Dogon Cosmology

Question 1

Who was ogotomelli?

Answer 1

He was a folk sage interviewed by Marcel and he described an intricate dog on philosophy that includes:
Metaphysics, ontology and cosmology

Question 2

What is dogon philosophy?

Answer 2

Multifo hierarchies with small forms representing larger ones progressively eg. residential hut is a miniature model of a homestead, homestead min of village, village min of sangha

Question 3

What are the principles that constitute the nature and essence of things?

Answer 3

Amma(God): 1st principal & source of life that is the necessary condition for everything else & creates earth and interaction with the last 3 competed the process
Nommo(Nummo): twins top half man, butt half snake, same Amma essence, h2o & heat at the same time
Duality: dual instances of being, the ideal(preferred), can’t be breached
Movement: makes the world work, eg. rays of sun are responsible for rain

Question 4

Describe dogon mythical history

Answer 4

1. Creation of earth
2. god intercourse/rape the earth therefore a breach of duality
3. 2nd intercourse births nummo pair
4. Frat descent or nummo& transmission
5. 1st breach of order
6. Humans created and beginning of eight dogon lineages
7. 2nd descent
8. Expel 8 ancestors from heaven & sent to earth
9. &10. 7th ancestor dies & transmission of 3rd world then death and resurrection of lebe

Question 5

What is the metaphysics of dogon philosophy

Answer 5

For personhood
Nyamais the life force blind, docile and places in the blood
Kikinu say is the shadow k dependent if the body spiritual stuff and moral stuff and death is the separation of the two and they just continue to exist independently until they are reintegrated

Question 6

What is the difference with the Bantu

Answer 6

They believe in human made of soul and life force that separate after death and the Bantu believe in one living undivided force after death