DD_3000 asked this question on 5/12/2000:

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Moondog gave this response on 5/12/2000:

Fulani of Mali Creation Myth

At the beginning there was a huge drop of milk. Then Doondari came and created the stone. Then the stone created iron; And iron created fire; And fire created water; And water created air. Then Doondari descended the second time. And he took the five elements And he shaped them into man. But man was proud. Then Doondari created blindness and blindness defeated man. But when blindness became too proud, Doondari created sleep, and sleep defeated blindness; But when sleep became too proud, Doondari created worry, and worry defeated sleep; But when worry became too proud, Doondari created death, and death defeated worry. But when death became too proud, Doondari descended for the third time. And he came as Gueno, the eternal one, And Gueno defeated death.

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