Dyongou Sérou

Named first ancestor and Sérou eponym: bearer of the first Word, the first being to die after transgressing the order between worlds; his death founds the masks and the Sigui rite.

Parentage

• parent: Nommo

Domains

• death
• speech word
• ancestral origins

Powers

• Receive and utter the first, primitive Word
• Become the first being to enter death
• Be commemorated by the masks and the Sigui rite

Epithets

• the first dead dogonthe first deadGriaule & Dieterlen, Le renard pâle (Paris, 1965) (secondary)
• ancestor of the great mask dogonancestor of the great maskGriaule & Dieterlen, Le renard pâle (Paris, 1965) (secondary)

Relations

• sibling: Binou 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)