essay
The Dogon
African worlds : studies in the cosmological ideas and social values of African people • London • Published In 1954 • Pages: 83-110
By: Griaule, Marcel, Dieterlen, Germaine.
Abstract
In this short article, the authors present a brief and clear-cut account of the relationship between the Dogon cosmogony and their social organization in terms of a discussion of certain institutions and concepts -- the myths, the man, the tribe, kinship, the territorial organization, the homestead, the Hogon (the clothing, the homestead, the economic functions of the Hogon), totemism, technology (iron-work and weaving) and international alliances. Apparently all the data discussed in this paper are based on their fieldwork.
- Subjects
- Dwellings
- Settlement patterns
- Cosmology
- Mythology
- Philosophy
- Ideas about nature and people
- culture
- Dogon
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Cheng-ruey Ma ; 1970
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Mopti Region, Mali
- Notes
- Marcel Griaule and Germaine Dieterlen
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- a 54005828
- LCSH
- Dogons (African people)