Ori is an Orisha. Rector of the divine in the unique feature of a being. Governs the fate of the individual, which, as a spiritual being elected against Olodumare, before incarnating the body material. Orisha is a possessed by each individual from the moment of his birth.
Ori is a body of indisputable importance, is the individual's personal Orisha. The Ori a person must be attended regularly by Ori sacrifices and what they decide, no other Orisha can change or alter. Some people are so strong that Ori more witchcraft which is made does not affect him as having a strong or having it Ori well cared for, is the only way to fight the witches of astral Eniyan or whose only combat interference with Ori, making futile to other Orishas. They say you can not do anything for the holder of a bad head, can only fulfill his destiny by force of will and conduct Iwa. The worship of the Ori includes Eled.
According to researchers from the Yoruba religion, say that Ori is the universal deity of the house, beloved by both sexes as the "master of destiny." The human being consists of two fundamental energies in the ARA (body), Ori (soul) and EMI (spirit). Some refer to the representation of 47 snails Ori are tied together in a crown (ade), others say they are 41 snails. This Orisha is closely guarded in a box that receives the name of Ile Ori, its size is as large as capable of doing its owner, some come to have six heads about 12,000 snails. The vessel containing Ori, is covered with a blanket or layer of white cloth and adorned with colored trim or tape the Orisha guardianship of the person, this is stitched on top snails, 9, 16 in the central part and 16 in the bottom. The 9 represent the nine Orun house, through which passes the EMI, when he leaves the altar of the owner.
The top 16 are owned by Ori and 16 of the bottom are Oduduwa - Orishanlá. The content of the IGBA Oddun Ori, is the creation of man, the owner of it is Obbatala employing Ajala (which shapes the head), for the construction of the same, showing Olodumare what he had to know that instructs . Orisha Ori is a property of the babalawos, because it is born next to IGBA Odun (Olofin). A Ori is immolate ram, white goat, two white chickens, 16 guinea hen, quail and white.
Pataki: Ori ran a business selling obi in the square, but I was alone, could not enforce it. A day spent there Shango to buy some coconuts, Ori told him her situation and asked him to help her, but Shango gave evasive and left.
Days later, he passed by and Ori Orunla asked for help. The fortune teller told him he had to do a cleansing ceremony with sixteen meats, sixteen and sixteen dollars coconuts for sixteen days. Ori did so, and as they passed the sixteen days we were leaving the trunk and limbs, so that the expiry of the period prescribed by Orunla, and the body was complete. So provided that Orunla Ori was his father.
The Government of Ori.
There was a time when the head, trunk and limbs, went each to his side.
"This can not continue like this," Ori said, "I must go to Orunla so that he settled me.
Ori Orunla asked to sacrifice a ram and put the remains in the square.
When Ori put the package with the ram in the square came the trunk and said:
-Ori, I was looking because I want to live together.
After they joined, Apa appeared and told them they had long wanted to join also the head and trunk. Melli elese then appeared and stated:
- What a coincidence that we find here! We two we thought we'd better get together, because we are tired and boring to be alone.
Since then, head, trunk and limbs, walk together, thanks to the head knew what to do.