Amma

Genderless Dogon creator and sky god; maker of the world-egg and the Nommo.

Children

• Lébé
• Nommo
• Ogo

Domains

• creation
• sky

Powers

• Create the cosmos from a primordial egg or seed
• Bring forth the Nommo and the first ancestors
• Punish the rebel fox and restore cosmic order

Relations

• ancestor of: Nommo
• ancestor of: Ogo
• ancestor of: Lébé

Sources

• Griaule & Dieterlen, Le renard pâle (Paris, 1965)
• Griaule, Conversations with Ogotemmêli (1965)