Àṣẹ — anatomical left hand

Power in effective action

The anatomical-left hand mirrors the requested Àṣẹ distribution as a second site of practical efficacy and embodied action. It appears on the image right under the front-view convention, and its broad uncertainty radius makes clear that the bilateral split is a rendering decision rather than a canonical hand map.

Orí inúOrí òde / Orí apádiÀṣẹ — headÀṣẹ — anatomical right handÀṣẹ — anatomical left handÀṣẹ — anatomical left handÀṣẹ — anatomical right footÀṣẹ — anatomical left foot

Point 5 of 7 in Yorùbá / Ifá — Orí and Àṣẹ at the Head

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Ifá literary corpus — verses on Orí (primary_canonical)

Primary context for sacred agency; the bilateral hand placement is a modern visual simplification.

Wande Abimbola, Ifá Will Mend Our Broken World: Thoughts on Yorùbá Culture in West Africa and the Diaspora (scholarly_modern)

Modern Ifá-informed discussion of ritual efficacy and enacted religious power.

E. Bolaji Idowu, Olódùmarè: God in Yoruba Belief (scholarly_modern)

Theological context for effective sacred power; it does not establish this coordinate.

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