Odi Iwori (Odi Oro)

nº 64 of 256

The water flower and the eyesight: a curse left him blind and forgiveness gave him back the light — only honesty, the road of Ela, makes a man great.

18 patakíes 6 eewó 13 ebbós and works 16 proverbs

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Odi Iwori (Odi Oro) is Odù number 64 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Odi family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 18 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 13 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 64 of 256
Composition: Odi over Iwori
Orishas that speak: Inle · Osanyin · Yemayá · Oshún · Obatalá · Olokun · Shangó · Ela · Eshú / Elegba

What Ifá says in this sign

Odi Oro is the Ifá of the water flower and of eyesight: here an Awó was left blind by his own curses — and the forgiveness of his wife, turned into the spirit of the river, gave him back the light. His road is the road of Ela, the spirit of truth: telling the truth and dealing straight is how a man becomes great.

The water flower is his own portrait: it opens and closes at its own hour — there is a moment when you give everything and another when you refuse everything. Learn your own rhythm, and do not promise in the open hour what you will deny in the closed one. And look after your eyes: wash them with water flower and river water, and pray to Obatalá with two doves — eyesight is both the treasure and the debt of this sign.

«His own curses left him blind, and forgiveness gave him back the light — truth is the eyesight of Odi Oro.»The pulse of Odi Iwori (Odi Oro)

The house needs watching: many people come to it with false faces, there is deceit inside it, and you are blind where your own partner is concerned — you believe the opposite of what is going on. And one danger that is modern and exact: do not let your enemies leave drugs in your house or behind your back so they can report you. No bad company, and no people of loose morals: whoever walks with them ends up like them.

There is an old debt to settle: a woman who died because of this Awó — a daughter of Oshún — left her curse still walking. It is calmed with Shangó and Oshún, with the bath of the six doves and with masses: forgiveness, which in this sign gave a blind man his sight back, is the strongest medicine it has.

The promises: you will find what you want and what you had lost, and a son is coming. Do not work at night, do not cut grass after six, stay out of the sea — the great sea disasters were born here — and sing Oro to your Eggun: the truth told in time, in Odi Oro, opens both your eyes and your roads.

The sign in one line

Tell the truth, look after your eyes and settle the old curse with forgiveness — Odi Oro finds what was lost, even the light he thought would never come back.

The prayer of Odi Iwori (Odi Oro) · Yoruba

Odi Iwori Odi ofoyu mowa yeni oba oju lele inle alabaniye omologu yekun omo inle sokun yere ofoyu ni aira iya inle, lodafun ashe ashiri lele ojuero oba ina oba ode, lodafun Inle, kaferefún Osanyin.

Súyere
Ode shawo owato Odi Oro, ode she awo.

Ifá says — what Odi Iwori (Odi Oro) tells you

Kaferefún Osanyin and Inle. Maferefún Yemayá, Oshún, Orunmila and Ela.
This is an Ifá of false faces: many of the people who come to your house are false with you.
You are surrounded by powerful enemies, in business or in your relationships.
Your temper changes like the water flower, which opens and closes at a set hour: there is a moment when you give everything and another when you refuse everything.
Telling the truth and dealing straight is how you become great; and you have to use your head to succeed.
You are blind where your partner is concerned: they are deceiving you, and you believe the opposite of what is really happening.
Illness of the waist, the digestion, the brain and the eyes, along with arthritis, impotence, hemorrhoids and illness caught through sex.
Deceit inside the house, and an unfaithful partner.
Drugs: do not let your enemies leave them in your house or behind your back so they can report you afterward.
A son is coming.
The Awó has more than two women and may carry a sexual illness home to his wife.
Times of hunger and want that are now behind you.
Someone half out of their mind who has to make Santo in order to be healed.

Proverbs of Odi Iwori (Odi Oro) · Òwe

“With intelligence, anything can be overcome.”
“When you tell the truth and deal straight, you can become great.”
“Whoever keeps bad company comes to a bad end.”
“The water flower opens and closes at its own hour.”
“Without Ela, the world cannot live.”
“Pay for everything you take, and you will be well.”
“No one dies when they want to, only when their turn comes.”
“A jealous man does not sleep until he has had his revenge.”
“Whoever does not enjoy beauty will soon be soured by ugliness.”
“The dog with a bone in his mouth cannot howl.”
“When a small man makes himself great, his own shortcomings give him away.”
“Where one dog pisses, his brother pisses too.”
“Whoever lives on illusions dies of disappointment.”
“A mother is a mother, even a bitter one.”
“Children are raised for the world, not for yourself.”
“There is no one blinder than the one who does not want to see.”

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Iré and Osogbo

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What is born in Odi Iwori (Odi Oro) · Ìbí

The water flower (Oyú-Oro).
Out of Yekun's tears in the river grew plants flowering white and lilac, the image of her spirit; with them the eyes are washed and healed.
The secret called Yekun.
The clay pot with the atena of Oshe Turá, Odi Oro, Okana Yeku, Okana Sa and Otura She, 16 stones of the Orishas and water flower, which gives the Awó his virtue for the eyes.
The Ifá of tobacco.
When this Odù comes out, tobacco is smoked and the smoke is blown over Shangó; at an Utefá, Awofakan or Ikofá, everyone present is set to smoking.
The tidal wave and the heavy swell, with all their terrible consequences.
It speaks of disasters at sea, of tidal waves and of everything they change; that is why bathing in the sea is forbidden, and Olokun is received.
That Ela is the spirit of truth, of honesty and of living on good terms with people.
Once he was offended, Ela climbed back to heaven on a rope, and the world found out it cannot live without him; ever since, they pray for him to come down and bless them.

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

Do not bathe in the sea, and do not receive Olokun.
The tidal wave speaks; the sea's phenomena and the daughters of Yemayá and Olokun are your worst enemies.
Do not get wet with rainwater.
Do not cut any herb after six in the evening.
It sets you back; if you need it at that hour, let another person get it for you.
Do not work at night.
If you do, you are going to get a fright.
Do not leave the food of your own house to go eat somewhere else.
You will be left without eating, like the one who arrived and the food was already gone.
Do not join with wrongdoers or with people of little morals, and do not marry daughters of Yemayá or Olokun.

Ebbós of Odi Iwori (Odi Oro) · The sacrifices that open the road

LossEbbó to find what was lost🔒 The Notebook LossThe loop and the eko husk against the thief🔒 The Notebook Beating enemiesThe secret of the pot of Yekun🔒 The Notebook Beating enemiesPraying to the elder Eggun🔒 The Notebook Keeping death awayParaldo of the chameleon at the foot of Osanyin🔒 The Notebook Keeping death awayOmiero against the dead woman's curse🔒 The Notebook LoveLooking after the apetebí's health🔒 The Notebook LoveEbbó of the mistress🔒 The Notebook MoneyPaying for everything so you are well🔒 The Notebook

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Works of Odi Iwori (Odi Oro) · The workings of the sign

HealthWashing the eyes🔒 The Notebook HealthOmiero for the stomach🔒 The Notebook SpiritualAttending the Eggun🔒 The Notebook Beating enemiesThe bath of nature🔒 The Notebook

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Patakíes of Odi Iwori (Odi Oro) · The roads of the Odù

1The secret of Ojuero and the blindness of Odi Oro

Odi Oro, a cruel Awó, made his wife Yekun, daughter of Inle, suffer. Her tears in the river turned her into the water flower and into a spirit. He cursed her, and his own curses left him blind; once he repented, she forgave him and handed him the secret of Ojuero to get his sight back.

In the land of Obá Oju Inle there lived an Awó named Odi Oro, given over completely to evil: as long as he got paid he was capable of the worst harm, and in the whole region they hated him. His wife was Yekun, daughter of Inle, who loved him and even so suffered without rest; that is why she went down every day to the riverbank to pour out her sorrow, telling Inle and Olofin about her suffering, but she never asked for punishment for him, because she still loved him.

One of those mornings she saw that her tears, as they fell into the river, turned into beautiful plants with white and lilac flowers; among them rose a figure with shifting reflections: "I am Ina, the ancestral spirit of your father Inle; I am tired of you suffering so much". Singing, she took her into the river with her and announced that nobody would see her or harm her again: she would remain as the representation of her father and of herself on earth, and the water flower would be the figure of her spirit. When he found out, Odi Oro ran to the river to curse her; the curses came back on him and he lost his sight. Feeling his way, he made Osode, recognized his Odù and broke down in tears when he measured all the harm he had caused. Yekun's spirit found him truly sorry, forgave him and handed him the secret of Ojuero to give him back his eyes; Ina blessed him and consecrated him. From that day on Odi Oro left evil behind and went through all the lands healing his fellow men and doing good.

2When Yemayá was crowned queen

Orunmila warned Yemayá that she would meet three setbacks and must not complain. Eshú, in three disguises, ruined her clothes; she said nothing. At last she reached a palace where the king, who was Shangó, took off his crown and crowned her queen.

Yemayá was going through a hard time and went to be read by Orunmila; Odi Oro came out, and Ifá told her that to come through it well she must not complain or protest, and marked her an ebbó. She made it, and as she left, Orunmila warned her that she would meet three setbacks, but that she must not complain.

On the road through the bush, a boy — Eshú in disguise — asked her for help with a basket and spilled palm oil over the only dress she had; she went on without protesting. Then an old man with a stick, and then another traveler, did the same to her, and she did not protest either. Worn out, she came to a clearing where a beautiful city stood with a great palace; the guards crossed their spears and refused her entry, and she sat down and wept, and fell asleep. When she woke there was no one at the door, and she went in. The ruler of that kingdom — the spiritual guide of the neighboring kingdoms, whom they carried on their shoulders — stood up when he saw her, knelt and asked her blessing, took off his crown and set it on her head. Everyone rendered her moforibale, and from that day she was queen of that place. The king was Shangó.

3The blind Awó and the money thief

Odi Oro, blind, sold water flower for the eyes and kept his money beside the tub, where it was being stolen. Orunmila told him to make ebbó with a loop and an eko husk; when the thief put his hand in, Odi Oro threw the loop and caught him by the hand.

Odi Oro was an Awó who sold water flower (ojuro) out of a tub of water, to heal the eyes, and people paid him for each flower. He had a habit of keeping the money beside the tub, and since he was blind, it was being stolen from him.

He went to Orunmila's house to find out who the thief was; Orunmila saw this Odù for him, his own patron Odù, and told him to make ebbó with a loop, an eko husk, a rooster and a dove. Odi Oro made the ebbó and set the loop and the eko beside the tub. When the thief came to take the money out of the eko husk, Odi Oro threw the loop and caught him by the hand. So, blind as he was, with his wits and his ebbó he found out who had been cheating him.

4Ogún was right🔒 The Notebook 5The chameleon and Olofin's son🔒 The Notebook 6Shangó cries out in heaven and on earth🔒 The Notebook 7The mistress and the health of Efan🔒 The Notebook 8The well and the rotten basket🔒 The Notebook 9When Oshún lived with Inle🔒 The Notebook 10Ifá was divined for Edu🔒 The Notebook 11It was divined for the people of the world🔒 The Notebook 12Why Ela climbed back to heaven🔒 The Notebook 13The private parts and the sacrifice🔒 The Notebook 14They poisoned the lion🔒 The Notebook 15The rescue of the flower🔒 The Notebook 16The rescue of the godchild🔒 The Notebook 17The Obá's seven wives🔒 The Notebook 18The passing on of the ashé🔒 The Notebook

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Frequently asked questions about Odi Iwori (Odi Oro)

What does the Odù Odi Iwori (Odi Oro) mean in Ifá?

The water flower and the eyesight: a curse left him blind and forgiveness gave him back the light — only honesty, the road of Ela, makes a man great.

What number is Odi Iwori (Odi Oro) among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

Odi Iwori (Odi Oro) is Odù number 64 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Odi family.

Which orishas speak in Odi Iwori (Odi Oro)?

In the Odù Odi Iwori (Odi Oro) these orishas speak: Inle, Osanyin, Yemayá, Oshún, Obatalá, Olokun, Shangó, Ela, Eshú / Elegba.

What is a proverb of the Odù Odi Iwori (Odi Oro)?

One of the proverbs of Odi Iwori (Odi Oro) says: «With intelligence, anything can be overcome.».

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