Merindinlogun, from the Yoruba mẹrindínlógún "sixteen", which actually means "four taken from 20", is a cowrie-shell divination method practiced in the Yoruba religion. It has arrived in Brazil and other areas of Americas with the enforced Africans. Nowadays, in Brazil, where I am from, it is used all over the country and also means cultural resistance. In Brazil, it is called “Jogo de Búzios”.
The number 16 holds important significance in Yoruba mythology as it was the purported number of original divinities that established life on earth. In merindinlogun divination, the shells are thrown and the number of shells that fall with the opening facing up is associated with a certain odu.Odu is a scheme of the shells that tell a tale and address the answer to a certain Orishá (Ori=head, Shá=Owner).
They are the gods of action on Earth, forces sent by Orumila, what we would call “God”. It is also a system of ancestry. Knowing what the orishas want for us, we will deal with difficulties in a much easier way.
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