The society refers to a cosmology, that is, a system of beliefs describing and explaining the origin and nature of the cosmos, the universe and the place humans occupy in it. Myths concerning the origin of the world express these beliefs, the values attached to them; they reflect the way of conceiving the world which characterizes the culture of a population, and therefore its way of living and its relationship with its environment.
At the Bambara
Fimba, the Superior Spirit, created the earth, as well as the angels, the jinn and the men to worship him. Jinns and men do not have the same conception of time in space, because they are not of the same nature: thus, men, created from clay, cannot bear the sight of a jinn in its natural element because the nature of the jinn belongs to fire. Fimba buried in the earth a part of Himself which germinated, then gave the Balanzan tree (Acacia albida) which, in turn, created Muso Koroni Koundjè to serve him, but he rebelled, causing all the evils that humans have suffered since. Balanzan became tyrannical to the point of feeding on the blood of men and reveling in the virginal menstrual blood. So, in order to put an end to the atrocities committed by Balanzan, Fimba sent Faro, the Genie of the water who ordered the world with the help of Teliko, the Master of the air and the breath.