Irete Yero

nº 214 of 256

Foreman of the Egun obiní, where masonry and mathematics are born: quick as the corn, undying as the stone, needed as the water.

27 patakíes 9 eewó 11 ebbós and works 24 proverbs

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Irete Yero is Odù number 214 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Irete family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 27 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 11 ebbós and works and the signs it shows in the consultation — with the full eewó in plain sight; the detail of iré and osogbo and the full recipes open with The Notebook, in English.

The sign at a glance

Order in Ifá: Odù 214 of 256
Composition: Irete over Iwori
Orishas that speak: Orunmila · Orún · Oshún · Odudúwa · Shangó · Elegbá · Osain · Olokun y Orishaoko · Egun

What Ifá says in this sign

Irete Yero is the foreman of the Egun obiní: here funeral honors and rites, the secret of the compass and the square, masonry, mathematics and the banking houses were born. It is the Ifá of riddles and of the three gourds — one with corn, one with a stone, one with water: be quick as the corn, undying as the stone and needed as the water.

It is also the herbalist of Orunmila — here the war between Orunmila and Osain began — and everything that comes into the Awó's house is brought there by Orunmila. Its measure is counted out: the Awó of this odu makes only seven Ifases — with works and permission, seven more — and receives the knife as soon as possible, because he and his godfather part ways: in this Ifá, the godfather never says how a thing is settled.

«Three gourds gave Irete Yero his secret: quick as the corn, undying as the stone, needed as the water.»The pulse of Irete Yero

Envy is its weather: humankind wants to stain your good name — betrayal and envy will always be after you —, they throw witchcraft at you because you live in peace, and there is unseen fire over a stolen partner. Your defense lives behind the door: the prenda that guards the house — mounted, and never telling anyone what it means — and the three jars of Arogbo, Are and Arugbo, the warrior spirits of the Iyalorde.

Its family advice is exact: the father who keeps his daughters apart so nobody courts them brings it about that the daughter goes off with the first man who courts her; the woman does not pry into her husband's business — Oshún fell senseless on uncovering Osain's secret — and impatient women who cannot bear the man being late leave the house, like Oró's three wives. And you: having everything, you can end up in prison through your own head — think twice.

Its upkeep rituals: cut your hair often and prune the trees every year; money you lend, change it first — never out of the money box or out of your pocket, so it is not worked against you; flowers for the Indian spirits, and attention to your gall bladder, your bones and your heart — the illness here starts from below. The acacia reminds you of the doctrine of this sign: not everything disappears — the spirit always lives.

The sign in one line

Receive the knife soon, change the money you lend and keep the secret of your prenda — Irete Yero beats envy by being as needed as water.

The prayer of Irete Yero · Yoruba

IRETE YERO ORUNMILA TO ABAN ESHO GUNGUN TIYERO, IBI KIBU BABALORUN.

Súyere
OYIKI OYIKI OTARO MIO / OYIKI OYIKI OTARO MIO / OYIKI OYIKI AGUADO TAGUMA / OYIKI OYIKI OTARO MIO.

Ifá says — what Irete Yero tells you

An Ifá that is foreman of Egun: Irete Yero is the foreman of the Egun obiní, and Orún was in charge of carrying out all the funeral honors. An Ifá of riddles, of puzzles and of divination. An Ifá of the messenger at midday. The Ifá of the herbalist of Orunmila: Irete Yero is Orunmila's herbalist, and here the war between Orunmila and Osain began.
Seven Ifás are the limit for the Awó of this Odù: from the seventh on he keeps losing strength. With works, and if Orunmila allows it, he can do another seven, and there it ends.
The knife has to be received as soon as possible, since he and his godfather part ways; in this Ifá, the godfather never tells his godchild how a thing is settled.
The gall bladder and the bones speak: the illness starts from below; heart attack speaks here too.
Humankind wants to stain your good name; betrayal and envy will always be after you.
The leafcutter ant speaks, and there is unseen fire over a stolen partner.
The peacock said that with his eggs thrown down he would destroy the world.
The Indian spirits speak, and flowers are set for them.
You get dizzy spells and pass out.
The father who keeps his daughters away from the world so nobody courts them brings it about that his daughter goes off with the first man who courts her.
The woman should not pry into her husband's business, since she can fall senseless when she uncovers it, as Oshún did with Osain's secret.
Having everything, you can end up in prison through your own head.
Everyone is put out because you live in peace, and for that they throw witchcraft at you and run campaigns against you.
The women lose patience over the man being late and leave the house, like Oró's three wives.
David and Solomon speak, father and son, Kings of Israel, and the three female spirits who stand behind the Iyalorde society: Arogbo, Are and Arugbo.
You take part in the death of a superior.
By osobo, it costs you work to settle things; husband and wife will always have struggles.
The three igba (gourds) speak: one with corn, one with a stone and one with water — be quick as the corn, undying as the stone and needed as the water.
You have to cut your hair often and prune the trees every year.
When you lend money, never give it out of the money box or out of your pocket: change it first, so it is not worked against you and you are not ruined.
The acacia speaks, which stands for what does not die: it reminds man that not everything disappears, since the spirit always lives.
The three jars behind the door speak, which stand for Arogbo, Are and Arugbo, the three warrior spirits of the Iyalorde society.
It is essential to mount the prenda that guards the house, never to say what it means, and to keep it behind the door.
The woman gives rogation to the Awó's head and the Awó may give rogation to his wife's; that day the woman does not work: she only goes to church to pray before the Blessed Sacrament.
The woman who has this Ifá lives with her man because her spiritual entity turns out to be in tune with him, and she lives with that man as long as that bond lasts.
The woman should receive Ikofafún and the man Awofakán, put on the necklaces and scrub the house with watercress.
The man should know that a woman is not only for intimate life, but is to be valued in everything.
Orunmila gives the Awó leave to keep a lover, to look after his apetebí's health.
The herbs of this Odù: orosun, botón de oro, rompe saragüey, quita maldición and white amaranth.
Dedicate four eggs to Obarabaniregun.

Proverbs of Irete Yero · Òwe

“What we chose before birth is what we live through in life.”
“When the rooster crows, the idle man grumbles.”
“A dog's dream never comes to anything.”
“Easy gain makes holes in your pockets.”
“Happiness wanted to go through hardship.”
“Do not throw away money or bread, however old it is.”
“For being good and kind, you lost your town.”
“You are after a crime, and I cannot be your accomplice.”
“Humankind was not born to be split into servants and tyrants, but to love and serve one another.”
“A war of gossip and scheming ruins everything.”
“Gifts are earthly presents; talents are heavenly ones.”
“Nobody is left over for seed.”
“Do not pledge your word, so you do not lose it.”
“The only thing that is truly yours is your knowledge.”
“Be hard as the rock, needed as the water and fertile as the corn.”
“The head is the storehouse of what is well learned.”
“The king who keeps the staff in his hand does not lose his authority.”
“When the just increase, the people rejoice; but when tyrants govern, the people groan.”
“The king who judges the poor truly makes his throne secure forever.”
“The arrogant man causes quarrels, while the humble one prospers.”
“Whoever looks after his yams will eat their fruit; whoever sacrifices will be honored.”
“Do not visit your neighbor too often, so he does not come to loathe you.”
“Whoever refuses bread and water will go without bread and water.”
“The king does not take off his crown until he dies.”

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Iré and Osogbo

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What is born in Irete Yero · Ìbí

That Irete Yero is the foreman of the Egun obiní.
Funeral honors and rites.
From the pact of Awó Obá Nilorun with Ikú and the three Egun: Bumbún, Bambán and Baribán.
That you cannot be read unless money is set down.
The Awoses threw away the money from the ebbó, and Orunmila asked them: how would they live?
Setting three small china figures in the woman's Ikofafún.
Why women have to turn their faces away when giving obí to Egun.
By Odudúwa's order in the land of Eru Egun, after Yokan's fright.
Why the Iworos can be sworn into Orún.
Awó Ofún Yeré swore them all in by Odudúwa's order.
The war between Orunmila and Osain.
Oshún pried into the secret of the spring and Osain left her senseless with his powders.
Economics and the banking houses, the marking out of the professions, and mathematics.
Masonry, the secret of the compass and the square, and the use of the acacia in masonic funeral rites.
From the three machetes thrown into the air that fell in the shape of a compass, and from the acacia tree over Hiram's grave.
The pruning of trees.
Oró left Areroria without a branch, hacking at him with a machete, over the loss of his three wives.
That the obiní with this Odù, a daughter of Shangó, does not live with an Awó.
Since she kills him.
That the ebbó of this Ifá is made after six in the evening.

What is forbidden · Eewó

The full eewó of this Odù, open to everyone — with the road each ban came out of.

You cannot do a reading without money being put down.
The Awoses are hungry: part of the money of the ebbó is for their Santos and for their needs.
The Awó must not eat eggs.
The Awó Irete Yero cannot live with daughters of Oshún.
Sooner or later she will be the cause of his death.
The woman of this Odù, a daughter of Shangó, cannot live with an Awó.
She kills him.
Do not make deals or give your word before they give you the money first.
Otherwise it will turn out to be a trap.
Do not waste money: save for tomorrow.
Do not throw away money or bread, no matter how old it is — says Elegbá.
Do not mistreat any girl who is under your authority or care.
The woman must not pry into her husband's things.
If she finds it out, she will be left without consciousness, like Oshún before the secret of Osain.
Never trust anyone, even your own people.
Word of the shadow that handed over the prenda of the house.

Ebbós of Irete Yero · The sacrifices that open the road

Beating enemiesEbbó of the peacock🔒 The Notebook SpiritualEbbó of the funeral honors🔒 The Notebook LossEbbó of Happiness (Aye Mitiyoko)🔒 The Notebook LoveEbbó of the apetebí🔒 The Notebook

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Works of Irete Yero · The workings of the sign

SpiritualWork of the one sworn into Orún🔒 The Notebook SpiritualAgborán of Irete Yero (the prenda that guards the house)🔒 The Notebook Beating enemiesEshu Adawa (work to beat the difficulties)🔒 The Notebook Keeping death awaySmall works of this Odù🔒 The Notebook HealthEbomisi (bath) of this Odù🔒 The Notebook SpiritualThe three jars of the Iyalorde (the secret of this Odù)🔒 The Notebook SpiritualEshu Aere Mewe (the Eshu of this Odù)🔒 The Notebook

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Patakíes of Irete Yero · The roads of the Odù

1The peacock throws down the egg

The peacock boasted that with one of his eggs he would sink the world; Orunmila, seeing his enemy was powerful, made ebbó with the basket of cotton on the roof — the egg fell without effect, and Olofin ruled that, with all his virtues, he had to reckon with Orunmila first.

The birds got together to argue which of them had the most power. The peacock put himself above all of them: just by throwing one of his eggs, he claimed, he could sink the world.

Orunmila had a reading and understood that his enemy was powerful and that with this he was looking to kill his children. He made ebbó with a basket of cotton, arrows and eggs, a rooster and money, and he placed it up on the roof of the house.

The peacock threw his egg; when it fell, it did not have the effect that was expected, because the basket of cotton put on the roof took the force out of its explosive nature. Orunmila picked up that egg and went to show it to Olofin, who ruled: "Even though the peacock has virtues like no one else, he first had to count on Orunmila, because he is the eldest of them."

Note: heart attack is suffered here. Work: cool yourself with a fan made of peacock feathers. Oparaldo: it is done with 3 hen's eggs —one with water, one with cascarilla and another with palm oil—; you clean yourself at the foot of Elegbá and put them on top of him, and the next day you bury them in 3 different places where you live, taking care that they do not break.

2The sixteen peacocks

Sixteen peacocks set out to travel the world and only thirteen were saved: three were lost — that is why this Ifá marks its ebbós with a basket and cotton, and with a peacock's egg.

16 peacocks came out into the world. Of that journey only thirteen managed to save themselves; the other three were lost.

Ebbó: 2 hens, dove, basket, cotton and plenty of money. Ebbó: goat, rooster, peacock egg, aguardiente, stone, pounded yam, fresh fish and plenty of money.

3The money of the Santos and of the Awó

Orunmila's children were living in poverty because they threw away the money with the ebbó and gave back the money for the readings; Orunmila taught them: part of it goes with the ebbó, but the rest is for their Santos and their own needs — and from then on nobody can be read without setting money down.

The children of Orunmila were in a very bad situation, and that is why they went to complain to him. One said he needed one thing; another, something else; and so on. Orunmila was surprised to see them in that state and asked them: "What do you do with the money from the rogación?"

They answered that they threw it in with the ebbó and that the money for the readings they gave back to the person who had been read for. Orunmila then explained to them: "Part of the ebbó money goes with the ebbó itself, but the rest is for your Santos and to cover your own needs. The money from the readings will also be so that you can live and support yourselves."

Note: the board is fed through the four cardinal points, because the Awoses are hungry. It is born here that, from today on, nobody gets a reading without putting down money.

4Why women turn their faces away when giving obí to Egun🔒 The Notebook 5The beginning of the war between Osain and Orunmila🔒 The Notebook 6Olofin tests the Awoses (the three gourds)🔒 The Notebook 7The disobedient son of Obatalá🔒 The Notebook 8Aye Mitiyoko: Happiness wanted to go through hardship🔒 The Notebook 9The lover (Orunmila and Efan)🔒 The Notebook 10The prenda that guards the house🔒 The Notebook 11The funeral honors were born🔒 The Notebook 12Irete Yero on the funeral honors (the compass of masonry)🔒 The Notebook 13The betrayal of Juvelón, Juvelo and Juvela (Hiram of the temple)🔒 The Notebook 14The pruning of the trees🔒 The Notebook 15The three female spirits of the Iyalorde society🔒 The Notebook 16The war of gossip and scheming against Olofin🔒 The Notebook 17Irete Wori was initiated in Ifá and was rich🔒 The Notebook 18Hope🔒 The Notebook 19Orúnmila and the orishas left🔒 The Notebook 20The secret of Yerugbe🔒 The Notebook 21Ella Oro and Ota Omí🔒 The Notebook 22Nature and subtlety🔒 The Notebook 23The teeth and the man🔒 The Notebook 24The nicknames🔒 The Notebook 25The wasp's tongue🔒 The Notebook 26The lying turkey🔒 The Notebook 27The serpent king🔒 The Notebook

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The full treatise is in English. With The Notebook, the whole sign opens on this page in English: the full text of every patakí, the recipes for the ebbós and works, and the iré and osogbo readings. · This page is also available in Spanish: See Irete Yero in Spanish →

Frequently asked questions about Irete Yero

What does the Odù Irete Yero mean in Ifá?

Foreman of the Egun obiní, where masonry and mathematics are born: quick as the corn, undying as the stone, needed as the water.

What number is Irete Yero among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

Irete Yero is Odù number 214 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Irete family.

Which orishas speak in Irete Yero?

In the Odù Irete Yero these orishas speak: Orunmila, Orún, Oshún, Odudúwa, Shangó, Elegbá, Osain, Olokun y Orishaoko, Egun.

What is a proverb of the Odù Irete Yero?

One of the proverbs of Irete Yero says: «What we chose before birth is what we live through in life.».

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