Moussa Sarr
Serer · numen · ancestral · Recorded classification
Moussa Sarr is an individually named fangool (ancestral saint) of the Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania. He belongs to the 'milk' pangool, the peaceful order of ancestral spirits contrasted with the violent 'blood' pangool: milk pangool reject everything symbolising violence or death, such as iron, weapons, gunpowder, blood and the colour red, and act as protectors of Serer settlements and defenders of the weak. Like all pangool he serves as an intermediary between the living and the supreme being Roog.
Domains
- protection
- peace
Powers
- to protect Serer settlements and defend the weak
Relations
- subordinate to: RoogAs a fangool, Moussa Sarr intercedes between the living and the supreme creator Roog.Thiaw, Issa Laye, 'La religiosité des Seereer, avant et pendant leur islamisation', Éthiopiques, no. 54, 1991. (secondary)
- companion: Njemeh of LanguèmeMoussa Sarr and Njemeh of Languème are classed together among the peaceful 'milk' pangool, protectors of Serer towns and defenders of the weak.Gravrand, Henry, La civilisation sereer, vol. 2: Pangool, Nouvelles Éditions Africaines du Sénégal, 1990. (secondary)
Sources
- Moussa Sarr is an individually named 'milk' fangool of the Serer, a peaceful ancestral spirit venerated as a protector of towns and defender of the weak.: Gravrand, Henry, La civilisation sereer, vol. 2: Pangool, Nouvelles Éditions Africaines du Sénégal, 1990. (secondary); Thiaw, Issa Laye, 'La religiosité des Seereer, avant et pendant leur islamisation', Éthiopiques, no. 54, 1991. (secondary)