Main entry:

Griaule, Marcel, 1898-1956, author.

Title & Author:

Conversations with Ogotemmêli : an introduction to Dogon religious ideas / by Marcel Griaule ; with an introduction by Germaine Dieterlen.

Edition:

[First paperback edition]

Publication:

London, England ; Oxford, England ; New York, New York : Published for the International African Institute by the Oxford University Press, 1970.
©1965

Description:

xvii, 230 pages : illustrations, map, plans, portrait ; 21 cm

Series:

Galaxy book ; GB446

Notes:
Translation of: Dieu d'eau: entretiens avec Ogotemmêli.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-226) and index.
Foreword / Daryll Forde -- Introduction / G. Dieterlen -- Preface -- The Ogols -- First Day. Ogotemmêli -- Second Day. The First Word and the Fibre Skirt -- Third Day. The Second Word and Weaving -- Fourth Day. The Third Word and the Granary of Pure Earth -- Fifth Day. The Third Word and the Classification of Things -- Sixth Day. The Third Word, the Descent of the Granary of Pure Earth, and Death -- Seventh Day. The Third Word and the Regurgitation of the World-System -- Eighh Day. The Third Word and the Work of Redemption -- Ninth Day. The Third Word and the Drums -- Tenth Day. The Word and the Craft of Weaving -- Eleventh Day. The Word and the Cultivation of the Land -- Twelfth Day. The Word, Dress, and Love -- Thirteenth Day. The Smithy, Pottery -- Fourteenth Day. The Large Family House -- Fifteenth Day. The Sanctuary -- Sixteenth Day. Paintings on the Façade of the Sanctuary -- Seventeenth Day. Paintings on the Façade of the Sanctuary (continued) -- Eighteenth Day. The Cult of Lébé -- Nineteenth Day. The Cult of the Binu -- Twentieth Day. Sacrifice -- Twenty-first Day. The Fertilizing Word -- Twenty-second Day. The Blood of Women -- Twenty-third Day -- The Blood of Women and the Threshing of Digitaria -- Twenty-fourth Day. The Dual Soul and Circumcision -- Twenty-fifth Day. Personal Altars -- Twenty-sixth Day. Appearance of Death -- Twenty-seventh Day. The Cult of the Dead, Fermented Liquors, The Living Dead -- Twenty-eighth Day. Dancing -- Twenty-ninth Day. The Cult of Fire -- Thirtieth Day. Twins and Trade -- Thirty-first Day. Twins and Trade (continued) -- Thirty-second Day. The Signs of the Zodiac -- Thirty-third Day. Farewell to Ogotemmêli -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
Text in English, translated from the French.

Summary:

"Originally published in 1948 as Dieu d'Eau, this near-classic offers a unique and first-hand account of the myth, religion, and philosophy of the Dogon, a Sudanese people. Often regarded as savages, the Dogon are here revealed to "live by a cosmogony, a metaphysic, and a religion which put[s] them on a par with the peoples of antiquity, and which Christian theology might indeed study with profit." In recording his thirty-three days' conversation with Ogotemmêli, an elder of exceptional intelligence and wisdom, the author has succeeded in conveying the man's highly individual style. The result is a remarkable portrayal of Dogon cosmology, told as it were from the inside." --Publisher's description, back cover.

Subject:

Dogon (African people)
Dogon (African people) Religion.
Nommo (African deity)
Ethnology Mali.
Creation.
Dogons (Peuple d'Afrique)
Nommo (Divinité africaine)
Dogon (Peuple d'Afrique)
Dogon (Peuple d'Afrique) Religion.
Ethnologie Mali.
Création.
creating (artistic activity)
creation (doctrinal concept)
Religion
Ethnology
Mali Religion.
Mali

Added entries:

Ogotemmêli, contributor.
Dieterlen, Germaine, writer of introduction.
Oxford University Press, publisher.
International African Institute.
United Kingdom England London.
United Kingdom England Oxford.
United States New York (State) New York.
Galaxy book ; GB446.