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Diloggún Signs

16 families255 signs 1.728 patakíes949 proverbs

The sixteen major letters

Each family is headed by its meyi. From these sixteen major letters descend the omoluos, and the study begins with them.

  1. Okana MeyiOkana
  2. Baba EjiogbeOgbe
  3. Oyekun MeyiOyekun
  4. Ogunda MeyiOgunda
  5. Osa MeyiOsa
  6. Obara MeyiObara
  7. Odi MeyiOdi
  8. Iroso MeyiIroso
  9. Oshe MeyiOshe
  10. Ofun MeyiOfun
  11. Ojuani MeyiOjuani
  12. Otura MeyiOtura
  13. Irete MeyiIrete
  14. Ika MeyiIka
  15. Otrupon MeyiOtrupon
  16. Iwori MeyiIwori

The sixteen families

Family 01Okana16 signs · 110 patakíes · 61 proverbsEnter the family Family 02Ogbe16 signs · 114 patakíes · 130 proverbsEnter the family Family 03Oyekun16 signs · 122 patakíes · 68 proverbsEnter the family Family 04Ogunda16 signs · 177 patakíes · 89 proverbsEnter the family Family 05Osa16 signs · 135 patakíes · 58 proverbsEnter the family Family 06Obara16 signs · 78 patakíes · 43 proverbsEnter the family Family 07Odi16 signs · 84 patakíes · 66 proverbsEnter the family Family 08Iroso16 signs · 99 patakíes · 37 proverbsEnter the family Family 09Oshe16 signs · 95 patakíes · 53 proverbsEnter the family Family 10Ofun16 signs · 132 patakíes · 56 proverbsEnter the family Family 11Ojuani16 signs · 117 patakíes · 56 proverbsEnter the family Family 12Otura16 signs · 126 patakíes · 50 proverbsEnter the family Family 13Irete16 signs · 97 patakíes · 55 proverbsEnter the family Family 14Ika16 signs · 87 patakíes · 45 proverbsEnter the family Family 15Otrupon16 signs · 94 patakíes · 45 proverbsEnter the family Family 16Iwori15 signs · 61 patakíes · 37 proverbsEnter the family

This section gathers 255 documented signs. The corpus comes from Cuban manuscripts of the Rule of Osha and is published here ordered by family, respecting the source text.