[1] 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.
[2] After removing the termite mound, the god Amma with the earth goddess continued procreating and begat humans.
Duality is central to Dogon religion, the heavenly forces also have a dual character: the supreme god Amma has androgynous characteristics.
[2] The Bandiagara cliff is a sandstone terrain fault approximately 150 km long, reaching a height of up to 500 m in some places.
[2] The architecture of the villages and the religiously motivated urban arrangement of mud houses centered on the hogon priestly building is unique in the context of the whole of Africa.