The two books reinforce and complement each other:

The 256 Odu of Ifá briefly references each sign’s practical elements for working the odu:

• Prayer in Yoruba/Lucumí
• Plant (Spanish common name)
• Eshú
• what the sign marks
• what it brings
• its sayings or proverbs
• its “commentaries” or advice
• how the awó “works” the sign (ebós, paraldos, and other actions, etc.)

Odu of Lucumi provides an extended prayer in Lucumí, an in-depth version of what Ifa says, and selected stories (patakin).