Classification: Divine & Demonic Forces

Temporal Range: Primordial

Geographic Range: Mali

Diet: Unknown

Horde: West African

Nommo, the first creature ever created by Amma, the sky god of the Dogon religion, is a fish-like creature which has been here for an eternity. 

In ancient stories, Amma made the first Nommo, which was then divided into pairs. When one of these earliest Nommo rebelled against Amma, it was sacrificed and split into many parts and scattered across the world. It’s said that everywhere a piece landed, a Dogon shrine popped up. Some other old stories claim that the Nommo created a reservoir that they lived in and provided humans with water to drink.

Reports of Nommo describe them as being aquatic, with human-like bodies but with a fish’s tail protruding from their lower back. They are described as “masters of water” and are revered across West Africa but particularly in Mali.