Iwori Tuanilara

nº 58 of 256

Beauty and glory: for the iré, surround yourself with beautiful things — David's sling is born here, and Olokun showed his riches to man.

17 patakíes 5 eewó 7 ebbós and works 13 proverbs

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Iwori Tuanilara is Odù number 58 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Iwori family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 17 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 7 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 58 of 256
Composition
Iwori over Otura

What Ifá says in this sign

Iwori Tuanilara is the Ifá of beauty and glory: happiness is coming near — and this odu gives the strangest and sweetest instruction in the whole treatise: for the iré to arrive, surround yourself with beautiful things. Beauty here is not luxury: it is medicine, and a call to luck.

Its model of discretion is the oyster: it only opens its mouth to eat — speak little so as not to fail. And live with your eyes open: the person of this odu takes losses without knowing where they come from, because they live with their eyes shut and are cheated. No borrowed soap and no gifted soap: that is how the bad gets in.

«Surround yourself with beautiful things, because happiness is coming near — beauty is the medicine of Iwori Tuanilara.»The pulse of Iwori Tuanilara

Remember the sign's original debt: Olokun made riches known to man — and man forgot him. Do not repeat that forgetting: receive Olokun, swear yourself in Osain and be grateful for every coin to whoever brought it. Ingratitude toward the sea dries up the shore.

In love, one only: more than one commitment harms you — this odu paints the tragedy of the four women pregnant at once, and the woman with three husbands who was found out. And mind the curses between partners: a marriage is not cursed, because those curses reach both — settle your differences or part in peace.

Its remedies have charm: a party for the children, food for Oshún, David's sling — which was born here — as proof that the small one, well armed, brings down giants, and the duck in the house: let it dirty everything, and clean it up without complaining — that is how you prosper. Look after your left leg, drive off sadness (here it kills) and wait for the woman this odu announces: one who has been through much hardship will be your happiness.

The sign in one line

Speak like the oyster, be grateful to the sea and fill your house with beauty — glory reaches Iwori Tuanilara through the eyes and stays through the heart.

The prayer of Iwori Tuanilara · Yoruba

Iwori Tura adifafun Eshu lomifun Orunmila ka otimbeyawo aye oma Olorun obini inshe apetebi ayawo Orunmila intori owo pipo lorubo, kaferefun Orunmila aye omo Olokun.

Súyere
Mafun guanolode erita meni · Eyiwa eyiwa omo Iwori Tura · Eyeni we leri Oya.

Ifá says — what Iwori Tuanilara tells you

Proverbs of Iwori Tuanilara · Òwe

10 proverb interpretations in this Odù, locked.Every proverb explained: which road it comes from and how it applies.Unlock →

Iré and Osogbo

6 iré and osogbo readings in this Odù, locked.The iré and osogbo of the sign, sorted by subject — health, money, love, death, loss…Unlock →

What is born in Iwori Tuanilara · Ìbí

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

Ebbós of Iwori Tuanilara · The sacrifices that open the road

4 ebbós in this Odù, locked.Each full recipe: ingredients, preparation and where it goes.Unlock →

Works of Iwori Tuanilara · The workings of the sign

3 works in this Odù, locked.Each full recipe: ingredients, preparation and where it goes.Unlock →

Patakíes of Iwori Tuanilara · The roads of the Odù

1Eshú Gogoro and the son of Oyá and Obatalá

Iwori Tuanilara, the runaway son of Oyá and Obatalá, attended Eshú Gogoro with singing. Eshú made him a great Awó and, with three roosters his own parents brought without knowing him, brought them together; Eshú, Oyá and Obatalá blessed him and gave him the secret against his enemies.

In the land of Eyeni Aye there lived a babalawo, son of Oyá and Obatalá Ayaguna, who as a small child had run away out of fear of his parents to the land of Aye Bawa, where Eshú Gogoro lived. The Awó Iwori Tuanilara used to sing to Eshú Gogoro with a little bell when he went to eat at the corners, and Eshú blessed him with every power, telling him he had not eaten rooster in a long time. In a dream, Iwori Tuanilara learned that he should ask the first person who came for three roosters for Eshú. A woman and a man appeared, looking for their son; he told them they had three roosters — black, red and white — and that they should bring them.

On seeing them, he said: «they look like my parents». They brought the roosters, he fed them to Eshú Gogoro, and Oyá and Obatalá, hearing Eshú's song, knew their son was in that diviner's house. Seven days later they came back, found the Awó well dressed, with his cap of shells and his necklace of Eshú, seeing many aleyos, and understood that he was their son. They told him: «Eshú Gogoro is your father too, because he made you a great Babalawo». They held a great feast for him and gave him a secret against his enemies, with the flame tree pod, toasted salt and ashes in a gourd.

2The wealth of Olokun

Olokun sent his plain daughter Aye to hand over the riches to man, who put them away and forgot her and Olokun. Orunmila lived with Aye; when Eshú told Olokun she was well, Orunmila began to grow rich and to have strong children.

When Olofin ordered the world to be filled with children, Olokun gave Aye, a daughter of his with a very ugly face, the task of handing out among men all the wealth there was. Aye did the job; men, on the other hand, put what they got into their bags and did not remember her or Olokun, her father, again. The slight annoyed Olokun, who went out looking for the people settled by the sea. Since then, in the very beat of the waves come announced both fortune and ruin and death.

Aye went to live with Orunmila, and even so the children born came out weak. It was Eshú who went to Olokun, and Olokun asked him how Aye was doing; Eshú answered that in Orunmila's house she lacked for nothing. From that moment fortune came into Orunmila's house and his children were born strong. Whoever seeks happiness and prosperity has to receive Olokun.

3The hollow tree

The creatures of Osain's hollow tree, threatened by the big animals, made ebbó and called Eshú Okuande, who gave them shelter in the joro-joro. Ever since they live in rotten wood and in the holes of the earth.

In a hollow tree (Igui Tobabikan), Osain's house, lived the cockroaches, the worms, the woodlice and all the creatures that look for damp and darkness, each with ideas of their own. One day the big animals came wanting to eat them, and they, frightened, went to Orunmila, who saw this Ifá for them and told them to make ebbó and call Eshú Okuande. They fed him, and he told them: «go on living in the hollow tree, but when something threatens you, come to my house, and in the joro-joro I will give you shelter and food». Ever since, the creatures live in rotten wood and in the holes of the earth, and the great defenders of this Ifá are Osain, Yewá and Eshú Okuande.

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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 Tuanilara in Spanish →

Frequently asked questions about Iwori Tuanilara

What does the Odù Iwori Tuanilara mean in Ifá?

Beauty and glory: for the iré, surround yourself with beautiful things — David's sling is born here, and Olokun showed his riches to man.

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

Iwori Tuanilara is Odù number 58 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Iwori family.

Which orishas speak in Iwori Tuanilara?

In the Odù Iwori Tuanilara these orishas speak: Yewá, Osain, Eshú (Gogoro / Okuande), Olokun, Oyá, Obatalá (Ayaguna), Oshún.

What is a proverb of the Odù Iwori Tuanilara?

One of the proverbs of Iwori Tuanilara says: «Beauty gives every kind of happiness.».

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