Ọ̀wọ́nrín Meji (Owonrin)

Ifá odu

Tradition · Yoruba Ifa
Alternate Names
OwonrinỌ̀wọ́nrínOwonrin MejiOwanrinOworinOjuani
Kind
Odu
Order
6
Odu Number
86
Binary
22112211
Notation

1 = single line (I); 2 = double line (II). Eight marks: the first four are the right-hand leg, the last four the left-hand leg, each read top to bottom. In the 0/1 notation used in the scholarly literature, 1 here = 0 there and 2 here = 1 there.

Seniority
6
Themes
Sudden changeChanceTricksterWealth from nothingDreamsCool head
Orisha
EshuShango
Counsel
Ire ajeIre oyeIre iseOsogbo oranOsogbo otaOsogbo araye
Proverbs
Yoruba
Ìdàsíkí ọ̀nà níí rẹ́jọ lẹ́yìn.
English
Verse opening — the crooked place in the path is what breaks the snake's back.
Offerings

The commentary prescribes ẹbọ to the Ìyàmi so that what the person has built is not destroyed, ẹbọ against slanderers, and a head-cooling (borí) as a standing practice rather than a one-off. It says the person should receive Èṣù Ọ̀dàrà and propitiate him constantly, and that offerings to Ògún and Ọ̀ṣun are also indicated. The odù's signature ẹ̀wọ̀ is against relying on friends' advice in place of divination.

Meaning

Ọ̀wọ́nrín is unexpected change — death at a further stage of evolution than Ọ̀yẹ̀kú's, chance, free will, and the encounter with Èṣù that will not leave a person's beliefs alone. Its name is glossed as 'what is brought by the hand', and the odù is read as the person who makes something out of nothing by hard work, and whose success therefore depends on relationships and reputation. It carries achievement and honour when it is ìre, and it teaches that what we want is not always what we need — insisting on the former is how one invites the trickster. Its remedy is a cool head (orí tutù) and regular head work, because the odù's chaos is internal.

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