The Dogon people of the central plateau, Mali.
The Dogon worship ancestral spirits or deities called Nommos, who were described as amphibious, hermaphroditic, fish-like creatures. They breathed through holes on their back and had skin like that of a chameleon. The Nommos have been referred to by the Dogon as âThe Monitorsâ, âMasters of the Waterâ and âThe Teachersâ.
Research completed by French anthropologists from 1931-1956, discovered (though not without controversy) from a village Elder named OgotemmĂȘli, that the Dogon understood knowledge of the Cosmos far beyond what could be expected.
OgotemmĂȘli told the French researchers that the Nommos came from a small planet which orbits a star, a sister star of Sirius. OgotemmĂȘli went on to explain that the sister star orbits Sirius every 50 years and has a huge mass.
The star, which scientists now know as Sirius B, completely invisible to the human eye, was only theorized in the 19th Century, and wasnât photographed until 1970. According to Dogon tradition, it was the Nommos who provided them with the knowledge of Sirius B, along with the knowledge that Jupiter has 4 moons and Saturn has rings.Â
The Dogon have long practised ceremonies which celebrate the cycle of Sirius B around Sirius. They are believed to be of Egyptian decent, another culture with strong ties to the star Sirius.
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