@incollection{fdi:010012375,
  title = {{T}he cow emerges from the water : myths relating to the origin of cattle in the {C}had basin},
  author = {{B}raukämper, {U}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he region of {L}ake {C}had is one of the earliest and most important focusses of cattle-breeding in the {S}udanic savanna zone. {T}oday, the area is inhabited by three pastoral groups, the {B}uduma ({Y}edina), the {F}ulbe ({F}ulani) and the {S}huwa {A}rabs, who possess different breeds of cattle. {T}he {B}uduma are the old-established population, and their animals have extremely well been adapted to their aquatic habitat. {F}ulbe nomads infiltrated the region from the west from the 13th century onwards, and {S}huwa {A}rabs reached the plains west of the lake in the 18th century, after they had adopted cattle-breeding from the {F}ulbe in the eastern {S}udanic zone. {A}mong the {F}ulbe 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 {B}ajomanga and became the ancestor of the {B}ororo, the nomadic {F}ulbe. {B}y that time cattle used to live in the water like hippopotami. {T}he 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. {T}he {S}huwa adopted the basic pattern of this myth from the {F}ulbe, but they modified the topic according to their specific historical and environmental experiences. {I}t can be concluded that among pastoralists of the {C}had basin the "cow-water mythologem" is thus to be regarded as a reflection of real incidents and a core element of their cultural identity. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)},
  keywords = {{EAU} ; {ELEVAGE} ; {ECONOMIE} {PASTORALE} ; {BOVIN} ; {MYTHE} ; {CROYANCE} ; {MAGIE} ; {SYSTEME} {DE} {REPRESENTATIONS} ; {TRADITION} {ORALE} ; {SOCIETE} {TRADITIONNELLE} ; {ISLAM} ; {HISTOIRE} ; {TCHAD} ; {CAMEROUN} ; {NIGER} ; {NIGERIA} ; {TCHAD} {BASSIN}},
  booktitle = {{L}'homme et l'eau dans le bassin du lac {T}chad = {M}an and water in the lake {C}had basin},
  numero = {},
  pages = {191--205},
  address = {{P}aris},
  publisher = {{ORSTOM}},
  series = {{C}olloques et {S}{\'e}minaires},
  year = {1997},
  ISBN = {2-7099-1373-9},
  ISSN = {0767-2896},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010012375},
}