This page describes the practice. There is deliberately no automated reading for it — see the notes below.
Background
Ẹẹ́rìndínlógún ("sixteen cowries") is a cowrie divination method of the Yoruba religion. It is called dilogun in Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, and jogo de búzios or merindinlogun in Brazil; in Santería it is used by santeros and santeras.
How it works
The shells are thrown and the number that fall with the opening facing up is associated with a particular odu, which the priest interprets through its stories and prescriptions.
Notes and limits
Culture: This is a sacred practice of living religions, performed by initiated priests who have learned the odu and their verses. It is not simulated here because an automated version would strip it of that context; learn from the Yoruba, Lucumí and Candomblé communities that keep it.
At a glance
- Also called
- Ẹẹ́rìndínlógún, Diloggún, Dilogun, Jogo de búzios, Sixteen cowries
- Traditions
- Yoruba, Santería (Regla de Ocha), Candomblé
- Regions
- Africa, Americas
- You need
- A question
- Price
- Free