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Omo Odu

Ọ̀bàrà-Ọ̀yẹ̀kú

Yoruba Heritage Team

Ọ̀bàrà-Ọ̀yẹ̀kú

Overview

Status is set against mortality. The figure reminds the proud that position is temporary and that respect for ancestors is lasting.

Governing Influences

  • Ọ̀bàrà Méjì — honour, boastfulness, the danger of pride, leadership (Ṣàngó / Ọ̀bàtálá)
  • Ọ̀yẹ̀kú Méjì — endings, the ancestors, the unseen world, mortality (Ikú (Death) / Ọ̀sun)

Guidance

Use your standing to serve and remember those who came before.

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Ọ̀bàrà-Ọ̀yẹ̀kú 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.