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Visual depiction of Orunmila's Ikin

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Vol. II · Polytheism · wisdom

Orunmila's Ikin

the sixteen sacred palm nuts of Yoruba divination


cast upon the divining tray by the babalawo as Orunmila's fingers touching the earth to reveal hidden destiny

Organization
Mixed Bronze/Iron-Age pantheons
Time period
varies
Location
varies
Archetype
wisdom

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Mixed Pantheons (set 5) has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.