised to be
close to If: meaning to seek guidance
and wisdom. If will help the client to
solve his entire problem. The client is
advised to take his own matters
seriously.
RSN MJ S KF b

l y
il
t

rgb l y

kd kan
gbrgd l y m, N l y ran an mi,
A df fn Fts, ni an

p
N il alt w

ya
Afid k

tl

l mgmg
j

d wn le y ara by ni w

n df
s Wn n k w

n r b,
Knni wn y w r l

b?
W

n n k w

n r ewr kan K w

n
s fi il jni kan sl

Knkan me
lo o m

Ntorp il n ln

d d yed sl

Ngb t w

n e b

tn
T

rn wn day

tn
W

n w b

s n j gngan Ongngan
n

wp:
pn

fo Tp
gb

ni, p

f tp gb

ni.
(KL : If n k a

ra ntor j il
larn b ka me b nyn j

. T b
j

ntye ni tb if tt

ORK IF
SI IFTS.
B RR: Eku,ja, Ewr

kan,
Epo, k ti Ob.

Chapter 6
Bending down to enter the house,
Brings be fitment to the house.
It is a large living meeting room that
befits me. That is what befits my lineage.
That was the If divination teachings for
Fts.
In the house of lt Wo ya, the one
who stood up high to watchya, the
goddess of fire; The one that landed in
the motor moga-moga, will be able to be
in understanding. Is the reason why they
consulted If.
They were told to make sacrifice.
They asked what they should offer as
sacrifice. They were told to offer a she
goat;
Also to give up a jointly owned family
land. None of them should try to use the
land at the moment,
Because that land will cause a major
disagreement in the family they should
leave the land for the next generations.
After they finish making the offerings;
Their matters became happiness.
They then started to dance to gangan
talking drum. The drummer was saying
with talking drum;
Irony, thus;
p f Tp ( rnml can make
things possible)
Don"t hear rnml is speaking Tp
(a language of a tribe in the northern part
of Nigeria) Don"t you hear? don"t you
hear?
b:
Eku,ja, Ewr

, Epo,k, and Ob.

ly:
If warns the client who has consulted
If to be very careful of a major
disagreement and fight among the family
over the land properties. One should
avoid fight. There might be a serious
fight within the family. If this Ode came
out in an If initiation or at a new born
naming ceremony divination, the name
they should be given to the client shall
be Ifatusi by name (If destroy
misunderstanding).
RSN MJ S KEJE krkr, a
fiw

tik Ide gb

gb

w k

B
Erin y w od, A kgbe b roro, B
y b w od
A rn ktm

ktm

A df fn y
d

T n

l ree ma bm W

n n k r
os kan
P

l kanyinkanyin gbob, k rb
bm tn,
Oj n

n m r

K p

k jnn
wo if Awo k, b e n

e If d
ale, p abe wrwr
(KL : If n k a rb ntorm t
k t dy, If n abyn a b tibitire,
n gn y tiw

b osn, Gbgb

n t a
b bm n tn, k oj n

kan ma p

n
m n ni k ae r b s.
B RR: eku,ja, gbn, Os,
knynkyn, yb

di kan.

Chapter 7
krkr (a babalwo alias)
He that uses hands to lock the door;
The sword slowly goes in the pouch
When the elephant is ready to go into the
stream, He usually screams and roars.
When the elephant goes into the river,
He usually walks ktm

, ktm

The size of the elephant

They cast If divination teaching for the
mother of dr
That she was going to give birth to
children
That she was going to give birth to
children
She was told to make offerings of 2
snails, a bunch of brooms; Plus a
spinach
She heard of the advice
But did not make offerings; After she had
the children The children then became
poor Not too long; not too far.
Come and see the Ifa that the babalwo
cast as it manifests. Ifa has arrived with
the authority.
p the one who has the power of
says so and so.
b:
1 Eku,ja, k, gbn, Knynknyn,
yb

ad. ly:
If advises the client who has consulted
If to make offerings for the sake of a
child who is not yet born. If predicts
that there is a relative who is pregnant.
The child will be delivered
successfully. Also there is someone who
is having problems concerning a child.
That person will be able to conceive if
the client makes some offerings.
However after the child is born, he or
she could live a poverty that is why the
client should make offerings to prevent
poverty in the life of the child.
RSN MJ S KJ
bt jw fi y lu il

A df fn
Oynran, T n

sunkn llyn T
sn

gba w

arp

n W

n nb ni k r
b
W

n nm kan ni y b y W

n n
gbogbo ay ni y m

kk r

y s kn
r igba ab

kan
gn

tn kan,

knl ow
ti m epo kan
Ngb t oynran ma b b j
If nnkan n

sunkn m Y s bm
n
knrin nim n y j

Chapter 8
bt (a trap) snaps and hit the chest on
the ground. He cast Ifa divination
teaching for Oynran;
She was crying because she does not
have a child, She was fasting in prayer
because she wants to have a child. She
was told to make offerings.
They told her that she would give birth
to a child. They said the whole world
would know the child.
She will also be a very famous child.
She made an offering of a big calabash
of Abere leaves, 1 lamb, and
1100cowries" equivalent money.
And also one keg of palm oil
When Oynran gave birth, she gave
birth to the rain. If says someone is
crying to have a child.
She will be able to have the child.
The child will be a baby boy.
b:
1 calabash of abere leaves, 1 lamb,
1100 of cowries equivalent in money,
Ob, Eku,ja and t.
ly:
The client is advised that there is
someone who is looking to have a child.
If predicts that the woman will have a
child if she makes offerings, and that the
child will be famous like the rain. The
child will be a baby boy. There is
nowhere people do not know about the
rain. The child will become famous
worldwide.
RSN MJ S K SN Ignngn
fi oj s y Ignnugn fi oj s tn T
n

l gba id r T n

l gba id
pr W

n n k rb
bk kan,
gb

tall

gb

n ti a dd
Ara r

lb
Ngb t r gba Obnrin y tn Ntor
n, l k

il r

n gbl
Ngbt nyn b k j
Ara fu r p
Bynkan y tn gb l

un
Ngb n ni w

n w fi d orin p
ORIN:sn p

n w

ni b fin Idn, r Idn.

Chapter 9
gnuku (gnuku masquerade) was
watching this side; gnuku was
watching the right side;
He was going to take the sword of r.
He was going to take the sword of
lightening. He was told to make
offerings.
One he goat, 620 cowries equivalent in
money,
A black cloth;
That he has is part of the offerings;
After r has taken possession of the
wife, he went and built her cottage in the
eye on her.
Whenever anyone passes by, he is
always suspicious that someone is
looking to take his wife away. Then the
people of the town made a song.
Thus sing:sn p

n w

n b fndn rdn.
Which means that anyone that tries
something stupid will regret it.
b:
1 he goat, 620 equivalents of cowries in
money, a black cloth that belongs to the
client. Ob, Eku,ja, Ob and t.
ly:
The client is going to have something
that is very important to him or her like a
wife. He will be very possessive of his
wife. We will keep the wife and if
anyone tries to take what wife away they
will regret it. If speaks in parables. It
does not have to be a wife it could be
something else that is very important to
the client. The client should make
offerings so he or she will be able to
keep something that is very important to
him or her.
RSN MJ S K W Oj t n

n awo, p

nk k

t n

ta awo, tal B b p

tt
fi

rn A df fn p

n
N j

t n

awo rel ondr

W

n n k ondr

gb sunm r

k
W

n n k p

n n rb
p

n l s il ondr
d p

n
f

n,
A mn u ko p

n o p

n d o, a bnu
snb
Chapter 10
The poverty that is the condition of an
awo will not kill awo; The penny that is
the condition of an awo will turn into
prosperity; After a while, it will become
a laughing matter (or happiness); This
was the If teaching that was cast for the
unmarried male;
The day that he was going to Ondr"s
house for Ifa

venture; They told Ondr

to give her daughter in marriage. The
unmarried male went tot he house of
Ondr;
The unmarried male also was told to
make offerings; The intent of the
unmarried male,
The wish of the unmarried male
Esun (the daughter of Ondr)
Was given to the unmarried male.
The unmarried male arrived smiling.
b:
Eku 1,ja, Ob, Epo,ti and enough
money for the babalawos who will pray
for the client so that he or she will get
what he wants or needs.
ly:
The client who has consulted If could
be going through some hardship; it could
be financial hardship or some type of
poverty. If predicts relief. If says
things will eventually get better for the
client who has consulted If. He or she
will later be happier and have
everything that he or she desires; there
could be a potential wife for the client.
RSN MJ S KKNL

bb j
Df fn Oynran Te bb j
W

n n k rb Ntorm r

Ko le n l

nu;
gb

b, r,
Ab

kan, epo,

k, Ob, ti b

l.
(If n k ely fi ab

kan gn il

k
b bb r

nb

).

Chapter 11

, the father of rain cast If

divination teachings for Oynran, Who
was the father of rain;
He was told to make offerings so that his
son will have authority.
He listened to the advice; he made
offerings. Offering of 1 needle, palm oil,
and kolanuts.
b:
Eku,ja, 1 needle; as you see the Rain
come down like a needle or string.
kk, Ady, Epo pupa, Iy

, Ob,
Orgb, Atare, Isu g

, etc.
ly:
This is a story of the Rain and its
authority. The father of the rain made
offerings so that the Rain will have the
authority. That"s why when it rains
everyone tries to get out of its way.
Everybody that the rain makes the Rain
for a cover in the Rain. It is the impact
that the Rain makes. The Rain also
blesses the Earth and helps the plants to
grow, therefore, supporting life. People
in many places pray for the rain to fall.
RSN MJ S KEJL
Okan

Babalwo
L df fn ojto
W

n n k rb lfa
Ojto rb
Ara b

s n d

(If n k A rb d

ra, if n k s
lfa. K A rb k lfn le j

tni).

Chapter 12
Ookan Gb

(a name of a babalwo)
The priest of the gutter;
Cast If divination teachings for the
gutter; He was told to make offerings for
peace. The gutter made the offering.
He began to be peaceful.
b:
Eko, Epo pupa, g

, Ob, Orgb,
ml andb

Il. (Okro)
ly:
The gutter on the seven was at one time
in hardship. The gutter was asked to
make offerings. Ifa says that the client
might be living in hardship. If he or she
makes for the gutter.
RSN MJ S KTL trk
ta,
tark ta
Rk-rk ta ta, ta,
Df fn gb
gbn

sawo r-de y

w y, gb y

nil; gb k l
w dko
(If n k a mfi l wa sl

; l dr n
ibmrn; k Ay y

ojrn k kiri, If n
ilni lo ti l, la ti lw-l

.

Chapter 13
tark ta (an expression that means
ground????? tark ta
Rk rk ta, ta, ta, (an expression )
Cast If divination for the pumpkin fruit
The pumpkin was going to y

. As his
place. Igb what are you looking for in
the farm?
b:
Make offering to , Eku,ja, Epo
pupa, Ob, Orgb, Atare,t, Oyin, Iy

,
rk, gbn.
ly:
If says that the client should not leave
his or her town to go stay somewhere
else. The client should not be going
around to the other to towns to settle.
His or her prosperity lies within his or
her own place, town or country. One
does not have to go abroad to succeed.
RSN MJ S KERINLA Esinsin
l pdd Or Ni k r ilk gb;
lbr l w

, w

, L kosn lya
Df fn gnfn
T s m Onran n

ran
n, Aj lwn

n nran wa gnfn
d nrann

ran m lwan

b nran wa
gnfn d nrann

-ran m lwan

b
nran wa
gnfn

d Onrann

-ran
Ire gbogbo lwa n nran wa
gnfn d Onrann

-ran
(If nb ely k n rhn kankan. If n
ibi kan k nl

si tibi r

gb

n k
rb).

Chapter 14
It is the fly that has flown on its head,
Where she could not have the husband"s
house to live in;
Olbr, an African bird, was taking so
much bath that she ended up with red
cam wood colored feathers on her chest;
Cast If divination for gnf n, who
was the son of the lineage. He said we
always have money in our lineage.
gnfn has arrived the lineage family
line.
It is children who we always have in our
lineage.
gnfn has arrived the lineage family
line.
It is all prosperity that we have in our
lineage. gnfn has arrived the lineage
family line.
b:
ly:
Ifa

says that the client"s family will

always be blessed with all good things
in life and they will not suffer. For the
client to be nice and make offerings.
Everything in her or his life will be
successful.
RSN MJ S
KRNDNLGN j rsn n
gbw

Df fn n;
m Onsnko
m Knkl

, W

n n w rb s
gbb

rb,
K

o,
K jnn
Ow a fi rar
K t owm
(If n A bm pp

, g

b od y ti
s. If nm ni k k A ma w k, If
nm y p

, W

n y s yr).

Chapter 15
It is the two rsn that fast in prayer;
Cast for n, the child of Onsink. The
child of Konkoly;
They told him to make offerings.
He listened to the advice and made the
offering; Not too long; not too far,
The money that we spent to buy the
slave, isnot as much as what we spent
for one"s own child.
b:
Makeb to sun, Oyin, Iy

, rk,
kuru
ly:
Ifa says that the client is going to have a
lot of children in life. If says that if the
client wants children he or she will have
them if he or she makes offerings and
prays for them. The children of the client
will succeed in life. He /she will be
successful with investment.
RSN MJ S
KRNDNLGN dn

, d roko
dn

, d rod
d w n forforj
Df fn l

k dnr
T ma l

kl

t l

n n k rb; K pa Ibs

d
l

k dr rb.
(If n k elyi fire fnl

k. If n k
ely fi

lp

k rb, k ba le j

nyn ly, k y s

t tn

ta j
pad)

Chapter 16
Where is the machete? the machete has
gone to the farm. Where is the machete?
The machete has gone to the stream. The
machete is in the preparation for
fighting.
The one that is going to get rich before
daybreak.
She was told to make offerings;
She was told to change her point of
station.
The pap seller of Idanre made the
offering by listening to the advice.
She became prosperous.
b:
The client is advised to use corn pulp to
make offerings to gn and ; palm
oil, Epo pupa, Iu, g

, ob, Orgb,
Atare, Iy

, Oyin, etc.
ly:
If says that the client should pray for
success in life. The client should change
the location of his or her business. A lot
of success will come for the client if he
or she yields to the advice.
W RN MJ S KNN Aparun

gi lk hn
Aparun

gi lk l

hn
A df fn

n
T re ogun t

nt

sin
Ogun t un n

l y
un l j jl nb

? Ni w

n d if s
W

n n y

gun
Gbgb

n k r b
n

kn ni un y r nb
W

n n,

w rn r

nib K s r
gbj ow
rb tn, w

if fun un s ja
ogun n n jl ja Ogun n n
jmr
m knrin, s mn Obnrin

gun
swaj

gun

yn
si bi

t lul

larn
wn

yin wn awo r

w n awo r

nn

yin if n, Ta ni
y mu mj o w

n n y mn mj o
A o e eyr lr oun t a d if l
lr, if n eyr j

tiwa. If n a f

l
ibkan, k a rb k a le kr ti ib

.
(b RR: Eku,ja, ob, a t w

rn p

l ow Awo)
VIII. W NRN MJ

Chapter 1
Aparun won the war up this side;
Aparun won the war up that side;
They were the babalwo that cast If
divination teachings for

n; He was
going to the war of T

nt

s (the bean
top)
He divined for war that he was heading
to; He inquired if he will survive it;
That was why he consulted If.
They told him that he would be
victorious.
But that he should make sacrifice.
He asked what he should use for the
offerings,
They told him that it is the clothes on his
own back that he should use for the
sacrifice. Also to offer 16,000 cowries
equivalent in money.
He finished making the offerings and
they made Ifa for Him. He fought the war
and captured war slaves.
He captured males and he also captured
females;
He won the war to the front
He won the war to the back.
He knocked his enemies down in the
middle.
He was then praising the babalwos that
cast If for Him. His babalwos were
praising If. If was praising
Oldamar.
He was singing who will catch the two
w

n catches the two.

b:
Eku,ja, k, Ob, the clothes on the
back of the client plus some money for
the babalwos.
ly:
If says that the client who has consulted
If will have victory on the matter that
he or she has asked about. There is
someone that is getting ready to do
something major or risky in his life. If
the person makes offerings he or she
will have victory. The clothes on one"s
back are a cover. The specific of the
offerings reflect giving up of one"s
cover and going out there without shame
or desperation to be covered and the
perseverance for survival is also
reflected in the offerings. If says that
the client who has consulted If might be
planning on going on a journey. If says
that the person will bring prosperity
from the journey.
W RN MJ S KEJ W

n,
w

nw

n,

nr

n w

nrn A df fn
w

nran, w

nran

n In l fi sel
tr l fie br

n
w

nrnwnran, t m awo sl

K r ibi i e ay r

o k mnm If
o si gbd

mun m Od m Od
ny
tu u sl

k l tu u sl

k l
KL : If n k a rb k rn tn

e ni
le kr lrani, if n kni t w nd

n l jw

.
B RR: Eku ja, K, Ob, kt,
kk, yb

l ew if Chapter 2
Wonwon, wonwon, Owonwon, won-
won
Consulted Ifa divination for Wonwon-
wonwon-own; He took the stomach of
his house;
He took the head of his road;
w

nrnwnr

n releasem Awo
(letm-Awo free) To let him live his
or her life.
You do not take the child of If; You
should not take the child of Od. This
ism Od.
Let him or her goes; let him or her free.
Release him or her and let him or her go.
b:
Eku,ja, k, Ob, kt, kk, 1 hen
with Ifa leaves.
ly:
If is saying that the client who has
consulted the babalwo might have a
sickness that he or she is looking to
relieve and care for. If says that one
must let go of the sickness or disease
that is tying one down. Also all
negativity that is holding the client back
will go away if the client makes the
offerings and the babalawo makes
prayer with the offering he or she will
be free of negativity and he or she will
be able to live in peace.
W NRN MJ S KTA t

lw

o lee hunrun ihere ihere

Ke f

K r f

b l
A df fn Mof

ni
Tn

l r kowo l

Kf

ni
Oj n n

n Mof

ni
L b l kw l

kf

ni ba wn

w k ady T y fie gn
Km r

kan oo ly
Mof

ni s ti b

s n sin Kf

n
N oko Gbmrm, oko y ni Mof

ni
tin

sin kk ady Ady y s ti k

sn g
wn n

ba w ri
k ade y d oko gbmgbm
W

n w br l

Kf

n
P tni ni ady n,
Kf

n n un k

i olrun ma j

k un d kk
ady t ti k m

in g n tun e
bba f

mnnit n kk n ni
n, w

f un, olribrk kan by

L ni kk ady n,
Wr ti rn s Mof

ni
N okoo Gbamorm, nbi t gbn

i
edru Nbi t gbn

singb t n

sn
Tn

i bo-j-jmi
T Mof

ni tin

, e e di jn
Ngb t Mof

ni d
W

n b lr wp, un l ni k d
n s dhn p un ni.
W

n n wn f

r ni
K Mof

ni t yanu fhn W

n ti fn
n

lp

ow W

n n ow kk ad
r

n-un Ni Mof

ni b dil

di
alj
w n

yinf, n; Mo f

,
lw o,
y

,
Mo f

N bm
y

,
y

tt la fi n sun y

KL :- If n k a r b, k af

hnt
wa maa ba k, If n k a rb k a le
dil

l ti ntor sn
B RR: Eku,ja, k, kk, Ob,
p

l Ow Awo.

Chapter 3
The palm of the hand cannot grow hair,
hr-hr;
It does not do vague;
It does not look vague.
They cast If teachings for Mof

n, (a
name that means I like to have.)
He was going to borrow some money
from Kf

n (a name that means the one

that doesn"t like others to have)
Mof

n was in need and very poor.

He went to borrow money from Kf

n.
At the time the king was looking for
dead hen which he needed to take some
medicine with so that the king"s only
child would survive.
Because Mof

n cannot pay his debt to

Kf

n, he had been working for him at

his (Kf

n"s) house. At the farm of

Gbmrm
That was the farm where Mof

n was
raising a rooster;
But the hen has died in its cage.
The servant of the king was looking for
the dead hen around the farm of
Gbmrm; He said, May God not let
him keep a dead rooster in a cage.
He thought the king was going to arrest
the owner of the hen; He said, it belongs
to one stupid servant.
Mof

n was quickly sent for;

At the farm of Gbmrm,
Where he was working all night in order
to pay back his debt to Kf

n; where
he was doing labor work in disgrace;
Where he was doing the work of
When you wake up wake me up
Where Mof

n was working all night.

When Mof

n arrived they asked him if

he was the owner of the dead hen. He
answered them that he was the owner.
They said to him that they want to buy
the dead hen from him
Before Mof

n could open his mouth to

talk, they already offer him a lot of
money. They told him that that is the
money they pay him for his hen.
Then Mof

n becomes prosperous and

very rich. He then started to sing praise
to If.
He said:
I want to have money,
yr,
I want to have children
yr
(yr) the songs of If is what we will
sing all day.
b:
Eku,ja, k, kk, plus Ow Awo.
ly:
The teaching of Ifa is predicting for the
client to have courage and perseverance
and through hard work he will become
prosperous and rich. If says that the
client should make offerings so that all
his or her problems will become joyful
instead. The client should makebs so
that he will become successful and
prosperous in life.
W RN MJ S KRIN
wn irin n m Ab

w in w

n
omi n mu akrgb sn w

n m
n mu m jal
T wn fi i pe ebi nn

pa n de d ni
k ti k

gb

n
j

a fi w

n w yunnyun nn oko A
df fn

n
T wn y fi j Oy il bb r

n un
k lw l

n n kow ni wn n

w
B k e gb

n r

t p

, n p

j Ni
w

n b mn

nrn joy il bb r

w n yin wn awo
Awo wn

yin if
W

n n, a fi

nrn joy ln o
Ire d,
Yegede,
Yegede
A f"

nrn j"oy ln o Aje d,

Yegede,
ni bm by l bm Yegede
KL : If nk a r b, ipn

l kann

, k a s rb w if ngb

n n k a
l s ohun t a df s k a ma sr ow
ntor r

.
B RR:
(Eku,ja, Epo, Ob,yl, k

sn
ow)
Chapter 4
It is the scarcity of metal to cast that gets
the needle into the casting furnace. It is
the scarcity of water that makes the
guard fetch water to get lost; It is the
scarcity of children that makes the child
steal.
When they said that the child was hungry
in the town of dd,
Someone that has not learned some
wisdom lets him or her be compared
with the grass in the forest;
They cast If divination teachings for
w

n
The one that they were going to title with
the Chieftaincy of his lineage. He said
they are not after his money.
If not for his wisdom and that is in
excess;
They took

nrn and made him a

Chief of his lineage.
He then began to praise his awos,
And his awos began praising Ifa.
They said we have made w

nrn the
Chief today, They were singing If
songs:
Thus: Ir d (prosperity has arrived)
Yegede (we prevail)
We made w

nrn the Chief today

Money has arrived
Yegede
Who gave birth, she gave birth to a
healthy child, Yegede.
b:
Eku,ja, and Ob,yle with 9000
cowries equivalent in money for the
Awos.
ly:
If advises the client to make offerings
for good health and longevity. Iku may
be around the client; an untimely death.
The client will have long life if he or she
makes offerings and prevents death. It is
very important for the client to stay
healthy.
W NRN MJ S KRN
Onk

logn,
Albj nigb

n
Onkloskl ni d

t
A df fn Odn

nbk
Te r

m l

fin
W

n n k odn

bk rb Ntor ik
K ni un y rb
Wn n k r gbb

ad kan K s
r ojo ow
rb ,
W

n e if fun un
Ik ti rn k s le pm

n, wd gb ik m r l tn tn
wd gb ik m r l tn tn
wd gb ik m r l tn rere
If n k a rb, k l dgb, k ik ma
l pa w by B: Eku,ja, yb

ad
kan, djo

, epo,

k ti ob
Chapter 5
The ones that have k

, one of the
Yorb tribal marks worth twenty; The
ones that have bj, another Yorb
tribal mark worth fifty; Who was the
first child ofl

fin, the owner of the

palace. They told dmbk to make
offerings, Because of death.
What should he use for sacrifice he
asked.
They told him to make offerings of One
hundred and fifty cowries equivalent of
money. He listened and made the
sacrifice.
They made If for him
O said let the eagle take my death far
away from me.
b: Eku 1,ja, yb

ady, Epo, k,
and Ob. 150,000 cowries equivalent in
money.
ly:
If advises the client to make offerings
for good health and longevity. Ik may
be around the client which is an untimely
death. The client will have long life if he
or she makes offerings to prevent death.
W NRN MJ S KF m

ll, awo olp

f

bojo awo gbrk

A df fn kk
Tn

l r n j l

k
W

n n kk gbd

k j sl o
Kk k gb

gb rb, gb t

ru
j k r

, ew kkn

gb
Rrb ln

gbeni
r k gbnyn
K p

, b

ni k jnn
w ba wa lai k kngiri, k kngiri
lan

b k
(KL :- If ni k yw tik me
fira wn sl

)
Chapter 6
The fine rat ( m

ll)
The Awo Olpo (the rat trail)
f

bojo (the animal sand digger)

The Awo of gbrk, (the sand patti)
They cast If divination for the Coco
plant.
She was going to marry the Rain.
She was told that she can never divorce
the Rain. But the Coco plant didn"t listen
to the advice, Because Coco did not
make offerings,
The Rain ceased to fall.
The leaves of the Coco plant began to
dry It befits one to make offerings.
Not making offerings does not befit one.
Not too long; not too far.
Come and find me in longevity.
In longevity is the way we find the
mountain.
b:
Eku,ja, Ob, Onj, Ow Awo.
ly:
If advises that the husband and the wife
should not deceive each other. They
should try to work their differences and
compromise with each other so that they
may have a long life together. It is
always advisable to realize one"s
blessings in life and try to keep them like
keeping one husband or trying to keep
one"s wife especially when they are
helpful to our lives.
W NRN MJ S KEJE
Abingdon awo wn lode Lore gb-
yngd t wn d n tpa knrin
yngd yngd t w

n d n tpa Df
fn oly mfun
T y bu il olo

wu r"oko
W

n n k b egn il b egn il
b r

fn
W

n n k b j
b j
b r

d
W

n n k b or b or
Or p
W

n n k b il

b il

Il

lu
W

n n k b Olb

tirib

babab
n un m or lor
un m il

n n il

un m wp bbni ni Egn il

un m

wp yni j
Gbgb

n un k m

Olb

tirib

baba
a
j

k lan

b n

"if

nu wn,
nu wn lan

b n if

nu wn
Mo fun

gb
Mo fn awo
nu wn,
nu wn k ma l r mi bj nu wn.
Chapter 7
gb ngb

n (Chieftaincy title of a
babalwo)
Their Awo at lree, an ancient Yorb
town;
gbymgd their Awo at jh, the
elder that was put in bondage;
gbyngdynggd t w

n d ltpa
They cast If divination teachings for
Olymefun.
He was told to worship the ancestral
spirit of the house, He worshipped the
ancestral spirit of the house. His
offerings were not accepted;
They told him to worship the r of
the market place He worshipped the
r of the market place. His offerings
were not accepted.
They told him to worship the head.
He worshipped the head and the head
became bald. His offerings still were not
accepted
They told him to worship the ground.
He worshipped the ground and the
ground caved in.
They told him to worship Olb

tirib

, which is the father ofb. He

answered that; he knows the head as
head;
He said that he knows the ground as
ground.
He said he knows that Father is the
ancestral spirit of the house. He knows
that one"s mother is the r of the
market place, But he does not know
Olb

tiirib

.
The father of the b;
They told him that their mouth is what is
called Olb

tiirib

. The father ofb.

And so, what do we worship at If

?
It is their mouth that we worship at If

.
It is their mouth.
I have given offerings to the calabash.
Containers of the house.
I have given offerings to the plates of the
house.
It is their mouth.
Their mouth will not be able to fight me.
It is their mouth.
I have swept the walkway.
It is their mouth; their mouth will not be
able to fight me. It is their mouth.
b:
Ewr

, kk, Epo, Ata, Iy

, t, Ow
Awo and menu.
ly:
If is teaching the client in the Od that
one father and mother are like God or
the spirit. The father is a representation
of the spirit of the ancestors. And that the
mother is the spirit
of prosperity. One must always worship
them. The client must not also forget the
other people around them and the energy
of their mouth and their spoken words.
As people can use their mouth to destroy
other people by talking bad about then or
bad mouthing them. The client should
make offerings so that the people of the
world will not use the mouth to fight
with the client. Prevention against
rumors and other bad mouthing in the
media and so on. Ifa expresses the
importance of feast offerings, feeding the
mouth of the people with cooking food
that will require the use of the bowls and
plates of the house. It will also require
house cleaning and rearranging. All
these are part of theb/offerings.
W NRN MJ S KJ dn
sr tt o
B

wn k b

dn
Os brn gd
B

wn k kos l

n
md lgn b

mb

oj
B

wn o r w l

run
wn ni w

n df fn rnml Nj

tn

l r b gn t

Onr nf W

n n
k skal

b ne
gb

b, rb
j

gn d, Alj gbr
be

fn mi l

kan j gn d
alj gbr
Chapter 8
dn, the year, ran on for long;
We could not catch up with the year.
O, the month, walks on,
And we do not meet O on the ways.
The youth looks up high but they do no
seel

run, the Supreme God.

They were the babalawos who cast If
for rnmil, the day he was going to
help gn, the god of Iron, to initiate
(Onre) the owner of Ire, an ancient
Yorb town, into If worship.
He was told to make offerings.
He listened to the advice of If.
The gn arrived, Alj gbr .
b:
Iu, Epo, g

, mu p, w and
Ow Awo.
ly:
The client who has consulted If should
seek the protection of gn. There might
be some danger coming into the house or
into the life of the client. It could be a
fight or war. The client should play safe
and pray to gn so he or she can avoid
being injured.
W NRN MJ S K SN
Adol t e awo wn lde jk

ol
Adtut n

e awo l de Ajf

rn rere l

A df fn rnml, tn

sawo l
jk

oko T w

n s fn wp k fi
ewr

b k p

nr r

, K

n j r l
dra
rnml k b pnrn r
Ngbt d ibi t n

l
K s ni t w s

ltie awo
Ngb t ri p ebin

pa un
w pad sl, l r b k p

nr re

Ngb t pa ewr

n
pn fn wn gbgb l
W

n s b

s n fun ngb

wgb

w
rnml w di olw
wn

korin wp
Kab ow m w o
Ara nyn ni ow m w o Ara nyn
ni ow m w o.
Chapter 9
Adol is the babalwo of the town
called jkeol
Adtut is the babalwo of the town
called Ajfnranrere l They cast If
divination teaching for rnml,
Who was going on If divination
practice to the town of jk

ol. He was
told to make offerings of Ewr

to his
Ikin.
So that his journey would be favorable.
rnml did not worship his Ikin of If
When he arrived to the place where he
was going to practice If No one came to
him for divination. When he found out he
began to starve. He went back home.
He went to worship Ikin of If.
When he make the offering of the she
goat
He distributed it among the elders of the
town;
They then began to give him two
thousand cowries equivalent in money.
rnml then became wealthy.
He started to sing.
Thus, where is the money that I wanted?
It is with the people, the money that I
want; It is with the people the money that
I want.
b:
Ewr

, Epo pupa, Iu, Iy

, t, Ow
Awo.
ly:
In this Od, If teaches the importance of
listening to the advice of the babalwos.
It is always rewarding to make offerings.
If rnml had made offerings, he
would not have been starving all along.
But then, when he later made theb,
things began to get better for him and he
became successful.
W NRN MJ S K W l n
ow n e awo wn lde d l ns

ne awo wn lod tun

Oto,ya ne
awo wn n kr we ljntl

Ibi t o b w lr awo ln
K ma l k mal il omi
A df fn rnml
Ngb t n

sawo l de y

n n k rb
kuk adiy mj,yl kan, ob m

ta,
epo pupa, ntor p k

n r

l dra.
rnml rb, s gb s et od
(If n k a rb. Ntor

n j, t an

l
k a ba l k i

ni d il)
lnaw

is the bablwo of the town of

dd;
lna

is the Awo of the town of tn

tya is the Awo of the Kr
ewljntiel
Negativity that could be on the head of
Awo today
Should leave, should leave to the house
of the water.
Cast If divination teachings for
rnml
When he was going on If venture to
y

town.
He was told to make offerings;
To make offerings of two hens so that his
venture would be successful.
b:
Ady 2,yl, Ob 3, Epo pupa, Ow
Awo. The offerings should be placed by
the river. ly:
If advises that if the client is going on a
venture or trying to start a business, he
or she should try to make offerings in
preparation so that the venture will be a
success. If teaches that it is always very
good to make plans and offerings before
one starts a business or sets out on a
venture.
WNRN MJ S KKNL
w

n ow la n ow mini
w

n onje la p n yn
w

n Omi l w

n n l sun omi, Df
fn Oy

n;
T s"m ba l

y ajri
W

n n k rb
Kja r

ma ba kt
Ooy

n rb;
Oy

n rb,
Gbogbo nkan r

w b

s dra
j: sr w k w rajm ba
p

w rj ouny

n, sr w,
w raj m-Awo, t"we t"gb n
raj ouny

n.
(if n k A rb , kj wa l t, If n A
o jr, A k r dl) It is when money
is scarce, that we look for money It is
when there is no food, that we say there
is famine. It is when there is no water,
that we say there is drought.
They cast If divination for ooy wn,
who was the princess of the town called
l

yaj

n; who will establish the market

place and prosper.
Hurry, come and buy from the princess.
It is both the old and the young, who
come to buy from the princess. Hurry,
come and buy from the princess.
( sr w, w rajm ba)
( twe t"gb N raj Onyowon)
sr w,w rajm ba.
b:
Eku,ja, Ob, Epo Pupa,t, Ow Awo,
Ohunnu j) Food & Menu menu.
ly:
If is blessing the client who has
consulted with the babalawos that in
hard times when other people do not
have the client or customers will have.
The client should think of having his or
her own business. The client will
prosper and have success with his or her
own business. If says prosperity is
coming into the life of the client who has
consulted the babalwo.
W NRN MJ S KEJILA kta
bal

ko

Df fn w

,
Te m ab

run jun
m w

ki k lj w;
m s

k k lj s

m dn k toj dn k Ew

l k b
ew oko r

If n k A rb ntor r

, If n k a
tn rb, m ni ma ba k. The stone
hit the ground but did not bleed;
Cast If divination for the money, who
was the child of Ab

rn-jun, (the one

that has and eats them) The finger of the
hand does not die in the presence of the
hand.
The toes of the foot doe not die in the
presence of the foot.
The children of the Bat do not die in the
presence of the Bat.
The leaves of l, a special tree, do not
shed their leaves with the rest of the
trees in the forest.
b:
Make offerings to & gn. kk
Ady, Epo pupa, Orgb, Ob Atare,
Eku,ja,ti Oyin, rk, etc.
ly:
If says that the client should make of
ferings to prevent sickness. Also to make
offerings so that one"s children do not
die in one"s lifetime. The client should
pray for longevity also not to witness
tragedy in his or her life. Prevent not to
be involved in a group disaster.
W NRN MJ S KTL
rnml l w

n,
If mo l w

n
Df fn l

fin gbdw

nrn T fi
ojojm

nrngun

t W

n n k
rb
Eku, ja, kk kan, l

fin s rb tir

gun wn

t r

If nb

gun

t ni k a r lr ohun t
df s

Chapter 13
rnml says it is scarce;
If says it is scarce;
Cast forl

fin, Agbdw

nran, the big

Ram. He who was surrounded by
enemies. He was told to make offerings.
Fish, 1 rooster, rat.
l

fin made the offering and conquered

his enemies.
b:
Make offerings to Eu, gn, Eku,ja,
kk kan, Epo pupa, Ob, Orgb,
Atare,t, etc.
ly:
If says that the client is in the midst of
enemies. The client will be able to have
victory over his or her enemies if he or
she makes offerings. One has to realize
that there are good people and also bad
people in life. There is possibility of
jealousy and envy from people around us
especially if one is doing good and
better than other people.
W NRN MJ S KRNL
Aparun ns gi lk hn
Aparun nsegi lk

hn
Df fn

n;

n n roko mn mj

n l r o,
w

n l t ,
w

n l roko mn mj o. If n

yin l
ibkan, k rb; k hun l dra, k l
kr b

nb

, If n k rb j tt n.

Chapter 14
The Bamboo tree up this hill;
The Bamboo tree up that hill;
Cast If divination for w

n, name of
Od w

nrn w

n was going to the

venture of taking two; w

n was made
offering.
w

n presented the offerings.

w

n was the one that went on

adventure of taking two.
b:
Eku, 2 Eku, 2ja, kr, Iu mj, Oyin,
Iy

, k. ly;
The client will have double prosperity
W NRN MJ S KDGN
p

aln

gb jg;
Df fn wn lde Ir

m;
Nbi w

n gbn

sunkn allruk
W

n n k w

n rb
W

n n ire m

f lb wn.
W

n rb, w

n s s

f fun wn W

n n
k w

n ma r m

Ibit w

n ri ire m

T w

n k r ire r m

T ire t w

n
n

r tn s
Ni w

n n

p n r

m
If n k ely rb, K l j nyn
ptk, K l mu il ibd.

Chapter 15
The complete Lizard,
Cast divination for them at Irem,
Where they were crying that they do not
have a name. They were told to make
offerings.
They said their offering is in the number
(6) Six.
They told them to bury the offering,
Where they buried the prosperity;
Where they do not have any more
prosperity to bury;
That is where they called Irem.
b:
Make offerings of kk Ady, feather
of Egret, kk & Agbe; Make black
soap and bathe with them. If usually
speaks in parables and sometimes it
takes keen perception to understand the
references. Translation of some of the
verses of Ifa

into other languages is

almost impossible. That"s why
explanation may be necessary. If speaks
of someone that wants identity. The
client is crying for a name or
recognition. Ifa will bless the client with
identity and recognition.
W NRN MJ S
KARNDNLDN rnml ni di
gb
Mo ni gb l d bram Agb

nrgn Ni
gb h d tay
gb n d ta rn
gb l d jyn

j nl d n
M

rnml n k j

kngb maegb
gb ni n

n e
gb pr ni eku e t jw
gb tn n ne, gb.
If n k ely rb ntor gb tr, if
gba tire tid, k gb n l dra n k
rb s.

Chapter 16
rnml says it is time.
I say it is time Barami gbonmrgn
He said it is time that we fix to play Ay
(an African game)
It is time we fix to play rn (another
African game)
It is time we fix to praise the King and
owner of More (a compound in If

)
rnml says it is the owner of time
who enjoys his or her time; It is the time
of today that the day enjoys.
The time of today, the doer, the time.
b:
kk, gbdo, w, Obi, Orgb,
Atare, gbn, Epo pupa, Iy

, g

. Ifa

says it is time for the client to make

prosperity. It is the client"s time to make
success in life. Everything has its own
time; If teaches about time and planning
for time. If he or she makes offerings, the
time has come for all the good things in
life. The rooster is the timekeeper of the
universe.
W NRN MJ S KKNL
w

n own

laa f

wa mini
s onj n

la n

p n yn,
As Omin

laa d

sun
As n

la w akan

p w jmb-
jmb mj p

; A df fn ny

n,
Te m ba ly jer
sr w k w rajm-ba t"w
t" gb n raj Ony

n sr w
k w rajm-ba
It is when money is scarce, that we look
for money It is when there is no food,
that we say there is famine. It is when
there is no water, that we say there is
drought.
They cast If divination for ooy wn,
who was the princess of the town called
l

yaj

n; who will establish the market

place and prosper.
Run, come and buy from the princess.
It is both the old and the young, who
come to buy from the princess. Run,
come and buy from the princess.
REFRENCES &
RESOURCES
IFA DIVINATION BY
WILLIAM BASCOM
Communication
between God and Men
in West Africa.
Indiana University
Press. Bloomington.
Odus Page Eji Ogbe
144, 146, 142, 152,
154, 162 Oyeku 234,
238, 240, 252 Iwori
288, 296, 300 Edi 310,
312, 316, 318 Obara
Okanran 342, 344
Irogun 350, 352
Owonrin 360, 362
Egunda 372, 374 Osa
384 Irete
Etura Eturupon Ika
450, 454 Ose 468 Ofun
548, 550, 552, 556, 558
Etura Eturupon Ika
450, 454 Ose 468 Ofun
548, 550, 552, 556, 558
ORUNMILA
YOUNSTER
MAGAZINE
Orunmila Youngster
publications Yaba
Lagos. Pages EjiOgbe
16, 25 Oyeku Meji
Iwori Meji 17, 5 Edi
Meji 20, 5, 6, 7 Obara
Meji 18, 21 Okanran
Meji Irogun Meji 18,
23 Owonrin Meji 18,
23, 36 Ogunda Meji 22
Osa Meji Irete Meji
22 Otura Meji 26
Oturupon Meji Ika
Meji 17 Ose Meji 17
Ofun Meji 26, 43
Otura Meji 97, 100
Oturupon Meji 93, 96
Ika Meji Ose Meji 104
Ofun Meji 106, 107,
108
OJU ODU
MERINDINLOGUN
BY PROF. WANDE
ABIMBOLA Oxford
University Press,
London.
Pages Eji 8 Oyeku 15
Iwori 21 Odi 24 Obara
meji 44 Okanranmeji
51 Irosun meji 30
Owonrin meji 37
Ogunda meji 55 Osa
meji 59 Irete meji 83
Otura meji 75
Oturupon meji 69 Ika
meji 63 Ose meji 88
Ofun meji 94
ORAL ODU
RECITATIONS BY
AWOTUNDE
AWORENI ILE-IFE
AND ALL
TRANSLATIONS BY
CHIEF DAYO
OLOGUNDUDU.
Ejiogbe Oyeku meji
Iwori meji Odimeji
Obara meji Okanran
meji Irosun meji
Owonrin meji Ogunda
meji Osa Meji Irete
meji Otura meji
Oturupon Ika Ose
meji. Ofun meji
Glossary:
A bo - a charm that
can get some one to be
confused. bru

- the
offerings will smoke to
the sky and to heaven.
by - the priest will
prevail. bs - the
prayers will manifest.
Aff - breeze, wind.
Adgunll a name
Crown climbs
wealth. gbb

the
one that have been
around mother hen.
Agbedmej - center,
middle. gbonrgun -
The straight palm tree.
Nick name of
Orunmila Ajogun -
negativity, a je ogun -
those that eat wars
Ajigunwa - wake to
take position. jj -
wild wind, tornado
kr - cake kk -
roaster
Alpat - butcher Ar
run-ancestors Ar -
play pure Oyo dialect
Ariragg - a name of
Sango ttan

- garbage
dump y- red
colobus monkey Aya -
wife tan

pk - thumb
B Brbr in rotation
Brbr- smooth, fat.
D Dgb become old
Dedere - hanging
Dgbn play smart
E bt - rod trap for
animals gun /gigun -
pounding lr.- a
small mouse El king
in Ife dialect w

-
taboo

ffl

- breeze
ja - undermine nini
- dews yajeri- an
ancient Yoruba town F
G Gunle- arrive at a
place
GB Gbkr -
dragging Gbb - yield
to make sacrifice, obey
to make sacrifice.
Gborogangborogan
marching steps like
police march. Gbonse
to use the toilet
I gb - time jkm

-
a type of wild cat
lgun

- an old Yoruba
town, straight town Ik
- hunch back
Ilugbndugbndu - a
big town in old Yoruba
Im the name of Esu"s
mother Imgun

-
Ogun shrine, where we
know Ogun Iwj - the
front ws

- the
beginning, when
characterIwa was
created Iwin - demon
H Hhdeeds Ife
dialect
J Jjd - fight for,
struggle, scramble
K K

k - Yoruba
red woven cloth Kele -
Sangos charms in the
little gourds Kjp -
Yoruba traditional
woven cloth
L
M M

-
lightening
Mdun

mdun

-
marrow, brain.
N
O fin

ran

-
disrespectfulness,
leopard fob -
Kola nut that has no
split, no good for
divination. Odu
Ogbgbors - an old
tree jgbmkun

-
the universe, planet,
world, earth.
kkny

- mother
hen Oldmar -
almighty God Olkun -
the energy of the Sea
Olri - The spirit of
the bottom of the
rivers Olk - friend
Olmini - my owner
Onbj - Red white
rose flowers used to
make tattoo mark. Or
- pain, wickedness.
Orgb - bitter kola
sorogso - loneliness
gb - an old
initiate.
bar

k - wealthy
king. brs- king of
the Orisa.

ff - tree
bear.

j - strap.
l

fin - the owner of

the palace, God.
l

gbr - long
timing. lm - an
orisa the owner of
children.
mkun

rin

run - the
man from heaven.

- the short
palm tree.

k - the
prevented of death.
P Porogan

porogan

- in
a marching step
R S Sn- bitterness, a
bitter person.
Sun

kr- dragging,
moving slow.
Gb
T Tp

tp

- toughness
Tojtim - all over the
face Turutu- dragging
something on the floor
U W Wmlj- looks
into my eyes,
disrespectfully
Y Ygbdo - pluck
corn, harvest corn.
Ymidrgb - my
mother that favors me,
the sea Yemja - the
mother of fishes,
energy of the ocean.
Ys who is it Ife
dialect Yibiyibi - all
around.
Index:
A abiku pg44,45.
abundance pg145,206.
accomplishment
pg111. achievements
pg112. actions
pg47,48,110,134.
advice pg115,129,
162,188,214,218,226.
adult pg110 age
pg185. aggression
pg76. ancestor"s
pg152,252. ants pg207.
approach pg193.
association pg159.
assistance pg205.
attention pg136,222.
authority
pg207,208,232. away
pg910.
B Barren pg166 bee
pg90 beads pg177.
brass pg125 breast
pg204 blacksmith
pg120. blessings
pg147,150,179,
202,203,236,260.
bondage pg145.
bravery pg89,157,202.
burden pg145 buffalo
64 bury pg89
C Calmness
pg89,129,130,194.
carefulness pg210
pg92,134,135,160
character
pg89,129,130
pg42,44,102,115,126,133,137,142,157,158,166,216,218,227,228,236.
cloth pg116 crab
pg114. creator pg111
creation pg129crown
pg177 concentration
pg119. conditions
pg231 compromise
pg252 confidence
pg202. control. Pg76
crime pg59
consistency
pg38,136,139,238.
courage202. caution
pg129chieftancy
chosen pg64 children
D Danger pg256 Death
pg67,76,80,87,89,104,106,109,125,248,250.
definition pg264.
desire pg179,232
difficulty pg40. dignity
pg89,93,173,189,192.
disappointment pg76.
disrespectfulness pg
117,130. disturbance
pg132 duality
pg203.dual gift pg203
divination pg127.
drinking pg148 E Ear
pg163 efforts pg209
egg pg80 elder
pg129,130,195.
elephant pg64,69,189.
empowerment pg162.
enemy
pg132,145,151,162,165,215,262.
enjoyment pg266
establishment
pg151,160. envy
pg151,165,205,263.
eyes pg124,163.
F Fame
pg149,155,215. far
pg100. farmer
pg90,138,161. father
pg76,168,255. Favor
pg110,161. favorable
pg155. female
pg158,214. feast pg255
finance pg231 food pg
181,182,183,252. focus
pg136,137,222. follow
pg58,184. forbidden
pg109. forgiveness
pg33. freedom
pg143,144,145
friendship pg51 fight
pg215 fire pg93
G
Generosity pg182, 183.
gift pg205 glory pg93
goodness
pg163,170,209,208.
greatness pg160. greed
pg211 grounding
pg151 growth
pg134,151,206.
guidance pg223 giving
pg258
H Happiness pg129,
130. hardship
pg261hatred pg151.
Head pg63, 64, 72,
163, 169, 181,185,254.
health pg199,248,250
heaven pg85. help
pg110,170. harvest
pg161. heritage pg170
honey pg90. hope pg63
horse pg175 house
pg102,139. husband
pg160
I Identity pg264. Ifa
pg13,14,190. Ile Ife
pg14. Igunigun pg46.
injury pg256
importance pg230
inheritance pg152.
investment pg237 iron
pg125
J Jakuta pg145
Jealousy
pg165,205,263.
journey pg123,169.
judgment pg110
K King
pg64,68,95,160,177,178,184.
kill pg166.
L Land pg111,225.
Leader pg92, 178,184.
leadership62,64. lead
pg125. leopard pg116.
life pg85,
155,182,183,207.
lightening pg92,162.
lineage pg170,225.
longevity pg 46, 47,66,
67,81,82,84,100,130,
155,216,217,250.
losses pg68,90. loyalty
pg136.
M Matter pg201
market pg201,102,260
male pg158 master
pg184. magic 35,138.
memory pg46. metal
pg119 mission
pg113,241.
misunderstanding
pg242.mind pg182
money pg76. mother
pg74,255. motherhood
pg182 mountain
pg139,251 monkey
pg58 mouth
pg163,164,252,253
N Negativity
pg33,68,84,200,242.
Nose pg163. Nosy
pg200.
O Oath pg76 Odus 14-
32. offerings
pg94,95,98,104,200,227,252.
old age 66,185. Ogun
pg120 Orunmila
pg7,11,188,192. orire
pg8 osun pg8. orogbo
pg46 Oyo pg144
P Palm kernel pg132
palm tree pg83 parent
pg71 patience
pg140,172,238,248.
people pg163
perseverance pg40,
207,235,238,246. plant
pg251 plantain pg42.
planning pg259
pleasant pg177 poison
pg148 polygamy
pg172 possession
163,230 position
pg48,92, 190.
positivism 123,136.
poverty pg156,231.
power pg162,215,233
prayer pg233
preventing pg59,262
pride pg173
preparation pg259
priest & priestess
pg12,163 problem
pg149,210.
productivity pg216
profession pg179.
pg91,131,133,136,137,139,140,151,154,164,182.
pg75. protection
pg83,162,166,256, 262.
provocation pg141.
preparation pg185
propitiate pg185 profit
pg161,187 prosperity
205,207,208,246,248,260.
protector
R Rain
pg93,228,233,251.
rainbow pg125.
receiving pg258.
recognition pg265.
relationship pg159.
repercussion pg116.
reproduction pg235.
richness pg95,246. 56.
ride pg175 ridicule
pg158. regret pg214
respect
83,128,129,130,208,214.
resting pg 49 road
pg102 rumor pg255
S Sacrifice
pg93,95,98,144,128,200,219,227,252.
scarcity
pg158,247,248. Sango
pg145,214. see 111. sea
pg69,70,111. self
control pg76. settle
pg151,177,197.
separation pg80,99.
sickness
pg125,127,199,242. sit
pg140. spread pg149.
spider pg137
spirituality pg180,184.
stability
pg235.struggle
pg97,105.
stubbornness pg220
success pg238,260. sun
pg104. survival pg240
T Taboo pg141. taxes
pg144. temptation
pg59. termite hill
pg81,92. tolerance
pg252 time pg36,85.
timeliness pg266. town
pg99. thunder pg162.
travel pg79. theft
pg59,62 tragedy
pg262. truthfulness
pg35,188.twin"s
pg185.
U Understanding
pg139,252. unity
pg158.
V Venture pg257.
Victory
pg145,146,165,169,172,202,215,240,248.
village pg99. virus pg
127,128,129. visitor
pg129. vulture pg46
W War pg240. Water
pg111. wealth
pg156,231. wife pg55,
133,160,172,230. wives
pg172 wickedness
pg220. wisdom pg223.
women pg214 world
pg85,111. work
pg151,207,246.
worship pg118,255
Y Youth
pg110,129,130.
Books in print.
1. The Cradle of
Yoruba Culture. By:
Chief Dayo
Ologundudu For more
info:
www.Ileorunmila.org.
www.google.com.
Chief Dayo.
Author:Chief
Ade

day

Olo

gundu

du

Msc. Urban
Environmental
Systems Management
Chief Dayo

, the
founder and executive
director of Ile
Orunmila, and the
Center for Spoken
Words & Performing
Arts, is native to Ife-
Ife, Nigeria. He was
born into the Yoruba
tribe, and in his adult
life, was initiated as a
chief of the Yoruba
tribe and a priest of
the Yoruba religion, a
practice focusing on
the worship of known
in Yoruba, as Orisas,
the seeking of
guidance through
divination, and the
seeking of natural
healing methods
through this
divination. Chief Dayo
has been very active in
carrying on the
Yoruba tradition both
in places where it is
commonly practiced
such as Nigeria and
the Caribbean, as well
as in America, where it
is not as common. In
1977, while in Nigeria,
Chief Dayo founded
the ba

ta

la

Cultural
Center , a center with
the purpose of further
developing Yoruba
music, dance, and art.
In 1987, he
coordinated the
Conference of the
Sons of Ifa in New
York City, a
conference for Yoruba
priests and priestesses.
Chief Dayo has taught
classes on Yoruba
language and
divination througout
the Caribbean as well
as at the Caribbean
Cultural Center in
New York City from
1981 -1983. He
continues to teach
these classes weekly, at
the Center for Spoken
Words & Performing
Arts. Despite Chief
Dayo"s religious
practice, the Center
for Spoken Words &
Performing Arts has
no religious affiliation
itself .Chief
Day

received a
Bachelor of
Professional Studies
degree in
Construction
Management, and a
Master of Science
degree in Urban
Environmental
Systems Management
from the Pratt
Institute in Brooklyn,
NY. Chief Day is a
drummer and a
saxophonist and has
performed and
lectured at many
venues in the United
States, including the
Smithsonian Museum
in Washington, D.C.
and the Museum of
Natural History in
New York City , as
well as many colleges
across the country.
Chief Dayo

is also an
artist and an
environmentalist .