Lebe (Dogon)
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Lebe (Dogon)
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The Lebe or Lewe is a Dogon religious, secret institution and primordial ancestor, who arose from a serpent. According to Dogon cosmogony, Lebe is the reincarnation of the first Dogon ancestor who, resurrected in the form of a snake, guided the Dogons from the Mandé to the cliff of Bandiagara where they are found today. This Lebe sect is one of the important facets of Dogon religion, based on ancestor veneration as well as the worship of the creator god Amma. This practice of traditional African
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Dogon religious, secret institution and primordial ancestor
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebe_(Dogon)
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2024-04-19T17:51:59Z
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