Arrangement of Ifa in Oyo tradition

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Next is the arrangement of odu ifa in Oyo tradition. The arrangement of odu ifa in Oyo tradition is the most common in books written on ifa. But it must be stated here that although  oyo arrangements of odu ifa is common and most popular but it drives it arrangements from Ife tradition I stated earlier. I will explain the secret behind this differences as reveal by odu ifa irete ogunda soon. So the arrangement of Odu ifa according to Oyo tradition goes thus.
1 Ejiogbe, 2 Oyeku meji, 3 iwori meji, 4 odi meji, 5 irosun meji, 6 owonrin meji, 7 obara meji, 8 okanran meji, 9 ogunda meji, 10 osa meji, 11ika meji, 12 oturupon meji, 13 otura meji, 14 irete meji, 15 ose meji, 16 ofun meji.



What we easily come to mind is that what responsible for this differences in the arrangement. Many practicing babalawo even in most cases do not know what responsible for this differences in arrangements of odu ifa  in these three tradition explain. They just believe so far my tradition arrangements of odu ifa is working, my own is the best. Far from it. Everything must have a cause. In ancient  times, the only arrangements of odu ifa available is the Ile Ife arrangements of odu ifa I explained at first, you can read back to check the differences. The  Oyo domain and Ekiti Domain need to come to Ile ifa to take odu ifa arrangements. So orunmila will imprint the odu ifa arrangements with divination powder on a wooden tray and give it to them to take to their domain for practicing. But before they can get outside Ile Ife, when the get to a river called Afere, the air will blow it it will no longer complete when they get to their respective domain. They will then come back to orunmila for another copy. In the case of Ekiti tradition it was handed down to us that it rain that drench one of the odu ifa in ekiti and Ife you will see that it has only one different from Ile Ife arrangement of  odu, unlike Oyo tradition of odu although the most popular in writing books of Ifa, but most mixed, diluted and is clearly asymmetrical when compared to Ile Ife and Ekiti tradition arrangement of odu ifa.
The odu ifa Irete ogunda give credence and reason for this asymmetrical arrangement in other tradition and how orunmila himself give his blessings to it for purposes of propagation of Ifa and conveniency in practice.
Irete ogunda say thus :
Kan te gunda
Kan te gundaa
Kan te  gunda gunda
difa fun baba segedelumon
Lojo ti won  you gba odu  kuro  Nile Ife
Ijo kan na ni Ekiti ati Oyo  gbodu
Baba ni  bi won base ri si  ki  won  o mase
Yi o di  itewogba
Translation
Imprint the odu the way it please you
Imprint the odu the way it is comfortable to you
Infact imprint it any how you feel
Cast ifa divination for segedelumon (name of ancient preist)
On the day they will learn and take arrangement of odu ifa from Ile Ife
It is on that day that  Oyo and Ekiti  take arrangement of odu from Ile Ife
Orunmila said for the sake of practicing conveniencey
Any how you imprint and use it it will always be accepted and work for you.
This is the reason for the differences in arrangement of odu ifa and it is very acceptable.
Now that we have explained arrangement of odu ifa locally base on the origin, I will prefer to go international
Let compare arrangement of odu ifa in Erupean where ifa is regarded as Geomancy :1Ogbe/Via, 2 Oyeku /populus, 3 Iwori /cunjunctio, 4 odi /cancer, 5 irosun /Fortuna /minor, 6 owonrin /Fortuna major, 7 obara /latitude, 8 okanran /tristitia, 9 ogunda /caudal draconis, 10 osa /caput draconis, 11ika /rubeus, 12 oturupon /Albus, 13 otura /paella, 14 irete /pue, 15 ose /amisso, 16 ofun /ACQUISITO.
If we consider the arrangement of odu ifa from perspective of Arab people where ifa is known as Ramal/Haiti. The arrangement goes thus :1 ogbe /target, 2 Oyeku jamaa, 3 iwori/Akila, 4 odi/ijtimaa, 5 irosun /Nasra dahila, 6 owonrin /Nasra haraja, 7 obara /at abata dahila, 8 okanran /atabat haraja, 9 ogunda /anakis, 10 osa /ahiyan, 11ika /nakil 'wad, 12 oturupon /judila, 13 otura /humra, 14 irete /biyad, 15 ose /kabid dahila, 16 ofun /kabid haraja.
Now if we look at arrangement of odu ifa in Hebrew where ifa is known as Epha. The arrangement goes thus : 1 ogbe /derech, 2 Oyeku /kehila, 3 iwori /chibur (kibbutz), 4 odi /beit hasohar, 5 irosun /kavod yotze, 6 owonrin /kavod nichnas, 7 obara /nisho rosh, 8 okanran /shefel rosh, 9 ogunda /shefel,10  osa /software yotze, 11ika /Ha (adom), 12 oturupon /halaban, 13 otura /bar halech, 14 irete niclcham, 15 ose/mamun yotze, 16 ofun /mamun nichnas.
If we consider the arrangement of odu ifa  from perspective of Malagasy where ifa is known as Geomancy, the arrangement of Ifa there goes thus :1ogbe /tarakia, 2 Oyeku /Java, 3 iwori/ Aditsimag, 4 odi /alokola, 5 irosun /asoralahy, 6 owonrin /asorovanvy, 7 obara /alezany, 8 okanran /adikizy, 9 ogunda /vontisira, 10 osa /saka, 11ika /alemorkan, 12 oturupon /abidi djady, 13 otura /kizo, 14 irete /adikia sajy, 15 ose /mikiarija, 16 ofun,/molahidy. This is comparative analysis of arrangement of odu ifa from local and international perspective.