Binou Sérou
Dogon · deity · mythic ancestral · Recorded classification
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
- parent: Nommo
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 SérouFellow Sérou ancestor among the eight; founders of sibling lineages.Griaule & Dieterlen, Le renard pâle (1965) (secondary)
- sibling: LébéLébé Sérou (= dogon_lebe) is a fellow Sérou ancestor among the eight.Griaule & Dieterlen, Le renard pâle (1965) (secondary)
- kin: The Eight AncestorsOne of the eight primordial ancestors.Griaule & Dieterlen, Le renard pâle (1965) (secondary)
- sibling: The Eight AncestorsFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Nommo) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: The Smith (Master of Fire)Full sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Nommo) per the figures' cited genealogy.
Sources
- existence: Griaule & Dieterlen, Le renard pâle (Paris, 1965) (secondary)
- role: Griaule & Dieterlen, Le renard pâle (1965) (secondary)