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ID: 901002518
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002518
Record Type: Character/Person

Amma (Dogon deity)

Note: Creator god in the religion of the Dogon of Mali.

Names:
Amma (Dogon deity) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<African iconography> (P)
........<African characters> (P)
............Amma (Dogon deity) (P)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Dogon (culture or style)
.....(Gur, Western Sudanese, West African (general), African by cultural or regional designation, African (general, continental cultures), styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Amma (Dogon deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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