Orónhcafa
Maleku · deity · Maleku traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Orónhcafa is named, with Jára, as the most important of the maíca maráma, the demons of the Maleku pantheon. In the old Maleku conception there were two places of punishment, one celestial and one terrestrial, both dominated by the maíca maráma. Orónhcafa rules the celestial place of torment, where the souls of those who died of snakebite are taken: he devours them and then expels them through vomit, urine and excrement as shapeless pieces. He stands at the head of the demonic order recorded in the descriptive accounts of the Maleku pantheon.
Domains
- place of torment
- punishment of the dead
Powers
- to devour and expel the souls of those who died of snakebite
Epithets
- maíca marámaAndrés Solano-Fallas, "Ogros y tarocafárrafas en los malecus: identidad y aliciente moral," Revista Pensamiento Actual 19, no. 32 (2019). (secondary)
Relations
- companion: JáraOrónhcafa and Jára are the two foremost demons of the maíca maráma, presiding respectively over the celestial and the terrestrial places of torment to which the souls of the snakebitten are condemned.Andrés Solano-Fallas, "El bien y el mal, la elección, y la muerte en la cosmogonía malecu 'Laca Majifijica'," Revista Pensamiento Actual 16, no. 26 (2016). (secondary)
Sources
- Orónhcafa is the foremost demon of the Maleku maíca maráma, ruler of the celestial place of torment, who devours and voids the souls of those who died of snakebite.: Andrés Solano-Fallas, "Ogros en los malecus: sobre la elección y la responsabilidad en la filosofía antigua malecu," Revista Humanidades 8, no. 2 (2018). (secondary); Andrés Solano-Fallas, "Ogros y tarocafárrafas en los malecus: identidad y aliciente moral," Revista Pensamiento Actual 19, no. 32 (2019). (secondary)