Must Read: How Opele become Ifa divination tool.

Oye ni bori oru
Omi ni bori ina
Imole ni leke okunkun
Ikeke ni leke eru
Gborogboro ni owo yo ju ori
Gbogboro ni umo yoju Ogomo, difa fun Orunmila
Baba re oja Ejigbomekun Lora ohun ebo. Won ni ki Baba ra ohun ti ko wulo fun, ko to ra ohun ebo. Baba rubo Baba ra ireree amese osi gbaluko.

TRANSLATION
it is harmmatan that overcome the heat
It is water that overcome water if they compete
It is light that overcome darkness
It’s baton use to tie load that is usually above the load
It’s with absolute certainty that one’s arm if raise up is usually above the head
A new palm frond is usually above the mature ones on the palm-tree
Cast ifa divination for Orunmilaon the day he was going to ejigbomekun market to buy ingredients for ebo (sacrifice). Ifa instructed him to buy one thing he didn’t need before he buy the other items he needs. Orunmila make sacrifice before he goes. He bought ireree a slave that is suffering from left leg limb problems.

That’s how Orunmila bought ireree also known as opele today as a slave from ejigbomekun market. But because of the left limbs problems of ireree Orunmilaprefer him to walk at home unlike other who go to farm for Orunmila. He only clear bushes in the compound and clear refuse on divination mat. But when ever a visitor come to visit Orunmilaireree because of his Natural divination gift will have tell them all their problems and solutions by the door way even before the reach Orunmila to cast oke iponri for them (oke iponri mean Ikin ifa). When Orunmila notice this he promote opele from Gardner and slave to a diviner in his house hold. Opele do divine for people when ever orunmila is not at home. Subsequently opele begin to say ill of Orunmila. He said he is above Orunmila.

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