Binou Sérou
Dogon · deity · mythic ancestral · deity
Named Sérou ancestor of the time before death and eponym of the Binu cult; founder of the Ono lineage who reveals himself as the clan's totem animal. Authored as the figure behind the Binu institution rather than the institution itself.
Parentage
Domains
- ancestors
- totemism
Powers
- Belong to the immortal ancestors of the time before death
- Manifest to descendants as the clan totem animal
- Found the Ono lineage and the Binu cult
- manifests to his descendants as the clan's totem animal at the Binu shrine
Relations
- sibling: Dyongou Sérou
- sibling: Lébé
- kin: The Eight Ancestors
- sibling: The Eight Ancestors
- sibling: The Smith (Master of Fire)