Onionkupón est-il une divinité yoruba attestée ?

Non. Aucune divinité ni aucun esprit portant ce nom n'apparaît dans les sources documentées sur la religion et la mythologie yoruba, qu'il s'agisse d'encyclopédies, de bases de données ou de travaux universitaires. Le nom ne correspond à aucune entrée connue du corpus des orishas.

Que sait-on de ses attributs ?

Faute de source fiable, on ne peut décrire ni ses attributs, ni son culte, ni ses mythes sans risquer d'inventer. La prudence impose de ne rien affirmer de précis. Seul le thème général du gardien de seuil peut être rattaché à la culture yoruba, sans que ce nom particulier y soit documenté.

Quelles figures yoruba gardent réellement les seuils et les passages ?

Dans la religion yoruba, la garde des seuils, des portes et des carrefours est associée surtout à Èṣù, l'orisha messager qui ouvre et ferme les chemins et veille sur les lieux de passage. C'est la référence documentée la plus proche de l'idée de gardien de seuil.

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ONIONKUPÓN

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Yoruba threshold spirit

☥ SpiritAkan →Afrique de l'Ouest — GhanaElder

Gender: MasculineSign: Soleil et souffle

Onionkupón is presented as a guardian spirit of a threshold, of Yoruba inspiration. Research carried out in the reference sources on Yoruba religion and mythology, encyclopaedias, databases and academic works, does not make it possible to identify a deity or a spirit attested under this name. The term corresponds to no known entry of the corpus of the orishas and Yoruba spirits, and the spelling has no clearly documented equivalent. In the absence of a reliable source, no precise affirmation on its attributes, its cult or its myths can be advanced without risk of invention. One can only recall that, in Yoruba thought, the keeping of thresholds, doors and crossroads, those places of passage and of choice, is associated with well-attested figures, first among them Èṣù, the messenger orisha and keeper of the roads. For want of documentation of its own, this entry remains deliberately cautious and attributes to Onionkupón no characteristic that would not be verifiable.

Powers & Attributes

initiatory trialrevelation of the maskrare voice

Role in the ROHO universe

Trial-spirit of the inner threshold. Onionkupón does not ask whether Roho is ready — he poses the question that reveals whether Roho can still turn back. Once past him, there is no going back.

Sacred Mask

A double-faced mask — one face turned towards the past, another towards the future. The two separated by a line of cowries forming a vertical threshold.

Era

Cycle of Roho — mythic time

Words of the Spirit

“The mask you seek is seeking you too.”

Frequently asked questions

Is Onionkupón an attested Yoruba deity?

No. No deity or spirit bearing this name appears in the documented sources on Yoruba religion and mythology, whether encyclopaedias, databases or academic works. The name corresponds to no known entry of the corpus of the orishas.

What is known of its attributes?

For want of a reliable source, one can describe neither its attributes, nor its cult, nor its myths without risking invention. Caution requires affirming nothing precise. Only the general theme of the keeper of the threshold can be attached to Yoruba culture, without this particular name being documented there.

Which Yoruba figures really keep the thresholds and passages?

In the Yoruba religion, the keeping of thresholds, doors and crossroads is associated above all with Èṣù, the messenger orisha who opens and closes the roads and watches over the places of passage. That is the documented reference closest to the idea of the keeper of the threshold.