Njemeh of Languème
Serer · numen · ancestral · Recorded classification
Njemeh (Ndiémé) of Languème is an individually named fangool of the Serer people, classed among the 'milk' pangool, the peaceful order of ancestral spirits contrasted with the 'blood' pangool. Milk pangool such as Njemeh reject everything that evokes violence, destruction or death, including iron, weapons, gunpowder, blood and the colour red, and serve as protectors of Serer towns and defenders of the weak. Like all pangool, she intercedes between the living community and the supreme being Roog.
Domains
- protection
- peace
Powers
- to protect Serer settlements and defend the weak
Relations
- subordinate to: RoogAs a fangool, Njemeh mediates 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: Moussa SarrNjemeh and Moussa Sarr 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
- Njemeh of Languème is a peaceful 'milk' fangool of the Serer, a protector spirit who defends settlements and the weak and abhors violence.: 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)