Ndomadyiri
Bambara · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Archetypal smith-healer of the creative quaternity; anchors and stabilizes life on earth.
Parentage
- parent: Pemba
Domains
- healing
- smithcraft earth
- trees and remedies
Powers
- Heal the sick with knowledge of trees and medicines
- Forge tools and fix beings firmly upon the earth
- Separate and distinguish things, giving creation its order
Relations
- sibling: FaroFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Pemba) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: Mousso KoroniFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Pemba) per the figures' cited genealogy.
Sources
- existence: Dieterlen, Essai sur la religion bambara (Paris, 1951) (secondary)