The Yeban
Dogon · deity · mythic ancestral · deity
Collective figure for the Yeban — underworld earth-genies engendered by Ogo the Pale Fox, misshapen and incestuous like their father; they hide in the earth and engender the Andoumboulou.
Parentage
Children
Domains
- underworld
- earth
Powers
- Dwell hidden in the holes and caves of the earth
- Engender the Andoumboulou
- Dwell as the hidden earth-genies of the underworld
- Engender and instruct the Andoumboulou
Relations
- ancestor of: The Andoumboulou