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  • The Dogon seem to hold incredibly advanced astronomical information, which they say was handed to them by an amphibious Sirian race called the Nommo, who visited the Earth to teach about the nature of the planet and the solar system.

    Supernatural - Paranormal, ESP, Occult 2009

  • For some reason, the word "Nommo, " like -hostile takeover" or 'leverage buyout, " sends ripples of nervous excitement through your plasma.

    Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas Robbins, Tom 1994

  • At one point the batter was hit by a ball hurled by the contemptible Portlanders, giving rise to crowd dissent, but we observed that if the pitcher couldn't hit a strike zone intentionally, he probably couldn't hit a batter intentionally either. dwatts and I agreed that Cosmo, the 51s' mascot, while definitely gray and an alien, was more like a Nommo than he was a Gray.

    Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2008

  • Inspired by a unique mythology, each Dogon village is laid out along a north-south axis in the shape of a human body -- that of the great ancestor Nommo.

    TIP SHEET 2007

  • Nommo: the changes Facebook just made to their privacy policy certainly seem to lay the groundwork for what you say.

    With Open Graph, Facebook Sets Out To Make The Entire Web Its Tributary System MG Siegler 2005

  • If these aliens from Sirius, these Nommo, were the masters of rain and water, why were they hanging out in that part of the world?

    Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas Robbins, Tom 1994

  • Into the latter, you pour the contents of yesterday's bag, minus the stupid Nommo card, of course, which is now back in Q-Jo's deck where it belongs.

    Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas Robbins, Tom 1994

  • You do glimpse a corner of the Nommo card, however, and it spurs you to hasten your departure.

    Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas Robbins, Tom 1994

  • You see, the Nommo wouldn't have had to voyage to Earth in a starship or even to project telepathically.

    Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas Robbins, Tom 1994

  • Jehovah, himself, may have been patterned after the amphibian Oannes, although the Dogon and Bozo insist that the Nommo were not gods but highly developed mortals.

    Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas Robbins, Tom 1994

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