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Sepia-toned illustration on aged parchment showing Amma, the Dogon creator deity, touching the glowing Cosmic Egg as it cracks open. From the egg, twin Nommo beings emerge, surrounded by swirling lines of cosmic energy. "OldFolktales.com" appears in the top right corner.

The Cosmic Egg: A West African Creation Myth

In the beginning, before time learned to measure itself, before space knew direction, before light understood what it meant to shine, there existed only Amma the Supreme Creator, the Eternal One, the god who floated in absolute nothingness like a thought waiting to be thought. Amma was silent and potential, consciousness without object, being without form. He existed in perfect
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