Leba - in the Dogon mythology, the first ancestor on earth, created by the eighth and seventh first ancestors - nommo . Leba, in which the life forces of the eighth first ancestor who embodied the "word" and the seventh - the owner of the "word", were mixed, became the representative of the "word" on earth. Lebe begat two sons. From the eldest came the Dogon tribes - the Dion, the blast furnace ion, and from the younger he became the founder of the Aru tribe.
Ogon is a priest of the cult of Leba.
Literature
- Myths of the peoples of the world (encyclopedia)