Ifá is a divination system originating from Yorubaland in West Africa. It originates within the traditional religion of the Yoruba people although is...
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Babalawo (redirect from Ifa priest)
language. It is a spiritual title that denotes a high priest of the Ifá oracle. Ifá is a divination system that represents the teachings of the Òrìṣà Ọrunmila...
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is coined. Ranodu instructed Senlu consult Ifa oracle to know if they can stay at the place and Ifa oracle granted their request, this finally marked...
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the present, and influences the future through the Ifa divination system, which is practised by oracle priests called Babalawos. Olorun is one of the principal...
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Yoruba religion (redirect from Ifa ati Orisha)
ISBN 0-582-60803-1. Ifaloju (February 2011). "Odù-Ifá Iwòrì Méjì; Ifá speaks on Righteousness". Ifa Speaks... S.S. Popoola, Ifa Dida, Library, INC. Retrieved 8 April...
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safe to embrace his family. Prince Gbadebo being an Ifa priest, presented his newborn to his Ifa Oracle demanding to know what the future holds for the new...
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Ajaiye was barren. After they settled in Isheri, Olofin consulted the Ifa oracle where they were told to proceed to a place where there was salt water...
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have referred to Ifá merely as the "great consulting oracle" as opposed to a god or a deity, without any divine connotations. Opon Ifá are typically made...
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An oracle is a person or thing considered to provide insight, wise counsel or prophetic predictions, most notably including precognition of the future...
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of their ancestors, the spirit to be worshipped is solely decided by Ifa Oracle. Egungun masquerades are male-dominated within the performance aspect...
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