YORU`BA' (as binary numbers)

MAYA

17 days

20 days

   

[Orunmila]

3. A>kbal

   

0000 Ogbe'

4. >Kan

   

0001 O`gu'nda'

5. C^ik-c^an

A-14 o,ka' cobra

Rattlesnake

   

0010 I`re,te,`

6. Kimi

A-7 woke up the dead

"death"

   

A-13 borrow forelimbs

7. Mani>k {glyph of hand-gesture}

   

0011 I`rosu'n

8. Lamat

A-2 smelting

 
   
   

A-6 water-gazing

{9. Aztec Atl "water"}

   

0100 O`tu'a'

9. Muluk

A-9 head-lice

(mul "congregate" + uk "louse")

   

0101 O,`s,e,'

10. Ok

A-5 ladder

"staircase"

A-3 parrot

Parrakeet

A-16 adultress

Adulterer

   

0110 Odi'

11 C^uen

A-5 female chimpanzee

"monkey"

   

0111 O,`ba`ra`

12. Eb {glyph of mandible: cf.

A-6, A-15 horse

"jawbone of an ass"

 

(S^pt.ym 15:15 to 17)}

 

{Aztec Malinalli, sign with

A-8 eyen

eyen (also, S^pt.ym 16:21)}

   

1000 O,`sa'

{12. Aztec Malinalli

A-11 entangling o'ga'n vines

"twisted" herb}

   

1001 I`wo`ri`

13. Ben

A-2 walking-stick (cane)

"cane"

   
 

14. Ix

   

1010 O`fu'n

{15. Aztec Quauhtli "eagle": cf.,

 

according to David Kelley,

A-9 head severed

Maori Matuku, head severed

by woman E`reni`wa`

abducting woman Rona}

   

1011 I`ka'

16. Kib

A-16 a`ko'ko' woodpecker

Woodpecker

   

1101 O`tu'u'rupo.`n

18. Edznab

A-4 hearth-stone

"flint"

   

1110 O,`ka`nra`n

{19. Pipil Ayutl

A-8 tortoise

"turtle"}

   

1111 O,`ye,`ku'

{20. Kic^e Hun-ahpu

blowing elephant tusk

"blowgun-shooter"}

   
   

Bibliography:--

 
   

S. S,o,la’gbade’ Po’po’o,la’: Practical Ifa’ Divination. Athelia Henrietta Press, NY, 1997.

Alfredo Barrera Va’squez: El Libro de los Libros de Chilam Balam. Me’xico, 1949.