Amma (deity)
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Amma (deity)
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Amma is an African tribal deity – the supreme creator god in the Dogon religion. The Dogon story of the creation of the world relates that the sky god Amma mated with the earth goddess, and because Amma was prevented from joining the goddess's clitoris in the form of a giant termite mound, he produced only an imperfect offspring – a desert fox or jackal – and therefore eventually removed the termite mound. Leaving the earth, he instituted the religious ritual of female circumcision. After removi
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God worshiped in the Dogon religion
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amma_(deity)
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2023-11-28T02:13:37Z
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