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African Creation Myths

African Creation Myths. Key terms: Agadzagadza Amma Dogon people Fon or Dahomey people gift-giving Kaikuzi Kintu Mugulu Nambi Ogo oral storytelling Pemba testing the hero trickster figure Warumbe Yo. A Dogon Door. Add: Marcel Griaule Ogotemmeli Nana Boluku. Delete:

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African Creation Myths

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  1. African Creation Myths Key terms: Agadzagadza Amma Dogon people Fon or Dahomey people gift-giving Kaikuzi Kintu Mugulu Nambi Ogo oral storytelling Pemba testing the hero trickster figure Warumbe Yo A Dogon Door Add: Marcel Griaule Ogotemmeli Nana Boluku Delete: Gift-giving Ogo Yo Oral storytelling

  2. Subsaharan Africa Mali Amma (Dogon) Pemba (Bambara) Benin (Dahomey) Nana Boluku (Fon) Uganda Kintu Mugulu /MukuluNigeria Agadzagadza (Bura) For more African deities, see: http://fullmoon_deities.tripod.com/african.html

  3. Dogon of Mali

  4. Conversations with Ogotemmeli An account of the complex metaphysical beliefs and cosmology of the Dogon people of the upper Volta region. French anthropologist Griaule spent 16 years with his African hosts before they revealed their philosophy to him in these "conversations," originally published in 1948 as "Dieu d'Eau."

  5. Amma Egg-shaped creation god

  6. Amma Creates the World pottery analogy for creation of sun and moon and earth Amma has intercourse with earth Birth of two sets of twins Twins are taught speech as function of organization The earth is clothed with plants which are its speech. Amma’s struggle with Ogo, one of her creations Ogo becomes Yuguru, the Pale Fox

  7. Bambara of Mali

  8. Bambara Creation Yo gives birth to Faro, Pemba, and Teliko. Faro creates seven heavens Pemba creates the earth Teliko creates aquatic twins who parent fishermen. These fishermen are the ancestors of the human race.

  9. Fon or Dahomey of Benin Androgynous deity Nana Boluku Begins creation of the universe Completed by twins Daughter Mawu (the moon) and Son Lisa (the sun)

  10. Ganda of Uganda Kintu the first man Legendary King becomes Creator Meets Nambi and her sister Daughters of Mugulu, the sky god Brother Warumbe Kintu brings domestic animals (cow)

  11. The Testing of Kintu

  12. The Testing of Kintu 1st Test: Survive without his cow 2nd Test: Eat an enormous meal 3rd Test: Make fire from stones 4th Test: Fetch a bucket of dew 5th Test: Find his Cow in a herd

  13. Nambi and Warumbe Warumbe Son of Mugulu Steals (kills) son of Kintu and Nambi Aetiology of DISEASE and DEATH Contest with brother Kaikuzi (The Digger) Note human weakness as cause of death Nambi Daughter of Mugulu Becomes wife of Kintu

  14. Bura of Nigeria

  15. Agadzagadza Aetiology of death Lizard as Trickster Contest with Worm Human nature as lazy

  16. African Creation Myths Key terms: Agadzagadza Amma Dogon people Fon or Dahomey people gift-giving Kaikuzi Kintu Mugulu Nambi Ogo oral storytelling Pemba testing the hero trickster figure Warumbe Yo A Dogon Door

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