Braukämper U. (1997). The cow emerges from the water : myths relating to the origin of cattle in the Chad basin. In :
Jungraithmayr H. (ed.), Barreteau Daniel (ed.), Seibert U. (ed.). L'homme et l'eau dans le bassin du lac Tchad = Man and water in the lake Chad basin. Paris : ORSTOM, p. 191-205. (Colloques et Séminaires). Séminaire du Réseau Méga-Tchad, Francfort (DEU), 1993/05/13-14. ISBN 2-7099-1373-9. ISSN 0767-2896.
Titre du document
The cow emerges from the water : myths relating to the origin of cattle in the Chad basin
Année de publication
1997
Type de document
Partie d'ouvrage
In
Jungraithmayr H. (ed.), Barreteau Daniel (ed.), Seibert U. (ed.) L'homme et l'eau dans le bassin du lac Tchad = Man and water in the lake Chad basin
Source
Paris : ORSTOM, 1997,
p. 191-205 (Colloques et Séminaires). ISBN 2-7099-1373-9 ISSN 0767-2896
Colloque
Séminaire du Réseau Méga-Tchad, Francfort (DEU), 1993/05/13-14
The region of Lake Chad is one of the earliest and most important focusses of cattle-breeding in the Sudanic savanna zone. Today, the area is inhabited by three pastoral groups, the Buduma (Yedina), the Fulbe (Fulani) and the Shuwa Arabs, who possess different breeds of cattle. The Buduma are the old-established population, and their animals have extremely well been adapted to their aquatic habitat. Fulbe nomads infiltrated the region from the west from the 13th century onwards, and Shuwa Arabs reached the plains west of the lake in the 18th century, after they had adopted cattle-breeding from the Fulbe in the eastern Sudanic zone. Among the Fulbe a type of narrative was preserved which can be labelled the "cattle-water mythologem". A wide-spread version reports about a water-spirit (djinn) who impregnated a woman called Bajomanga and became the ancestor of the Bororo, the nomadic Fulbe. By that time cattle used to live in the water like hippopotami. The djinn, by employing magical practices, made the cattle come out of the water and presented them to his human sons after he had taught them all necessary techniques of herding and breeding. The Shuwa adopted the basic pattern of this myth from the Fulbe, but they modified the topic according to their specific historical and environmental experiences. It can be concluded that among pastoralists of the Chad basin the "cow-water mythologem" is thus to be regarded as a reflection of real incidents and a core element of their cultural identity. (Résumé d'auteur)
Plan de classement
Anthropologie : croyances et magie [106ANTHRO2]
Descripteurs
EAU ; ELEVAGE ; ECONOMIE PASTORALE ; BOVIN ; MYTHE ; CROYANCE ; MAGIE ; SYSTEME DE REPRESENTATIONS ; TRADITION ORALE ; SOCIETE TRADITIONNELLE ; ISLAM ; HISTOIRE
Description Géographique
TCHAD ; CAMEROUN ; NIGER ; NIGERIA
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F A010012359] ;
Abidjan
;
Bondy
;
Montpellier (Centre IRD)
;
Montpellier (Maison des Sciences de l'Eau)
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010012375
