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Di 256 Odù

Every Odù na signature of eight marks across two column. Check di complete 256, open any one to see wetin dey inside, di ẹsẹ Ifá verse dem, themes and stories, change di marks by yourself to see how 256 take come out from di structure, or see where di history ranking orders no agree.

Wetin dis be, and wetin e no be: Dis place dey explain Odù and wetin di record write about each one. E no dey do divination at all. No randomiser or casting simulation dey here: na you dey pick every mark for dis page, no be by chance, and nothing here dey tell your fortune or wetin dey happen to you.

Right column—Left column—

Turn di outside ring, den di inside one. Di right column dey fill first, and if you reverse di pair, na different figure e go name. Every position na your own choice: dis one dey explain di structure, e no dey cast.

256 Odù dey show

Olódù (main ones)Ọmọ Odù (wey join)No agree

No single standard order dey

Names are standard across Yorùbáland, the Fọ̀n, the Ewe, Cuba and Brazil; the order is not. No single canonical order exists. A lineage's order is correct within that lineage.

List dem wey dem check

Sources

Follow di main order

Other orders wey dem record

Òfún is simultaneously sixteenth and eighth, and ties resolve by order of casting. Any presentation of the 256 as a clean numbered sequence is a simplification.

#	Ifẹ̀ orderBascom Table 3A	Southwestern orderBascom Table 3B	Abimbola's orderAbímbọ́lá, Sixteen Great Poems of Ifá
1	Ogbè	Ogbè	Ogbè
2	Ọ̀yẹ̀kú	Ọ̀yẹ̀kú	Ọ̀yẹ̀kú
3	Ìwòrì	Ìwòrì	Ìwòrì
4	Òdí	Òdí	Òdí
5	Ọ̀bàrà	Ìrosùn	Ìrosùn
6	Ọ̀kànràn	Òwónrín	Òwónrín
7	Ìrosùn	Ọ̀bàrà	Ọ̀bàrà
8	Òwónrín	Ọ̀kànràn	Ọ̀kànràn
9	Ògúndá	Ògúndá	Ògúndá
10	Ọ̀sá	Ọ̀sá	Ọ̀sá
11	Ìrẹtẹ̀	Ìká	Ìká
12	Òtúrá	Òtúrúpọ̀n	Òtúrúpọ̀n
13	Òtúrúpọ̀n	Òtúrá	Òtúrá
14	Ìká	Ìrẹtẹ̀	Ìrẹtẹ̀
15	Ọ̀ṣẹ́	Ọ̀ṣẹ́	Ọ̀ṣẹ́
16	Òfún	Òfún	Òfún

Names wey show with different colour from di body text dey mark position where di orders no agree on which Odù suppose dey there.

Right column—Left column—

256 Odù dey show

Olódù (main ones)Ọmọ Odù (wey join)No agree

No single standard order dey

Names are standard across Yorùbáland, the Fọ̀n, the Ewe, Cuba and Brazil; the order is not. No single canonical order exists. A lineage's order is correct within that lineage.

List dem wey dem check

Sources

Follow di main order

Other orders wey dem record

Òfún is simultaneously sixteenth and eighth, and ties resolve by order of casting. Any presentation of the 256 as a clean numbered sequence is a simplification.

#	Ifẹ̀ orderBascom Table 3A	Southwestern orderBascom Table 3B	Abimbola's orderAbímbọ́lá, Sixteen Great Poems of Ifá
1	Ogbè	Ogbè	Ogbè
2	Ọ̀yẹ̀kú	Ọ̀yẹ̀kú	Ọ̀yẹ̀kú
3	Ìwòrì	Ìwòrì	Ìwòrì
4	Òdí	Òdí	Òdí
5	Ọ̀bàrà	Ìrosùn	Ìrosùn
6	Ọ̀kànràn	Òwónrín	Òwónrín
7	Ìrosùn	Ọ̀bàrà	Ọ̀bàrà
8	Òwónrín	Ọ̀kànràn	Ọ̀kànràn
9	Ògúndá	Ògúndá	Ògúndá
10	Ọ̀sá	Ọ̀sá	Ọ̀sá
11	Ìrẹtẹ̀	Ìká	Ìká
12	Òtúrá	Òtúrúpọ̀n	Òtúrúpọ̀n
13	Òtúrúpọ̀n	Òtúrá	Òtúrá
14	Ìká	Ìrẹtẹ̀	Ìrẹtẹ̀
15	Ọ̀ṣẹ́	Ọ̀ṣẹ́	Ọ̀ṣẹ́
16	Òfún	Òfún	Òfún

Names wey show with different colour from di body text dey mark position where di orders no agree on which Odù suppose dey there.

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