The word Nommos is derived from a Dogon word meaning "to make one drink." Nommos are usually described as amphibious, hermaphroditic, fish-like creatures. Folk art depictions of Nommos show creatures with humanoid upper torsos, legs/feet, and a …

2017年1月13日 · The Dogon tells the legend of the Nommos, awful-looking beings who arrived in a vessel along with fire and thunder. After they arrived here – they put out a reservoir of water onto the Earth then dove into the water.

According to the Dogon, the Nummo were to one day return to Earth. The day of the Nummos' return was known to the Dogon as the "Day of the Fish." Read more about the Nummo and the goddess religion in Day of the Fish .

The Dogon are an ethnic group indigenous to the central plateau region of Mali, in West Africa, south of the Niger bend, near the city of Bandiagara, and in Burkina Faso. The population numbers between 400,000 and 800,000. [2]

2024年9月28日 · The Nommo are considered ancestral spirits, but they are also described as being amphibious, hermaphroditic, fish-like creatures. They are often described as the masters of water, the monitors and even the teachers. The Dogon maintain that the Sky god Amma created these beings in the distant pat.

2018年5月17日 · The Dogon know what, logically, they should not know; their knowledge is not the result of ancient legacies acquired by observing the sky and the stars with the naked eye, as happened in other civilizations, they simply “know”; this is …

2023年9月23日 · The Dogon firmly believed that these Nommo were extraterrestrial deities, their arrival on Earth marked by a cataclysmic event known as the “Day of the Fish.” What intrigued Griaule and astounded the global community, however, wasn’t solely the Dogon’s legends but rather the origin of these amphibious gods.

The Dogon are an ethnic group located mainly in the administrative districts of Bandiagara and Douentza in Mali, West Africa. This area is composed of three distinct topographical regions: the plain, the cliffs, and the plateau.

The word Nommos is derived from a Dogon word meaning, "to make one drink," They are usually described as amphibious, hermaphroditic, fish-like creatures. Folk art depictions of the Nommos show creatures with humanoid upper torsos, legs/feet, and a fish-like lower torso and tail.

the Dogon, a tribe of about 100,000 in western Africa, have had contact with extraterrestrials. One of Temple’s main pieces of evidence is the tribe’s alleged knowledge of Sirius B, a companion to the star Sirius.