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Iwori-Okanran
Arimasaroka-Iwogbe, the awo for Orunmila,
was the one who cast Ifa for Orunmila.
They told him to sacrifice, in order
to prevent him from getting into trouble
with the people that came to him for consultation.
Careless talk usually kills an ignorant person.
There is nothing that the babalawo cannot see.
There is nothing that the babalawo cannot know.
A babalawo cannot be a blabbermouth.
The sacrifice: four snails, a goat, and 3200 cowries.
Orunmila listened and made the sacrifice.
The ebo is 4 snails, a goat and 820 cowries. "A stone bounces back after
it has hit the tree" was cast for
Otisengidi who enjoyed laughing
at people who were in trouble.
They informed him that for him too
troubles were on their way, if he didn't
stop to laugh at others for their problems.
Ebo: kolanuts, rats, fishes, pigeons
and 620 cowries, to prevent extraordinary
sorrow, and to possibly prevent a court case.
Otisengidi did not make the sacrifice. "The inspector of the ground inspects the ground;
before a goat goes to sleep she first inspects the ground;
if the ground is cursed we inspect her" was cast
for Makanju-who-does-not-act-in-haste,
the respectable slow walker.
They told him that what he was considering to begin,
would not give him problems if he would sacrifice.
The sacrifice was a goat, a hen, 8000 cowries and medicine.
Put four snails in clean water for the client
to drink, and tell him that his thoughts
will always lead to results: they will materialize.
Makanju listened and made the sacrifice. Ifa divination texts from Jaap Verduijn's Odu Ifa Corpus. Ifa as a divination method is found in many countries in West Africa. However, the Yoruba peoples of (mainly) Nigeria have perfected it. The presented texts are translations, rewritings and interpretations of original Yoruba divination verses, in which the traditional "poetry-like" cadence and rhythm has been preserved and/or recreated as far as the English language allows. The visual structure of the texts in writing is according to tradition - there is no such thing as a line break or a paragraph in Ifa chanting. The texts are part of my "working corpus" as an Ifa diviner. More about Ifa on http://www.qondio.com/mama.pl?a=intelshow&i=17751 |
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