Where does “ọsẹ Ifa” come from?

ọsẹ Ifa (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba Ifá.

ọsẹ Ifa (Yoruba): the second day of the week in the traditional 4-day week of the Yoruba calendar. It is the day of the week dedicated to the worship of the orisha Ifá (Ọ̀rúnmìlà) and other orisha, including Ọ̀ṣun, Èṣù, Ọ̀sanyin, Yemọja, Olókun, Ajé, and Òṣùmàrè

Definitions

  1. the second day of the week in the traditional 4-day week of the Yoruba calendar. It is the day of the week dedicated to the worship of the orisha Ifá (Ọ̀rúnmìlà) and other orisha, including Ọ̀ṣun, Èṣù, Ọ̀sanyin, Yemọja, Olókun, Ajé, and Òṣùmàrè

Ancestry of “ọsẹ Ifa”, step by step

ọsẹ Ifa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba Ifá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1YorubaIfá

via Yoruba ọ̀sẹ̀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaọ̀sẹ̀
Every word from Yoruba Ifá
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