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Omo Odu

Ọ̀yẹ̀kú-Ìrosùn

Yoruba Heritage Team

Ọ̀yẹ̀kú-Ìrosùn

Overview

Loss and consequence are close together. The figure warns of the cost of careless actions and of the need for offerings to protect the living.

Governing Influences

  • Ọ̀yẹ̀kú Méjì — endings, the ancestors, the unseen world, mortality (Ikú (Death) / Ọ̀sun)
  • Ìrosùn Méjì — blood, sacrifice, warning, consequence (Ṣàngó / Ọya)

Guidance

Make amends where needed and perform the sacrifice that restores balance.

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Ọ̀yẹ̀kú-Ìrosùn is one of the 240 Omo Odù formed by combining two of the 16 principal Odù Méjì. Naming conventions for Omo Odù can vary between Ifá lineages; this entry uses a systematic right–left naming for clarity.