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Irosun

The fifth principal sign of the Ifa divination system; The fifth of the apola or sixteen categories in the odu Ifa, consisting of the fifth principal chapter, (Irosun meji) and the other fifteen chapters of Irosun.; The fifth chapter of the odu Ifa corpus, and one of the major oju odu; The spirit associated with the Irosun sign, he is believed to have born in the town of Idere in the Ibarapa Yoruba region
Yoruba name.
This dictionary uses simplified unmarked Yoruba spelling for consistency. Meanings can vary by dialect, region and context.