Iwori Fun

Also called Iwori Bofun

nº 61 of 256 · Edited by Ricco Ledesma

The Godfather who baptizes and makes life be born again: one of the three greatest Odù in the consecration of Ifá. You must adapt so as not to perish.

21 patakíes 5 eewó 7 ebbós and works 13 proverbs

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Iwori Fun is Odù number 61 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Iwori family. It is also written as Iwori Bofun. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 21 patakíes (3 in full in plain sight, with their teaching, ebbó and chants), its proverbs, 7 ebbós and works and the signs it shows in the consultation — with the full eewó in plain sight; the rest of the iré and osogbo and the full recipes open with The Notebook, in English.

The sign at a glance

Order in Ifá: Odù 61 of 256
Composition: Iwori over Ofun
Orishas that speak: Olokun · Yemayá · Obatalá (Oshanla / Alaliyamo) · Oggún · Oduduwa · Shangó · Eshú

What Ifá says in this sign

Iwori Fun, also known as Iwori Bofun, is the sign of the godparent: the one who baptizes, cleanses people of what they carry and makes them be born again. It is one of the three greatest odus in the consecration of Ifá. Here were born the power that allows women to give birth, the cloth that wraps the dead, the protection of the children of Olofin, and also the resentment of children against their parents. Its ruling brings hope: even if today everything in your house is going badly, from now on it begins to improve, and what is good will become even better.

In this sign Ogún raised a crow that later made war on him, and from there comes the warning that whoever raises crows loses their eyes. Be careful with those you help or lift up, because one of them will repay you with war and discredit. Even so, never grow tired of doing good: here a godchild also saves his godparent from danger. The dinosaurs were born and died in this sign because they could not change with the climate; adapt to whatever life brings you, or you will be lost.

«Whoever raises crows ends up with his eyes pecked out, and even so Iwori Bofun keeps raising them: one of them will save him.»The pulse of Iwori Fun

Three blessings are coming to you, but be careful with the law so you do not go to prison before you receive them: here people pay for others' faults and go to jail while innocent. There is slander around you, and someone is pursuing you with bad intentions. A false accusation you made has upset your home: ask for forgiveness. Think hard before moving to another land. They will test what you know, and you will do well if you do not rejoice in the misfortune of others.

In the family, children disobey their parents and may hold a grudge for wounds from childhood; do not try to twist a child's destiny, because that child will end up doing what you feared. Protect your father from fights and accidents. If your mother, or the woman who raised you, has died, she prays for you: feed her. In love, a woman may set her eyes on someone of a different station and repay his help badly. Yemayá looks after the woman who cannot become pregnant.

In health, you may suffer three ailments at once, and a discomfort that seems small can put you in bed: do not neglect it. A woman who becomes pregnant in hard times must not put her life at risk. Today you feel trapped and doubt there is a way out, but this is the sign that cleanses and brings rebirth: give thanks to Yemayá, wear her necklace and trust that bad things turn good.

The sign in one line

Adapt as the dinosaurs did not, keep doing good and wait for your three pieces of luck, because the Godfather of Ifá makes everything he touches be born again.

The prayer of Iwori Fun · Yoruba

Iwori Bofun Iwori Towofun Iwori Tesefun oba Iwori fara inle rere gbogbo fun shoru sheru adifafun obini oboñu Tiroko kodun Adenipate omo Olokun lodafun Orunmila.

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Mosibo mosito Irole · Iya laye komo yokoyo.

Ifá says — what Iwori Fun tells you

That it represents the Godfather, who baptizes, purifies and gives life again to the one who receives it anew; without that baptism no one becomes consecrated.
That it is an Ifá of examinations: your knowledge will be put to the test.
That Oshanla committed the first killing in the world.
That the power of the yellow aroma (the stick that looks for trouble) brings discord.
That a woman in a precarious situation chooses to have an abortion, and even to die, rather than see her children suffer hardship.
That the godchild frees his godfather from some evil, and that someone ends up in prison even though he is innocent.
That the person's father dies in a fight or in a fatal accident.
That the person is able to take another's life and go unpunished.
About being careful when you change a child's destiny, so that it is not lost.
That children act in the opposite way to what their parents tell them.
Of the ant that grew wings and for that reason died.
Of a woman who falls in love with a man of humbler standing, who will repay her badly when she helps him.
Of the need to protect yourself from slander and to keep doing good without tiring.
About how a person can pay for the faults of others.

Proverbs of Iwori Fun · Òwe

“Raise crows and they will peck your eyes out.”
“What is bad turns good, and what is good turns better than good.”
“When ants grow wings, they die.”
“Whoever does not adapt perishes.”
“Grief and pain never come without a lesson.”
“A world with no foundation is a mad world.”
“Intentions are worth more than the act.”
“Good and evil are neighbors with adjoining doors.”
“Sweetness puts an end to the bitter drink.”
“The flower that does not open hardly ever bears fruit.”
“Blood passes the good and the bad on to the children.”
“A good child, a good father; a bad child, a bad father.”
“Whoever cannot be just with themselves cannot do justice.”

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Iré and Osogbo

Three iré and three osogbo of this sign, open to everyone.

Iré · what the sign brings

Even if everything in their house goes badly today, from now on it will turn good, and the good will be even better.
Three pieces of luck come to them.
Their mother, or whoever raised them, has passed away and prays for them from the other world.

Osogbo · what the sign warns

The children feel resentment and hatred toward the father for what he did to them when they were small, and do not forgive him.
The children act contrary to what their parents tell them.
They suffer trials: they will be tested on whether they truly know what they claim to know.

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What is born in Iwori Fun · Ìbí

The power for women to give birth.
From the path of Adenipate, who before dying threw his daughter into the sea, and Olokun picked her up.
The dinosaurs, who perished for not adapting to a changing climate.
One must adjust to whatever situation life imposes on you, so as not to perish.
The bitterness and hostility that children feel toward their parents because of things the parents did in the past.
The club, the shroud of Egun and the protection of the children of Olofin.
Iwori Bofun is counted among the three Odù of greatest weight when someone is consecrated in Ifá.

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

One must not stop doing good out of weariness.
You cannot take joy in the harm of others.
You must not move from one land to another without care.
You may find your death in another place.
You must not change the destiny of a child.
You may die, and that child will do what you did not want.
You must not raise a false witness.
You will have to ask that person for forgiveness.

Ebbós of Iwori Fun · The sacrifices that open the road

So that the woman gives birthOffering to Yemayá to conceive🔒 The Notebook Overcoming enemiesEbbó of the crow (raise crows)🔒 The Notebook OduduwaEbbó of the shroud of Egun🔒 The Notebook GodfatherEbbó of the okpuele of the Rosary🔒 The Notebook

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Works of Iwori Fun · The workings of the sign

OlokunIroko of Iwori Bofun🔒 The Notebook ObataláThe okra batter🔒 The Notebook OgúnWork for the war🔒 The Notebook

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Patakíes of Iwori Fun · The roads of the Odù

1The Okpuele Born from the Rosary

A babalawo had to escape because many enemies wanted to take his life. In his flight he found only the door of a church open and went in. In his haste he had left his okpuele behind, and without it he could not speak with Ifá to know how to act. It then occurred to him to take the Rosary from the altar and, together with other things, he turned it into an okpuele. When he consulted, Ifá answered that Ogún was telling him to pray to his mother.

He asked again, because it seemed absurd to him that the Virgin of the Rosary, patroness of the temple where he had taken refuge, would be his mother. So he came to safety, protected by Ogún and by the Virgin of the Rosary.

In this path the Rosary speaks, the mother of the awó.

What it teaches

Whoever is cornered can be saved with what he has at hand if he keeps faith in Ifá. Protection comes from where it is least expected, even without the usual tool.

Ebbó of this path

This path has its own ebbó; the full list is in the complete treatise.

This path keeps 2 awó secrets in the complete treatise.🔒 The Notebook

2The raven that turned against Ogún

Ogún had raised the raven Awo Erawo. Years later the bird became his enemy: it declared war on him and slandered him. The others, moved by envy, also failed him, and claimed that Erawo was worth more than Ogún. The distress made him ill, and he stayed lying in bed, covered up.

Awo Awan Ogunda Kete, Ogún's brother, found him in that state, consulted and Iwori Bofun came out. He ordered him to cover his head with a white cloth, make an ebbó, offer Eshu a rooster with plenty of stewed beans and grains, and then report to Olofin with yam, a rooster and the machete.

Ogún complied. Then, with the machete in his hand and the white cloth on his head, he challenged Erawo and all the traitors, singing as he did. Erawo and the traitors fled and fell dead. So Ogún triumphed in the war.

From this story comes the well known saying about raising ravens, which end up picking out the eyes of whoever raises them.

What it teaches

Whoever raises someone and receives betrayal in return can fall ill from distress. The advice of his brother, who knew the odu, showed him the way: the ebbó and the report made to Olofin gave him back the strength to fight the traitors. The saying about the raven sums up the lesson.

What his brother told Ogún to do

Cover his head with a white cloth. Make an ebbó. Give Eshu a rooster with plenty of stewed beans and grains. Then report to Olofin with yam, a rooster and the machete.

Prayer of the path

IWORI BOFUN OGUN AKALAMABO AWESI IROKO PONAAYU BONABO IYA KESI BORI AWO OSAN AWAN AWO ADIFAFUN OLOFIN ABURE OGUNDA KETE IÑA OGUN ERAWO TIMOSHE OLOFIN IWORI OMO FUNWEWE ALALIYANO.

Ogún's song as he challenged Erawo and the traitors

MAPORA AWOMI SHEWEWE AGBADO ONA TIMOSHE ADASHEBUE

This path keeps 1 awó secret in the complete treatise.🔒 The Notebook

3The shroud of Egun

Oduduwa Oshaogo commanded the Agbado and wore a dagame mask, a silver chain and a saber; he did not want anyone to know of his relationship with the dead.

He visited Orunmila, who consulted and saw Iwori Bofun. Orunmila told him he needed to make an ebbó, and Oduduwa did so.

Thanks to that first ebbó, he became firmly established in the world. His Egun stayed hidden under a shroud. He became very prosperous, with abundant gold and ivory.

There was peace in the world. One day, however, Oduduwa Oshaogo went back to Orunmila to ask him: “What must I do to have many servants at my orders?” “Perform the second ebbó of your odu,” Orunmila answered, “which will represent your father Olofin on earth.”

Oduduwa complied, and there began to arrive at his house the barren women, the men in search of wisdom, the pregnant women who miscarried without being able to give birth, and all the sick, to receive his secret. Satisfied, Oduduwa healed everyone who came, and in this way he never lacked servants.

From this odu are born the shroud of Egun and the cult of Oduduwa.

What it teaches

What is kept hidden does not hinder prosperity when the ebbó is fulfilled. Whoever receives the power to heal attracts those who seek relief. Each ebbó opened a stage: the first brought stability and wealth, and the second brought servants.

First ebbó

Orunmila told him that he needed it, after the consultation. With it Oduduwa Oshaogo became established in the world and prospered. What it contained is in the complete treatise.

Second ebbó

The second ebbó of his odu, which would represent Olofin on earth. After he did it, those seeking healing began to come to him. What it contained is in the complete treatise.

Prayer of the path

IWORI BOFUN ORUNMILA ODUDUWA OSHAOGO UMBOAYE ASHABA ORUN GAGA IMOLE LODAFUN ORUMALE... KAFEREFUN ORUNMILA.

This path keeps 2 awó secrets in the complete treatise.🔒 The Notebook

4The power for women to give birth🔒 The Notebook 5The executioner who recognized his godfather🔒 The Notebook 6Oshanla and the black doves🔒 The Notebook 7Olofin brings order among the three awó🔒 The Notebook 8The fisherman's promised daughter🔒 The Notebook 9The Ifá bath of Ori Nifa🔒 The Notebook 10The stick looks for trouble🔒 The Notebook 11The spider trapped in its own web🔒 The Notebook 12Tolerance🔒 The Notebook 13The hawk and the eagle🔒 The Notebook 14Flying Osain🔒 The Notebook 15The nightingale🔒 The Notebook 16The string and the spinning top🔒 The Notebook 17The colossal swindler of the town🔒 The Notebook 18The seven crows and the seven doves🔒 The Notebook 19The urge to be the center of attention🔒 The Notebook 20Owan's poisoned soup🔒 The Notebook 21When they plotted against Olofin🔒 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 Iwori Fun in Spanish →

Frequently asked questions about Iwori Fun

What does the Odù Iwori Fun mean in Ifá?

The Godfather who baptizes and makes life be born again: one of the three greatest Odù in the consecration of Ifá. You must adapt so as not to perish.

What number is Iwori Fun among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

Iwori Fun is Odù number 61 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Iwori family.

Which orishas speak in Iwori Fun?

In the Odù Iwori Fun these orishas speak: Olokun, Yemayá, Obatalá (Oshanla / Alaliyamo), Oggún, Oduduwa, Shangó, Eshú.

What is a proverb of the Odù Iwori Fun?

One of the proverbs of Iwori Fun says: «Raise crows and they will peck your eyes out.».

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