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Nommo

The First Living Beings, Amphibious Teachers

African Water, civilization, language, agriculture, sacrifice The first beings after Amma's creation; their arrival from the sky is placed at the founding of Dogon civilization; their living tradition continues in Dogon ritual to the present Bandiagara Escarpment, Mali (primary); Dogon diaspora in Burkina Faso; the Sirius star system is associated with Nommo origins in Dogon astronomy
Portrait of Nommo
Portrait of Nommo
Rank Primordial Beings; Divine Intermediaries; Culture-Bringers
Domain Water, civilization, language, agriculture, sacrifice
Period The first beings after Amma's creation; their arrival from the sky is placed at the founding of Dogon civilization; their living tradition continues in Dogon ritual to the present
Alignment Dogon Sacred
Power MYTHIC 86

Attributes

ATK
70
DEF
75
SPR
85
SPD
80
INT
85
CHA
92
WIS
99
END
99

Combat Profile

ATK DEF SPR SPD INT CHA WIS END
Special Move

Word-Made-Flesh

Nommo speaks reality into existence, granting divine knowledge of language, agriculture, and social order to mortal civilizations.

Passive

Divine Intermediary

Nommo exists between worlds as a culture-bringer, constantly mediating between the spirit realm and human society through water and ritual sacrifice.

Weakness

Drought; the drying up of water. Nommo are bound to water as their medium

“The Nommo came from the sky bringing water and words. All life flows from the Nommo.” — Dogon saying

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Nemesis / Counter

Dehydration; separation from water sources

Primary Source

Marcel Griaule, *Dieu d'eau: Entretiens avec Ogotemmêli* (1948, French original); Dogon oral tradition

The first beings after Amma's creation; their arrival from the sky is placed at the founding of Dogon civilization; their living tradition continues in Dogon ritual to the present — See in timeline
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