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Odi Meyi

Odi meyi ashana aruma kodirna iku, kodima Shukura kuru kiele biti biti kogobale ni abiti adifafun aye omo oni yegan aikordie lebo. This oddun of ifa is female Is the daughter of Orumila and of Oloboro The female organs are born, the black color, the bright colors for the women, red, and yelio, the sea, the whales. chickens, goats, rats, fishs form the seashore, the alligator, the shells, the almiqui, the corn, the pumkin, the cell, the evilness, the jaw of the karma, the eres (vegetables grains) Odi meyi, Means buttocks Represent the vagine os the woman The beginning of the monarchy was establish The formation of the humanity was establish The spiritism is practiced.
They suffer of otitis, cefatgia in the left hemisphere of the brain (pain localize in the left side of the head)

Speaks of prevesion The person is lost because she make slander The woman learned to wash they buttocks with water The daughter of this oddun ofikade trupon for idi The man can be man or affemenite You have to attend egun and put foods Ewe of the sign: Marpacifico and at ponla Odi Meyi says: That death inherit everything in earth because everything that lives have to die. Here who resolve is Egun. OThers destroy what you make. Others waste what you economize. This oddun speak of the sacrifice that the saints made inthey lives. Odduns of temptations and sexuality. Marck the betray of women toward mens
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The daughters of this oddun are by temperament of hot excitant nature, full of evil and morbosity mostly unfaithful and by osobo the practice sodomy. The sons of this oddun of ifa mostly are slanderers and like to get mixed in what don't concern them. They have to be careful with the sea and the river, and the may not pass by pl2Ices with marsh, because they can get lost. Qdi meyi: Speak of sickness of the ear Speaks of sugar in the blood Diabetes Speaks of leucemta, of diabetes of a relative that is crazy We may put an ada to Ogun When we see this ifa the person shall not be afraid of death. and any harm that can come. He challenge aft He shall stand at a door with seven Juju of Agbeyami (pavo real) and say E.Tyi tvloyo, Abue Omo Obatala Odara Here was born that humans use shoes Here says that eaun didn't die despitated Speaks the war between Olosha and the Mayombero The person id proctected by Olokun and the stars Marks: blood leakege War between brother. They tret the Babalawos as gandio and the ytreat them bad. Respect the awoses because that will be your salvation. Was born the ikofa. We may put to eaun sweet potatoes samshed three days beside a can latten with garbage During this time we can't throw away the garbage We clean wir a keke duck dicorated with ribbons of nine colours and afte r we loose it at the seaside Afoshe of yagruma, of the leaves fallen on the ground, efun a piece of yagua, three juju of gunugun, seven guma Ewe: The royal palm. We shall not eat berro. ifa Osobo: We clean the person with berro, eyatutu, a duck egg. Everything goes to the sea, The person have bad feelings. The illness is in the throat. They can throw blood by the mouth. Ifa Ire:

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We clean the person with berro, eyatutu and an eni adie, We put everything to obatala and we ask him where are you going. Here was born Oshun Yurnt that is who lives in the wilderness and the river, that is, he lives beneath the Imo Oshun tree Here the humans when they evacuate they didn't clean they buttocks and the flies disturb them The hands made an agreement with the anus to help him, but shango. Thought and said "As the right hand clean the anus, what you give me you shall do it with the left hand. So I can enjoy 'rt."

Secret of this Ifa.

A moon of silver or white metal for loading. An akuko, hot eyeie four chinas pelonas (round stones), omi ode ibu, omi ekun, on,, onigan, to ofa, two water flowers, at the bottom of a basket ?fa carry an ashibata flower.

To Solve Marriage Problems:

We put Oshun to eat with Orumila and adie maneada but before we make ebo with it and we give to the two oshas prayig for th(euhity marriage We put to Oshun crushed Yam(name) with beans and vegetables soup, calling kaladu man.

To Avoid a Judgement
Ebo: Two ekuteles, two eyabo, two Aio, two cobo shells eku eya epo. agbado, oti, oni, opolopo owe. The ekuteles for Elegbara, the eya bo for Ogun one, and the other for to pray the len,

inshe-Ozain For Luck:

21 atare guma, 21 atare, chopped tobacco leavcs, !eaVe:3 of C-WC: Smashed yellow Oguma, to line leaves of ewe aguma aperi but not smashed, 1 asho pupua with len egun. Ebo: Inso of ekutele, of eku, ye of ewe baiyeku iyagruma).juju of gunugun apa (of the wings), atare guma of all color, cooked corn lye of cuaba prieta, three chickens of different sizes, eku, eya, epo, atilan ile.. After we put cooked sweet potatoes with is uuyil w aiihe eguns.

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I I I0 I 0 Odi Lobe Erdibre I I

Erdible orona ogu erdibre orona onsha ekute lele oua oku eya adifufan oka baba, eyele marun elebo. Erdibre orona ogu erdibre orona orisha /a ono Ogun i-ya adifafun Orumila lorugbo. Here was born the box of the drum Speak Chango and the seven africians forces Ewe: Jaquey, cerezo and ruda. They make injustices The person is in just Shakuana is born. Mark: contagious, spirituals phenomenons, Is the adoration of the bordun of the small box. Is born the vomit on hurnz-.= The the vomit in humans. There was born the malign eritii s Spe.dks of vinIerme anri twn nhini They was born the staleig of the beverages The heces of the wine. Speaks of dances and exagerated luxury. The secret: Three drums and three bottles of oti. Ifa of blindne3s Here was where erdibre cured his blindness with reseda. We look for the union of the family and the cooperation of all to get a better wife. We have to receive an inshe-ozain. Speaks of sacrifi ce s of the family as well with society and in the end we see no rewards. It speaks of illnesses of the skin maybe ever leprecy. Speaks of eyotistic people. Of disagreement. ifa of vigil -nce and investigation. Speaks of hidden enemies that don't rest until they destroy the person. Speaks of problems of judgement and justice where the per 5uu 4 is pointed out by many others It have abandon of the saint or a guard. Speaks of a hatefull person
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Speaks of a person that for enjoying the pleasures of life, abandon his duty. Forbid wetting with rain water Take care of your eyes.
ifa of robbery, malversation. of infe,dility in the care and custody of

goods under his protection Person that have intimate relations with others that have compromises be careful because it have who is whatching and want to surprise us Speaks of struggle between delinquents, where ones acalse others until they see them destroyed. Speaks of person that is enjoying things that he didn't 6L rid no( sacrificed for. Speaks of betrayal between job partners. Speaks of music that take out os his instruments a special sound Speaks of a person that can drown in the sea The person is envy by everybody included her own family. Peson that struggle in life to be a great person. Person that can be frightened. that see eguns. Be careful that a fright can be her death This oddun indicate that the obini that shortly will have a child. The son of erdibre have to receive Awokofan yet in the belly of his mother. to avoid that the two of them get lost. Erdibre is the son of luck, the son of money. We don't kill rats. Here was the betray of ozain to orishaoko and yemaya. Here was the betray of ozain to orishaoko and yeirraya Here we pu idei'a wiLii the number of strings, according to the number of childs that the person have to avoid that any of them get lost. Here was barn that the babaiawo writes the patakins of ifa study them in the proper moment Respect the Saints and don't talk bad of them nor of anybody because they can kill you. You have to take care of your ifa. Erdibre invented the drum and the transmission of sounds and from this time he is the first drummer of Shanao. Erdibre made the drum rt-)alm wood and skin of owunko lyeka of erdibre: Ozatnist: lye of palm wood and sulphur we have to give drum to Shang to get that he win the war. The owner of this ifa can't be thud in using something nor have a woman that has had before two husband. His secret: Is having an Ozain mounted in inso of euce th,3t orumial has be given in his kuanado Take the leri of the eure 3nd load it by the back and put a horn in his mouth With this Ozain you will defeat all difficulties. The owner of this ifa suffer of itching in his feet and in the inside of his legs. You have to put ice to Obatala nr gash the floor of the house with omiero. In the house we hoor roicc;; tho looks like screams. Make a food for the twins and a place bectuse

they are hungry, to get that they free you from an illness, of bad things, and that they give you money and lealth. To Save the House' We light a charcacoal of Ozain, we throw on it dryed herbs of Ozain, we put this sign and later this ash shall be blowed in each corner of the house. Lamp for the seven Africans Powers In a pan we put a yolk of egg azoque. linaza oil, cooking oil, dryed wine, holy water, we light seven candle wick, everyday one and we beg to the seven Africans power: So the azoque is not restful so shall be the person (named) that have to give me what I ask. To Feed the Seven African Powers Orun: Seven disjes with on; that before we have maked erdibre Three eyele, to each dish we give eyebale of these eyele meta By this, ifa we make spiritual work of feast to the egun seven mediums that mounts congos, each one with an igba of oti and a asha. In the arch we put seven glasses with fresh water and a black prince (prirr6pe negro) in each one throw opolopo agbado by all the le When we finish the work we sweep everything from the bDttom
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O O O O

I 0 0 I Odi Yeku

Odi yeke diyeku olordafun barabantregun oun ruku oloya unbo unpelese ayarelo. Ewe: Castilla Cane Here was where the masks was made to make feasts foe the Eguns and to Olokun. This is the sign we paint an the Atena tc feed him. By this ifa we don't do anything to the sick, because you can die and he knows it. The sick is cured Ifa Fore: Comes the richness and is born the trading we give to Oya two adie pupua.

!fa fore: Everything is very good and you wiii have a suit. Ifa Osobizy A dead soul is begging for a mass You are omo
shango. respect oya. Don't make jokes of anybody and less to the drunk because also

you like to drink.

Your house is in a mess. Always fulfill what you offer anc don't forget the bablawo, don't fight with him, because in that marnert you can say things that later you will feel sorry of that. Don't want bad for anybody and don't curse anybody You will receive a money you has asked for Pray to Obatala with two obi, en efun and two new white dishes, begging him grace for all the harm you have made. Take care they don't curse you Dress yourself in white. Say yes to Osha. You are sick of your hest If in your home there is someone very ill he will get better All your ihihys are in yieat disorder and that's because you want it so. Make Ebo and later fulfill what you offer.

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If it's a man: He has a dream that he hasn't had a woman later he gets one, but she leaves anywa y Then he made Ebo and found another. Then the one that went away knew that you're in a good yOsiiiurt, she tried 'cu come back again but you depreciated her If it's a woman: A man that Is not convenient for you make's love to you, don't accept him because later another will come that's better for you, don't depreciate this one Maferefun the gray hair: respect the person with gray hat', Ebo:Abo, ounko, akuko meta, bogbo tenuyen, bogbo mama bogbo ashe, yarako... After the ebo you shah hang the stnpes of skin of the abo in the entrance of the house. Ebo: Akuko, 2 eyele, a stair case, a dog, bogbo ashe Ebo: akuko. etu. spider cloth of the Ile atitan Ile abiti. Work for solving money: We put baba two white dishes with opolopo oni during sixteen days.

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01 I 0 I 0 Odi wori Odi oro 0 I
Odi oro odi ofoyu mowa yeni oba oyu lele inle alabaniye omologu yekun omo inle sokun yore ofuyu n aina iya inle !oda fun ashe ashin lele oyuoro oba aina ona oba odo loda fun inle kaferefun Ozair Here the boat didn't have where to land 'fa of the drugs Merchant Marks illness in the waist and the belly Marks wars Marks phenomenons and transformations We have Yemaya and Orumila The person id blind his wife is deoeiving /lift'. He is with ills eyes dosed in something that concerns him. He is believing in something that is opposite at what he thinks q's has deceiving in the house and between his friends. We make oro to Egun Sing and pray to the senior deads and needed spirits to avoid they steal our luck The person is going to find what he need The person is storm like the river You can't extirpate any ewe after so( in the evening because this will retard you. When you have a great neccesity obtain a branch or the root of any plant and it's night, look for another person that can take it for you. Here the trees were growing and they was decimated by a plaque and diseases, and it was left with the roots only. Some people are living of you, or enjoying what is yours. One take you shirt. others other things... Ifa osobo !fa ire. You have lived from anothers. You have lived from many things al your life Sexual Ifa He suffers from hemorriods. As the day go along so the person changes his character Speaks of a property or a land where two brothers will ki!l their father (mother) for the ownership

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In this ifa always it's have a woman that died because ot odi oro and the curse is following him. Odi Oro is the ifa of tobacco When the awo se himself in this ifa he smoke cigars and throw smoke to Shang. In atefa, Ikofa or Awofaka we put every body smoke cigars Here Orumila tried to impose goodness n the world. The awo odi oro never
baths in the sea. Speaks the water flower that open

certaind hour in the day and close at certains hour The person in like the water flower with a changing character and have moment; when he
deny anything. An others where he gives everything. He suffer of pains in the waist. arthrftis. He can't get wet in the rain because he w Ii get sick. Be carefull that disagreement of juniors end is disgust of seniors. Its have an Egun that steal his luck and his health For nature Root of white sauce, root of white malva During three months he can't

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Odi Roso

Odi Roso awose wowe adifafun ologbo adifafun ona odifo ekute ayayu koro adafe aya eyele lebo ewefa lebo. Says that the whole human body rest except the nose lfa of inmoralities. The person has bad sentiments He an Egun fixed too. While you sleep your enemy works Here was born the brain hemispheres. The person had his equilibrium lost from childhood because he saw adults doing sex. An egun lives at night with the person. The owner of this tfa can't treat carzy people oi with ill/ ICbSS of the nervous system, because he too can lose his equilibrium Nobody has the hability to have domain or power over the son to this ifa, because Odi Rosa is self made in all his things He can't eat carita beans. is born to put the the guardian Angel. of any Osho, carita beans in different adimuses. Is born the confusion of the opposite sex, where we think that all that shine is gold. The ine is to live with omo Osnun and adore Azowanu. Odi Rosa didn't know his mother. He is sick of his testicles. lfa of the pilcn We have to receive Ozain complete. in this ifa the dried grass bend itself This person before he dieshis hand agarrote itself. Don't 'jump over any water line. We have to trample on it lb avoid tht over viril power diminish. In this ifa we make ebo with anything and with this we save ourself. This ifa forbids to cut our hair, because the scissors and the blade don't go with your head. The person is spiritual. tfa of slanders. To the fathers- The oldest sons is an impediment in the house Ifa that bring plenty trouble.

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The person offer making himself Saint adandon it. Shango protect this person. Shango Breeded him Fulfill always with Shango.
He don't have seat nor security in nothing The daughter of this ifa has to tie her husband to avoid iiDsIng him. Here the alteration of the man can be because he has had relation with efemeninates and one of them worked in his nature, that is

why he doesn't alter with women.

Person that have to follow his custom because he have ,3n Egun that reveal everything to him in dreams. Ifa says that the mother ever after dead continue praying for her children. It's an ifa where Osun fads down. The prson struggles and reach the top, but suddenly falls down and to get up again has to go to Osha and to Orumila. Odi Roso, son of Olokun. In this ifa we suffer of the ear, because Odi Rose is the growl of the enraged sea. We have to give unyen to the palm. Obori Eleda with ony one obi. If the woman is Obonu we have to give her ikofa. Take a bath eithomiero with eyele We must ask if jiojio or Eyele. He has to take care and don t have relations with effemeninates and lesbians because in certain moments they can reveal a secret that
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OI 00 I 0 Odi Juani I I Odi Omoni
Odi omoni awo fashe iku iku omo sarebaku fashe iku awo omo iku aberere nilaye inle awo fashe iku omo yoku oba n Shango Here was born the money tenders. Is the ifa of the money lend Shango defend the person Id the ifa of the fool, where the mens after walking the road of life aretired and sits down to rest uppon a stone. Odi Omoni, Vanidous person that don't fulfil! his agreement because he doesn't fulfill he can be carried to justice. Because of talking what he doesn't of other people he suffers materials and moral losses, because with who you talked went to tell everything to the other person. Also marks lasses because you have contempt toward other person. Here is where elgebara and the saints are hungry and you have entemp toward other person. Here is where elegabara and the saints are hungry and you have forget them, after they have protected you That forget fullness will bring prejudice to you. The Ebo goes over the root of the house Ifa of enconomy. Ifa of the farmer You shall have a coral necklace. Person of changing character or that think that nobody understand him and this. Sometimes brings sorrows. He has to receive Ozain. The person can not be obligated violence to do what he don't desire This ifa forbids to come in quaranntee of another, if you are not sure of everything Be careful with youfemale godchildren nd the women that visit your house because one of then is going to fall in love of you. The woman of this sign don't have luck to get marred ; and if she hays daughter they will be like her Receive ikofo. lia say: By where you go up , you come down.
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To Shango we put a bunch of bananas To shango we give an ekuko in shiiekun ile with elegbara. To Egun, we give two akuko. You can't rest on anybody, you have to have your own life Sacrifice yourself and strupple to get forward. Women that you throw away or that left you may not pick up again The person sacrifices himself for his enemies Be carefull eith wearyness though you don't have motive for !t. Here the tiger and the monkey were enemies. You like organized things and you may be carefull woth betray from who you don't suspect. To get something from this person has to be in a good way Although the person is son of any saint he always has to take note of Elegbara, Yemaya and Obatala as defense points. By Run he shall have a confuse sickness or not defined with precis,or Mark illness of the chest and the circulation This person is good with everybody, but not all people is in his grace and not everybody knows him well

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I O O O I 0 0 I Odi Bara

Adifafun Ekuekueye Osha odara waye adafun adie orubo adie ekani odara. The marriage is born In this road the Ekuekuye (the duck) was desplaced as his postures (eggs) by the adie an the!r postures as food for the Oshas. !fa of suplantation. Here speaks the war of the peonias when the Made part was fighting with the red part and they made such a noise that when Shango heard this, he grabbed them and put them in a g uiro, and so did the ashere. Here was born the tragedy between Obatala and ikil in the meantime that the world h\be the world the conscence wU puruo tho assasain. The person that have to receive Onshaoku di Id do nnw w p shall give him a roofittle p ainted in white and red to have in his cure of the soft an humid part of the body that not be

exposed to the sun. If its a woman, take care of your breast.

The ewe iwereyeye (the leats of the oeonias is who supplant E ny other ewe that is missing in the omiero. They clean and guard against any evil. By this ifa the person always have enemies that will try but always will find a stick, an herb, aseed or other person that will save him in the iwereyeye plant, and when his enemies was appeased thinking that he was destroyed he came out clean of all evil In this ifa the pursue the alive& You have to use peonias, The awo owner of this ifa has to have a peonia plant sowed in front of the door of his ile and has to put a peonis necklace inside the his ifa Speaks the flower garden An awo had three abures with false friendship toward him and wanted tn otoku to his wife Take care of your wife, she can win you

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Work for the Hot Len and for the Memory. We put to the serene a bit of Jaboncillo ewe and let only tha the firsts sun rays touch it the next da y that's for wash .ig liui di id help the memory With this you shall aet better To solve situations. Take twelve baths with ewe verdoiaga, ewe gbure, estropajo almond oil and a yolk ot eni adie. This ifa says that Oshun is from `fc.r.,o lond, yc',1 arc the 'rr,c of Oshun. We have to yoko Osha or Yoko Oshun to have her. in order to get luck and all you want in life The person is a little coward, he shall get married. He was born ot be slave so he shall be slave of the Saints and of ifa to avoid being slave of men

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UI 0 0 0 0 Odi Kana

Odi Ona
Odi kana kamaye bi awo monora awn yaht madawa awn ahiti laye omo mayagba orno inlo ib tot:a orno ov.'o rn,s 3ogt.' ica ztc,*yc.s. nita odara. Mark the destruction of the organism by incurable sickles or by accident promoted by the oshas as punishment by darks Eguns sensed to him because the perosn fo against his own life_ Here was where orishaoko cursed the araras because they was ungrateful, and fromthis time when they born, they have to go inside the borden with him. Speaks the veins and the artery, they suffer of these, of the bronchs, of the blodd circulation and of the heart, This is why we put to Orurnila a small guitar with they cords. The awo of this ifa can't live in heights, and have to have a house with a patio with floor of earth. Give to eat to your knife and be your godson who sacrifice the Thcy suffor of illno ss in the i-itestines Odikana if alive ire die old and make ifa to the humans until a advanced age. Was born the dry wine, the aouardiente (alcohol with water) and the beer. Is the ifa of the mangoe. We shall put mangoes to Yerr..9y2 and Oshun. We have to receive abita Odi kana works directly with ogun You always have to have a kola in your ifa. The brothers of the ifa of Odi 'Kama always play dirty and will try to prejudice him. They slander the pe rson very much. You hove had a disgust with a santero because he made you a work and you didn't see nothing. Be gratefull and don't forget the Babalawo nor of Orumila. Three women are fighting for you When somebody c--2!!s you do ^'t come out suddenly to avoid that they surprise you ( your enemies). When the woman that left you try to come back don't accept.

A family (relative) will die of a contagious illness. Bury him and attend to him in his sickeness, that there will begin your luck.
Ire Aye: surely money is coming. Make ebo for it to reach you. Obsobo Ina: Surely war is coming Osobo Eyo : War is coming Three people is watching you. Obini. She had a disgust with her husband and she have now another one, but she wants to leave him and co hack with the first Three PWOSP.S wants to make damage to another Olofin s 4"^ IQ' ti rVVrrrr Ia.. r...1 loss they luck foever and they will show themselves retarded in everything.
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Ebo Ifa Fore: Akuko,epo,3 akute,1 eyele. inle oke. juju gunugun bogbo ileke, akofa meta. opolopc epo, on. efun, eku. eya, ewe okuma ewe anati kekere, tete nifa, opolopc aqui, opolopo owo go to a house with stair case. Ebo ifa osobo: Akuko ota, cabin. atitan and inie of differents places of the twon. hot water, oni ina, omc tut:, akofa eku, cya ^pc. agbado... We give elegbara of four in the dawn eyelbale of olie w the packet of the ebo.

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II I0 10 0 I Odi Ogunda
Odi Ogunda pinamu ibu omu adifafun akue ashe akuko 'ebo yamagara adifafun alaku akuko ida, oti, owo mesan e!ebo. Says that while in the world witchereies exist you will not raise your head. Was born the Hu drum. The drum messenger of the kings You have to do a spiritual mass Marks disccusions beteen sons. We shll not go with person that has this Oddun, because always they get mixed in bloody problems Here was born the medical guirofany Here the women is emptied Ifa of instability Ifa of the moon. You shati riot take the moonlight Ifa of the farmer that Ogun made for him the iron plough The ashe of the person is in his mouth, he is master orator, teacher, dentist, etc. Take care of your mouth and always talk. Ifa of Division: The soup bowl of ifa has dlvided. You have to go ahead in life with spirituality to avoid that a dark Egun take the person throw him to the ground and kill him with a blow Signal that you have made yourself ifa without permission of your guardian angel Marks. sickness of the liver- hihg pressure, that is why they throw blood from mouth or nose Problems because quirurgical operations ,+1.n h^- '"'"""'s. Problems with sons because the husbz.'nd overthem. Moral and material abandon that the husband has impossiact to his wife ( or her to him ). We have to do spiritual cleans the house with ewe.
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Receive Ashaba from Ogun, the warriors and rum:la. For 0:sobo iku, awn, ofe: The person has little remain of life. he haves Iku over him and his grave is open. When we see this ifa we touch our belly and
blow outside Here was where Oratala went all over the world to see if the babalawos was good-hearted and he tourned repent from his journey. Be careful, you will have to live together in you house another Ogun covered the eyes of the mayomberos with a fumigation imcdc with len of &lie grifa, sacu sacu and incense The woman the made feasts with the boys One day the dark Egun took her, Throwed her on the floor and killed her This oddun is the one that the babalawo use to punish wha\o always is at fualt. Make Ebo with akuko, idan, oti, description: of who is at fault, put ebo and the akuko to the door of who is at fault, less the paper with the descrption of who is at fault. that we put to Ogun By this ifa we give to Shilekun ile an eyele and we make a petition. The Awo of this ifa shall not make more than t.vo ifa work for luck and health: Twelve ewe, one eyel fun fun, two ikoko new clay, a to wet fun fun. Ewe: Poplar, orozus. canutillo, prodigious, rcmpo saraguey, paradaise, better tar-am, shewerekuekue, maivate, abert kunlo, cotton. jobo ni firing t:A.Arcqva ri m,ay tk o bath with al different ewe. dry yourself withth etowel, leave it in the bath room, pick up the reside herbs and throw them in the other koko and so during eleven days the twelft day we make sarayeye with- a eyele

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Odi Sa

Odi Sa odi mayere manana le yere iyalede mama wa amoiya wa yere omo oshung\quere iya iede babinu omo oshunguere fumi shere Odi sa is oddun of forgery, of deceive The person has been victim of witchery or great ambition of other peoples that has bringed to iiim different situations situations (a) a man lost in love with a woman has worked her to live with him, against her will. (b) a skillful' man lost a young girl or lived with a relative, stepdaughter, cousin, etc. and to get away from the problem war-Ikea' hef to live wail a(tutrit i d t , wit() bile doesn't love. (c) that a woman wholives with a man because of the material position of his money or his goods. The person is victim of witcriei-y We give to Yemaya a castrated aho to solve or p At nrnhiems Odi So is the sign of the hanged man. Signal fall of the vi gil element The bath eith Efun is recommended Despojar the ile with verdolaga and aberikunko If it's woman: Her husband hasn't touched her in more than fifteen days. Ebo: Akuko,ewe, elan, flower of water, omi, okun, polopo oya, boniato, bogbo ashe, bogbo ashc Ebo: 2 akuko, omi ile okun, ewo, oni, ileke, bogbo asho, bogbo ashe, 2 eyele, omi of the pond, a little drum, inle ile, ewe orobos, prodigioso, imo of Oshun, romerillo gold butto, opolopo owo. We lights lamps to Yemaya Speaks of senior relatives that are dead Feed them marVs rump done. of a mother for something bad that they The person have to receive Olokun Ifa of spiritism Don't do favours
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Your wife will carry you to the grave Take baths in the sea
Maferefun Yemaya ati Olokun You shall not eat guimbom0c, malanga, nor red beans Your luck is not where you works You like to rob and you are bunt Respect the omos of Yemaya You and you wife (husband) always :,ro figtt.mg k.,. CA,/ I I separated because of the chitdrens
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Receive Elegbara and Orumila Be careful! with ties, with robbery, with slander to avoid tat you
have to go away in fight. Give yemaya akuko with a complete corn Your good is coming by sea
Beg to Ogun with a ikoko. Akuko, 7 ene adie criolies 1 obi, epo

in the eni adie, name if the arayes We ask for destiny Ebo: Akuko, adie, eyeie jiojio meta lcage, juju falcon (gaviln), bogbo ashe, opolopo owo.

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Odi ka

Odi ka okoloyu opua adifafun orisaye tinshomo ayalorun oba nifa tinshomo olofin oba orisaye adifafun Egun oyiba run rnaterefun Shango Orisaye obaye adifafun octuduwa Here was born the presentation of the iyawe to the drum and why who Yoko osha dress in white during a year Ifa of mask. Is born the
transformation of the thief You will enter and come out of the tomb

This ifa is asking for food, give adie meyi dundun to Orurnial and unyen to eleda and to iya Be careful with crashs and accidents at home. We have give drum to Yernaya. This oddun is destructive. 1r as alefa the awo odi ka shall not mark his sign in the the secret of the ler( he shell mark nahe tua baba yiobe, because odi ka docon't hay yiogbe gives it to him. This oddun when comes out in an at p fA chait h p r p tir p s harm 1SP cdi ka mark perditions. The vvyncr has:0 to 1-_,c ()bon with eyabo because it's sure that the person that do it, dcn't pass the year. Odi ka was the first that obori to mens on earth, first to baba
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Fobeyo, Odi ka obori with sea water and eya tutu nla that haveelenu With the elenu we mount an Inshe-Ozair, This is an ifa of inmoralities. Is born tenta orun. The owner of this ifa always will have to be making Oparaldo and always will live between araye. Is born why the bat sleeps with the len downhead in caves, houses or in the cup of the trees. When an awo see this ifa he takes a walking stick 6 in the evening and go to the seaside and pray to olekun to ho!p hirn solve his problems. Odi Ka went in the sea and see a len coming out and took

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and it was oduduwa. Then he heard a voice that said to him: listen here with he, I am. And come out another leri that was oddun And odi ka was the only one that could see the len of oddun and of oduduwa. When this ifa comes out it an atefa, the awo have without more animals to cook plenty oshinshin to Orumila and the person havo to come out of the Igbo dun ifa with oduduwa received. Mark . Premediticion of the actions Hatred, alevosy. His conscien don't ;cave him quiet They don't have bashfulness in front of crime. Mark losses of the judgement. If he is careless he will fall in poverty. Ejoro (the rabbit) is the ooa of the jojo joro and everybody even iku have to respect him.

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Odi Trupon

Odi batrupon yabolo apu ate ashikale sheye ashikale kite feleni owo kite feleni oto By this ifa we beg for the unity of the family. From the otter world they are watching the acts in this world. If this ifa comes intori arun, it wit be a miracle it the sick is headed. By ire everything is mirth and the awoses will find a fortune. By eyo Person that talk to much and wents that all women belongs to him. Becareful with getting up your hand and with witcheries. Here was born the drum of yewa. You have to respect and love you godfather, your godmother but above all your mother or the wdman that bread you, because this (fa determines that the person is Lrphari and an omo yemaya breed him By this if the awo shall not do nothing to the sick person because he can die and the prson save himself. Here the ulcers of keta obonu was performed The evilness domian the thinking of the person. We may give drum to Shang() with plentyness of everything Orumila says that you life is in a great danger By Osobo: The awo doesn't make compromise because i.t will have novelties. Marks sickness. All your body aches and much more at right, The sickness is in the abdomen. We ask for the union of everybody, and who separates himself shalt not breed children of oil t i. s 'ucause an obsesion. for the bad influence of the obsesors Equn that torment people. We have to beg Yemaya, pay her what we owe her and later take a bath in the sea to take of all the evil that you have up pon you We have to give Shango unyen to get all your things to prosper. You shcll not say to the sick that he will cure and he will save. ifa says that you
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Here Orumila told the man to make ebo with guinea(grass) ewe and the man didn't do it, but the woman made it. That why men desire women so much. We have to make ebo to come back from the voyage We take thcm two dryed Obi, we paint one in blue the other in funfun We we want to After solve. seven days in the house begging them what begging to Yemaya and to Olokun Ebo: ounko, 2adie, 2eyele. 1 igba omi tut, bogbo ashe The ounko to Elegbara, we roast it properly and carry id to the courtry. we put it on the grass and from far away we throw the arrow's, name (yam) peludo and opolopo owo.

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I I 00 I 0 Odi Tura Odi Tauro I I
Odi atakofeno idi ata kole eni apara oun tuyefe ieyun si adifafun obalanshe lebo. Adifafun Orumila. Loda fun Obatala. Orumial lorugbo, eyele lebo. Is an oddun of vices Of sexual aberrations. Is born that men made the sexual act with goats and chicken and the women with dogs monkeys. It was born the fall of things. All plans can fall down. Things conies down. You changed Orumiia soup bowl. Put him agair in his old soup bowl or house. Here Orumila was blind and his wife guided him. By this ifa the vulture (tinosa) always finds food.

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This ifa marks vices. Speaks logbum, the son of inle and oshun that had the faculty to be six months man and six months woman. Orumila made him ifa. Speaks of effemeninated persons because of vice that can reach to to ;fu an laways will bo the shame of the godfaterh and it is washed with prodigious (prodigiosa), marvel (maravi/la) cundiamor and beiuco lechero and eat with Shan g o ikuko and etu. The eyefa of this ifa is made with seeds of vegetal seso !en of eya gold, isu eku, cogello a mariwo, rasoa of dryed obi, obi kola. eru. obi motiwao, osun ewefa. We have to go to look for the Elegbara of the bushes to ask him to give eyes to the elewa of the house. Here was born the sexual disorder and profanation of the sacred filial respect. Father that had lived with his daughters sons that had lived with their mothers, brothers that had abused they sisters, etc. Ebo. Akuko, cow bones, of elede, an eyele, an apare, a cioth to dry their sweat of all their body, eran malu, eith everything clean yourself naked and put it to the vultures(tinosas) If it's 3 woman she watches her tits in the mirror. She lives in love with her body. She has
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three men. They suffer of aches in the bones, in the chest because of heart problems. In his house everybody wants to comand. If the
woman is pregnant we have to make her works because the on w01 replace his mother You are wishing to be chief of something Pay to Obatala for the luck to reach you. Be careful' with things that you have covered they don't discover therm Put asi pupua in the patio of your house You always are in disagreement Don't pick up anybody to avoid they destroy your house Be careful! you don't g oto jail You have to put necklaces and make saint Give thanks everyday to Obatala Obatala says that you are his cook Don't baptise anyone. because it will bring a disgust wit your godfather of godmother, because of envy You like more spiritism that saint.

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I I orubo Here was where the bull to do a favor to the dog remained enslaved forever. Signal hunger and change of head Signal ties You have to be careful with what you say as a fortune-teller to avoid problems. When the Awu by this is going to make Ebo to an alego before he makes it to himself, to avoid remaining with the leads and the curses of the person. Here speaks that the man shall not live with woman that have her parts shaved. because it reduces his force. The woman has a birth mark on her parts or on a buttock and she looks at it with a mirror. Re has two Okunis or vice-versa In this !fa Orumila unyen in heights and who gives him unyen shall be seated to a table and his feet don't touch the floor We make ties with the hairs from up and down Orumila lives in Barbecue Orumila eats on a table You always have to eat sittin g at a table Oshun pursue the person to give her luck The man is going to have a child with a mistress that hcIS She is going to discover it with him Everybody makes mockery about you because you are broken rind you have to receive Orumila for who don't consider you have to do it. Odi Leke Odi joke awari odi olowo ashupa odoloro odiguin odafun Orumila

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TREATY OF ODDUNS OF 1FA I 00 I I ()DI SHE

Odi She !din She oun Babalawo bonbo shekete shekete bonbo Signal infidelity in the woman You have to make ebo to born and for not to die before your time You have to feed the earth. Here was where the adie when putting eggs was thinking that after three Fridays she was going to have chickens. She didn't know that the cochinilla and the others eshishi was eating the eggs by underneath and she were over them a long time and they didn't have the chickens. Marks robbery low. In this ifa the adie had six jiojios and between them one was dundun and they had envy of him and discussed of the Akuko dundun. The person has to live alone because his brothers will destroy him. Is born that the person doesn't want his guardian angel, because he wants to be son of another saint. Here is your retard. Beg pardon to your Guardian Angel We have to feed the oshas and the Eguns. Marks general retard. Sickness of the stomach. Problems with the kidneys and the endocrine that don't let you have children Ifa of the cochinillas We live exposed to the war and witcheries In this ifa the morality o man is in doubt They suffer of obstruction and thrombosis The evil is inside the house In this ifa the eyes of the men are watery and will cry because here the Akuko cried for what his enemies did to him. and Orumila seeing that they was so good, helped them

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In this ifa the adie didn't marry the Akuko, the first time she was married it was with the pheasant. This ifa destroy people and to conquer it have to be a Boa If you live in the last room of your house, throw water before coming of it, because it has an Egun that's mortified. The Awo of this ifa have to have only one ()bin( and have tc, ofikale trupon with her every day. We have to feed the four cardinals points of ifa, in order to nave control over the Egun that comes near you ifa fore: Everything is the best, Intori Iku: Make ebo and refresh yourself with an oruke to frighten Iku In this ifa the etu brouhgt out the sons of the adie. In this ifa one produced and the other breeded him. You have to change three times of house and you can't live in heights. Your feet sole aches We make ebo with two fowls that hasn't known akiko. This ifa is behind and forward, one day he is better and the other worse Be careful with your exwife (or husband), don't scorn her (or him) because in this ifa we return to the past. You have to live with a religious wife (or husband). They suffer of aches in the joints Don't live in humid houses. You have a family that needs they make him osha quickly, be careful when they discover them they will try to mix you in it

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TREATY OF ODDUNS OF IFA OI I0 00 I I ODI FUME()

Odi fumbo Odi fumbo Ara, ara Oshanla, Ara Jule Aye Moyerani Oshanla Odogun agba ogo ara Is where Elegbara takes out the ile of the awo all the falses and traitors. To this oddun, olofin gave the power to throw away the evil Ifa of separation. The person wants to go away. In this Ifa the sons and daughters don't recognize the sacrifices of the y fathers and the fathers blushed abandon the house. We have to be humble, the obedience and not the the capricy will save us You have to be careful because the god child kills the godfather In a atefa the awo have to feed all the orishas Was born that the buttocks always have smell of excrement. Was born the despair The asma. The Eiegbara of this oddun have to carry three aikordie in the pen knife and bogbo ileke. In his secret he carries leri ekule. You can't be disobedient. With obdience we win. Eat with low salt, don't eat piguant nor hot foods to avoid suffering hemorroids or delay the aparition of it. He suffers of fistula and intestinal problems. In this Ifa the person wants to be awo Orumila, but he can't because the dead was awo but not you. The person is going to another country or going from the house of the godfather or the father When the proctection of the father or the godfather is in fault, the bad companies will destroy him. Ifa of confusion. Person that lives careless, and because of the family or his children he turns to be honest an decent. Odi fumbo is dancer

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The person is wicked, decerful, lier and charlatan, impresionist, treacherous, have delirium of superriority and thinks that he knows more than anybody. For problems of justice We give or put two obi to Orunla Work for defeating difficulties. The interested should extirpate the ewe of this ifa from the Three with his hands, and present it to Baba. after he carry it in his pocket, and he go destroying it between three moments in which he desire to win, and without been noticed he drop it to the floor. If le can take three baths with this ewe it will be better. For Memory: We introduce a spoon in igba of oti, we scrape it three days and drink it. Here was where the son of Obatala was deceited and they putt him the inkines ofo, he became enfuriated and throwed them to his godfather and elegbara took them up and told him have faith. I am going to help you and Obatala condemned him to be only the throwed of the ebo. Here was where elegbara saved Olde from death, because of the stain of the blush. Here Obatala lived with his Omo who was drunkard, disorganized and vagrant. You sacrifice yourself for your sons, but the are not grateful and will continue living in they own manner

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