The Serer creation myth is the traditional creation myth of the Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania. Many Serers who adhere to the tenets... 92 KB (12,059 words) - 11:44, 4 May 2024 |
Serer creation myth (cosmogony of the Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania) Unkulunkulu (Zulu) Yoruba creation Caribbean Taíno creation... 6 KB (526 words) - 22:54, 22 April 2024 |
The Serer religion, or a ƭat Roog ("the way of the Divine"), is the original religious beliefs, practices, and teachings of the Serer people of Senegal... 39 KB (5,225 words) - 23:10, 17 February 2024 |
Protoplast (religion) (category Creation myths) Kikuyu Gikuyu and Mumbi Serer creation myth YAAB and YOP (first human couple (female and male respectively) created by Roog in Serer religion) Unan and Ngoor... 6 KB (511 words) - 19:16, 21 April 2024 |
 | Demographics of Gambia Islam in Gambia Christianity in Gambia Serer religion Serer creation myth Religion in Senegal "Africa: Gambia". CIA The World Factbook... 13 KB (1,286 words) - 05:40, 24 April 2024 |
Serer maternal clans or Serer matriclans (Serer : Tim or Tiim; Ndut : Ciiɗim) are the maternal clans of the Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania... 79 KB (10,214 words) - 11:04, 21 September 2023 |
Roog (redirect from Roog (Serer deity)) languages) is the Supreme God and creator of the Serer religion of the Senegambia region. In Serer, roog means sky or the heavens. Roog is sometimes... 9 KB (1,078 words) - 17:00, 8 April 2024 |
events, see Roog, Serer religion, Serer creation myth, Serer prehistory, Lamane, States headed by Serer Lamanes, Serer history and Serer people. The Takrur... 44 KB (6,015 words) - 21:22, 18 April 2024 |
 | Tree of life (section Serer religion) Roog ("Koox" among the Cangin). In the competing versions of the Serer creation myth, the Somb (Anonychium africana) and the Saas tree (Faidherbia albida)... 47 KB (5,823 words) - 11:48, 30 April 2024 |
The Tungusic creation myths are traditional stories of the creation of the world belonging to the Tungusic peoples of Siberia. In one account of the Tungusic... 4 KB (577 words) - 00:14, 20 December 2023 |
 | Pentagram (category Serer religious symbols) of the Serer religion and the Serer people of West Africa. Called Yoonir in their language, it symbolizes the universe in the Serer creation myth, and also... 38 KB (4,403 words) - 05:57, 30 March 2024 |
 | understandable to the researcher." Ogotemmeli died in 1962. Saltigue Nommo Serer creation myth Serer religion Masolo, D. A., African Philosophy in Search of Identity :... 10 KB (908 words) - 23:08, 22 January 2024 |
Xooy (category Serer religion) The Xooy (meaning "macerate" in Serer, sometimes spelled Xoy or Khoy) is a Serer divination ceremony held once a year in Fatick, Senegal. The Xooy is one... 12 KB (1,363 words) - 22:32, 11 January 2024 |
| Saltigue (redirect from Serer High Priests) Saltigui or Saltigi in Serer), are Serer high priests and priestesses who preside over the religious ceremonies and affairs of the Serer people, such as the... 15 KB (1,956 words) - 07:54, 15 April 2024 |
Tiurakh (category Serer gods) found in the forest. The importance of trees in Serer society are found within the Serer creation myth, which posits that, trees were the first things... 6 KB (676 words) - 14:44, 17 March 2023 |
Somb (category Serer holy places) Somb (in Serer, also Som or Sombe) is a town in Senegal situated in the west of the country. Somb figured prominently in Serer religious affairs for a... 3 KB (359 words) - 07:28, 4 May 2024 |
Yaboyabo (category Serer holy places) to Serer mythology and religion and deemed one of the Serer holy sites, Yaboyabo is one of the oldest villages in Senegal. According to the Serer creation... 4 KB (400 words) - 23:11, 27 February 2023 |
Pangool (category Serer religion) Pangool (in Serer and Cangin) singular: Fangool (var : Pangol and Fangol), are the ancient saints and ancestral spirits of the Serer people of Senegal... 21 KB (2,433 words) - 08:35, 16 October 2022 |
 | with Serer ancient and medieval history. Many of the ancient Serer sites are found within this region. It is also one of the holy places in the Serer religion... 7 KB (366 words) - 16:05, 16 January 2024 |
Takhar (redirect from Takhar (Serer deity)) Takhar or Taahkarr (in Serer and Cangin) is a demi-god in the Serer religion worshipped by many Serers (an ethnic group found in Senegal, the Gambia and... 7 KB (776 words) - 14:34, 17 March 2023 |
 | mythology (Nigeria, Cameroon) Igbo mythology (Nigeria) Serer religion and Serer creation myth (Senegal, Gambia and Mauritania) Yoruba mythology (Nigeria... 198 KB (18,417 words) - 23:40, 25 April 2024 |
 | Some of these may be graphical, numerological (as in Serer numerology - see Serer creation myth) or a combination of both. However, these graphical images... 28 KB (902 words) - 16:38, 27 April 2024 |
Lamane (redirect from Serer lamane) Lamane or laman (Serer: Laamaan or Lamaan, (Serer vocable: laam or lam (to inherit )) mean "master of the land" in Serer. The name was also sometimes... 5 KB (648 words) - 04:14, 14 April 2024 |
 | Empire flag. For more on the five-pointed star's Serer religious connection, see the Serer creation myth and Yoonir. President Léopold Sédar Senghor, under... 7 KB (657 words) - 02:36, 24 April 2024 |
 | the Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania, the manatee is regarded as sacred and highly respected, because in the Serer creation myth, it... 24 KB (2,766 words) - 01:06, 11 March 2024 |
 | Snakes in mythology (section Creation myths) (Bunn1967:617). In Serer cosmogony and religion, the serpent is the symbol of the pangool, the saints and ancestral spirits of the Serer people of West Africa... 27 KB (3,552 words) - 15:35, 26 March 2024 |
Bushongo religion (redirect from Bushongo creation myth) theme in this myth is that of creation out of the male principle. Bumba [M'Bombo]'s vomiting reminds us of the Egyptian High God's creation by spitting... 4 KB (496 words) - 17:59, 14 March 2024 |
 | Idoma and Igala people of present day Benue State of Nigeria. In the Serer creation myth, it is one of the sacred trees that grew not just first, but also... 6 KB (620 words) - 01:52, 12 August 2023 |
 | the Seex (Serer or Serer-Sine), Serer-Noon (sometimes spelt "Serer-None", "Serer-Non" or just Noon), Serer-Ndut (also spelt "N’doute"), Serer-Njeghene... 58 KB (7,174 words) - 15:35, 24 April 2024 |
 | Efik mythology (redirect from Efik creation myth) proverbs. Stories concerning Efik myths include creation myths, supernatural beings, mythical creatures, and warriors. Efik myths were initially told by Efik... 46 KB (6,346 words) - 09:45, 11 December 2023 |