Ikin are the sacred palm nuts cast in Ifa divination, the fuller and more prestigious of the two divining media alongside the opele chain. The atlas records the sacred palm used for this purpose as a distinct variety, Elaeis guineensis var. idolatrica, and notes that kola nuts also serve this role in some practice. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Symbolic MeaningIkin are the sacred palm nuts (or kola nuts) cast in Ifa divination, the fuller and more prestigious of the two divining media alongside the opele chain; visually a small handful of round nuts rather than a chain. 1 Origins
Botanical IdentificationElaeis guineensis var. idolatrica, a distinct sacred variety of the African oil palm 1 Use
Who May Handle ItTrained or authorised specialists only 1 Connections
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Ifa
Wikipedia contributors, WikipediaIntroduction section
They use either the divining chain known as Ọpẹ́lẹ̀, or the sacred palm (Elaeis guineensis var. idolatrica) or kola nuts called Ikin
Introduction section, botanical gloss
the sacred palm (Elaeis guineensis var. idolatrica) or kola nuts called Ikin
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