Lébé

First ancestor who died and was reborn as a serpent; spirit of earth, renewal and agriculture.

Parentage

• parent: Amma

Domains

• earth
• renewal agriculture

Powers

• Renew the fertility of the soil each season
• Return from death in the form of a great serpent
• renews the fertility of the soil each season as the spirit of the earth

Relations

• sibling: The Eight AncestorsLébé Sérou is one of the eight Sérou ancestors drawn from the sacrificed Nommo.Griaule & Dieterlen, Le renard pâle (1965) (secondary)
• sibling: Dyongou SérouFellow Sérou ancestor of the same primordial generation.Griaule & Dieterlen, Le renard pâle (1965) (secondary)
• sibling: Binou SérouFellow Sérou ancestor of the same primordial generation.Griaule & Dieterlen, Le renard pâle (1965) (secondary)
• sibling: NommoFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Amma) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: OgoFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Amma) per the figures' cited genealogy.

Sources

• existence: Griaule & Dieterlen, Le renard pâle (Paris, 1965) (secondary)
• role: Griaule, Conversations with Ogotemmêli (1965) (secondary)