Ifa

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Yoruba religion component divination system intangible cultural heritage religious tradition

Ifa is a Yoruba divination and spiritual system centered on a complex corpus of sacred texts and the guidance of the deity Orunmila.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Ifa canonical 6
Ifá 6
Odu Ifa 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Yoruba religion component ⓘ
divination system ⓘ
intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
religious tradition ⓘ
aimsAt conflict resolution ⓘ
guidance ⓘ
healing ⓘ
understanding destiny ⓘ
associatedDeityRole Orunmila as deity of divination ⓘ
Orunmila as deity of wisdom ⓘ
associatedWith African diaspora religions ⓘ
Yoruba religion ⓘ
surface form: West African traditional religion
centeredOn Orunmila ⓘ
cosmologyIncludes Olodumare ⓘ
Orisha ⓘ
ethicalFocus good character (iwa pele) ⓘ
hasConcept character ⓘ
cosmic order ⓘ
destiny ⓘ
hasDeity Orunmila ⓘ
hasLanguage Yoruba ⓘ
surface form: Yoruba language
hasPart Ifa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Odu Ifa
hasPractitioner babalawo ⓘ
iyanifa ⓘ
hasRitual consultation of Orunmila ⓘ
initiation ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
hasTextCorpus Ifa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Odu Ifa

sacred verses ⓘ
hasUNESCOStatus Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity ⓘ
influenced Afro-Cuban religion ⓘ
Candomblé ⓘ
Lucumí religion ⓘ
Santería ⓘ
originatedIn Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Nigeria

Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Yorubaland
practicedBy Yoruba people ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
region Benin ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
religiousTraditionOf Yoruba religion ⓘ
transmittedBy memorization of verses ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2005 ⓘ
uses divination ⓘ
usesObject divination chain ⓘ
divination tray ⓘ
palm nuts ⓘ

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Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yoruba → traditionalReligion → Ifa ⓘ
Yoruba → usesDivinationSystem → Ifa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ifa divination
Yoruba → pantheonIncludes → Ifa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orunmila
Oyo → traditionalDeity → Ifa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orunmila
Ogun → religiousTradition → Ifa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ifá
Regla de Ocha → usesDivinationSystem → Ifa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ifá divination
Regla de Ocha → relatedTradition → Ifa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ifá
Ife Kingdom → religiousInstitution → Ifa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ifa priesthood
Santería → usesDivinationSystem → Ifa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ifá divination
Ifa → hasPart → Ifa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odu Ifa
Ifa → hasTextCorpus → Ifa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odu Ifa
Oyo Empire → majorDeity → Ifa ⓘ
Yoruba people → traditionalReligion → Ifa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ifá
Yoruba people → culturalPractice → Ifa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ifá divination
Eledumare → associatedReligion → Ifa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ifá
Yoruba religion → hasSacredTextType → Ifa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odu Ifa
Oba → religiousTradition → Ifa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ifá
dilogún → relatedSystem → Ifa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ifá divination
babalawo → religiousTradition → Ifa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ifá
babalawo → interprets → Ifa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ifá oracle
babalawo → usesDivinationSystem → Ifa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odu Ifá
Ijebu people → traditionalReligionDeity → Ifa ⓘ
iyanifa → religiousTradition → Ifa ⓘ
iyanifa → usesDivinationSystem → Ifa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odu Ifa
Orunmila → associatedSystem → Ifa ⓘ
Orunmila → associatedObject → Ifa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ifa oracle
Orunmila → associatedObject → Ifa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odu Ifa
Ikale → traditionalReligionDeity → Ifa ⓘ
Akoko → ethnicReligion → Ifa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ifa divination