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History of the Sixteen Major Odu Ifa

Odu Irosun Meji or Odu Irosu Meji

ODU IROSUN MEJI
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OO OO
OO OO

Ose Gbenu eluju Sanra Y okoto Adifa fun Onidere.
Omo apadan sebo omo igba
Adan di pupo
La ton bimo
Ai i se, eewo
Bi baa bini aimo
Adifa feni ti baba re ku
To suya re Lopo
Aboru Aboye.

Ose lives in the Swamp majestically casted divination for Onidere, the one who uses bats for the sacrifice to have children until the bats multiplied before he became a parent. It must never be done, it is a taboo, for if it will come back to haunt us, we do not know. This was the divination message for he that lost his father and decided to marry his mother.
Aboru Aboye.

Odu Irosun Meji is the Orisa Odu that brought sleep to the inhabitants of Aye, when all the people of Aye went to Orunmila that they feel weak and tired after their daily toil yet they do not know how to relax and regain their strength. Orunmila did a reading and it was Irosun that came out. Olodumare gave Irosun the instruction and knowledge of sleep, so Orunmila instructed the people to go and look for a certain leaf named IROISIN. It was this leaf that he used in making the sacrifice for the people and sleep finally came to them from Orun.

Irosun means the "Ability to sleep" in Yoruba language. A verse in Irosun also states thus: Bi ale ba le keke a pa keke. Bi oganjo bag an dundundun Rere a pa rere. Eni tiko Iesun yo were were niki oorun ode. Fon fon fon niko sun Irusun loni koluware 0 sun loni ki oluwaare osun daridan. When night falls, all activities slow down. When midnight arrives, silence becomes the norm. He that cannot sleep, hasten to your sleep, now immediately, soundly, and peacefully must you sleep. Irosun says you must sleep today. It is a command that you must sleep.

Irosun Meji also talks about taboo and laws. That is, the repercussions and punishments for breaking laws and committing taboos. Irosun talks about a certain stubborn man who after his father's death refused to let her mother remarry anybody else and insisted that only he can marry his own mother. He was advised not to do such a thing as it has never been done but he insisted and married his mother. He fathered six male children by his mother. At that period there was a famine and only one farmer called "EEWO" (TABOO) had a fertile land because a mysterious lake watered his land. Nobody had ever been to his farm or ventured near it, but he gives the people food during famine. The man that married his mother now went into Eewo's farm and began stealing his farm produces. When EEWO returned, he was so furious and cursed whoever stole from him. The man and his family became half man, half yam tubers. When the people saw this and asked what happened, Eewo said "Eni base ohun tenikan ose ri ojure yio ri ohun teni kan oriri." "He that does what has not been done before, shall see what has not been seen before."

Irosun meji is also the Odu of Shango and also for barren people searching for children. Aboru Aboye nile Ifa!.

 

 

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