ao. univ. prof. dr hans gerald hoedl

institut f. religionswissenschaft universitaet wien

index zu afroamerikanischen religionen

index to afro-american religions

ODU

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GERMAN

Yorùbá

(1) odù: emperor, authority, sceptre or a chapter (of the Ifá-oracle)

(2) òdù: a big & deep pot, the cell in a game called Ayo

(3) In one of those meanings the word is part of the name of the supreme deity, Olódùmarè

WITHIN THE IFA-ORACLE

The wife of Ifá/Òrunmìlà, the founder of the oracle

One of 256 chapters of the Ifá-corpus, which can be found out by casting the 16 main Odu (given below) and their combinations

The figures result from the use of a binary code, the 16 possible combinations of two values in a row of four

ogbe

oyeku

iworin

idi

irosun

owonrin

obara

okanran

I

II

II

I

I

II

I

II

I

II

I

II

I

II

II

II

I

II

I

II

II

I

II

II

I

II

II

I

II

I

II

I

ogunda

osa

ika

oturupon

otura

irete

oshe

ofun

I

II

II

II

I

I

I

II

I

I

I

II

II

I

II

I

I

I

II

I

I

II

I

II

II

I

II

II

I

I

II

I

This table shows the rank-order of odu as used in Santería and among south-western Yorùbá. There is a different order in Ifé

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