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0du` I`re,te,` |
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Codex Borgia, pp. 6 to 8; Codex Cospi |
1:3 (p. 120 = 41:2) |
1.1.1.1:1.1.2.1 |
Asa-nigboro -- Oburinburin Bu-omi ... |
a`sa`si' "using magic drugs against person" bu`rin "moisten" bu` "dip out" |
33 |
snake entering (= poisonous ingredient ?) into herbs in: |
1:3 (p. 119 = 41:1) |
I`ge`de` |
i`ge,`de,`ge,de,` = ge,`de,`ge,de,` "sediment, dregs" [i.e., harmful substance eliminated out of solution by being praecipitated ?] |
white prickly-cup (= instrument for neutralizing harmful substances ?) |
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2:3 (p. 444 = 209:2) |
1.1.1.2:1.1.2.1 |
Iyalode (a woman) devised rites which were contended for by deceitful men; |
i`ya'lo'o`de "head-woman of each township in E,`gba' country" |
34 |
man shooting from his head a ray [cf. birth from head of Zeus of Goddess Athene, who contended with male deitiy over a |
2:3 (p. 443 = 209:1) |
source of the sea & the lagoon |
sea-sourced well, in Athenai], over semicircle (= a well ?) |
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3:3 (p. 55 = 14:1) |
1.1.2.1:1.1.2.1 |
Olu'-igbo' |
igbo' thicket |
35 |
flowered chain (?) [emblem for thicket?]: |
3:3 (p. 56 = 14:4) |
attempt to balance on head |
on head of Tezcatli-poca |
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4:3 (p. 312-3 = 141:1-:2) |
1.1.2.2:1.1.2.1 |
O,`ru'n-mi`la` |
o,ru'n "period of 5 days" la` "split" |
36 |
[5-clawed] leopard-paw with knifeblade inserted |
5:3 (p. 523 = 245:2) |
1.2.1.1:1.1.2.1 |
Ado |
do`-do`-do` "dangling" |
37 |
snakes dangling from sky |
6:3 (p. 539 = 252:1) |
1.2.1.2:1.1.2.1 |
O,`na`wo-funmirin |
a`wo "dish" funfun = fifun "white" |
38 |
over dish, a white vase |
7:3 (p. 275 = 119:2) |
1.2.2.1:1.1.2.1 |
Ari-s,e,'-mas,e |
s,e,' "welled out" |
39 |
black man vomitting [= ? drinker of "black drink"], vomitting after: |
7:3 (p. 274 = 119:1) |
Awe,roro-gbo,la |
a`a`we,` "fasting" roro = to'ni'to'ni' = ko,nga'ko,nga' = s,a'ka's,a'ka' = to'to' "clean" |
fasting, and so cleansing self |
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8:3 (p. 389 = 179:3) |
1.2.2.2:1.1.2.1 |
Akinte,lu |
akin "manly" |
40 |
man letting own blood [cf. blood-letting from penis] |
9:3 (pp. 468 = 221) |
2.1.1.1:1.1.2.1 |
"the one who sleeps alone sleeps badly" |
41 |
lone man with his eyen closed, in bad circumstance |
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10:3 (p. 231 = 95:2) |
2.1.1.2:1.1.2.1 |
"apron of Awo" |
42 |
feather-apron (?) |
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11: 3 (p. 543 = 254:1) |
2.1.2.1:1.1.2.1 |
Olu's,e,so, (254:2 -- p. 544 "will die prematurely") |
Olu`s,e,`so,n "God the Requiter" [<arabic "Master of the Day of the Requital" (day when the dead are resurrected)] |
43 |
skull & crossbones (awaiting resurrection ?) |
12:3 (p. 493 =231:1) |
2.1.2.2:1.1.2.1 |
Awofusi |
awo secrets |
44 |
owl -- in CC, owl bristling with knife-blades [emblematic of secrets?] |
13:3 (p. 352 =161:2) |
2.2.1.1:1.1.2.1 |
can ... drown |
45 |
netted [cf. Diktus, who, when he netted, rescued from the sea] |
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14:3 (p. 510 =239:1) |
2.2.1.2:1.1.2.1 |
black |
46 |
black -- in CC, # 47 black: |
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14:3 (p. 511 =239:2) |
ram [the thunder-and-lightning beast (throughout Africa)] |
Tlaloc the thunder-and-lightning-god |
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15:3 (pp. 420 =195:1) |
2.2.2.1:1.1.2.1 |
"initiation" of E,niayewu |
e,ni "person" |
47 |
man emergent from conch [= initiation?] |
16:13 (p. 176 =69:1) |
2.2.2.2:1.1.2.1 |
salt |
48 |
white foam [of sea?] |
Afolabi A. Epega: The Sacred Ifa Oracle. Harper, San Francisco, 1995.
R. C. Abraham: Dictionary of Modern Yoruba. University of London Press Ltd., 1958.