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DescriptionSerer cosmogony - representation of the universe.jpg
English: This image represents the cosmogony of the Serer people found in Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania. It depicts their representation of the Universe rooted in Serer religion and Cosmogony. Adapted from Henry Gravrand, "LA CIVILISATION SEREER", "Pangool", volume 2. Les Nouvelles Edition Africaines du Senegal, (1990) , page 216, ISBN 2-7236-1055-1. It depicts the tree worlds : the invisible world, the terrestrial world and the nocturnal world.
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Henry Gravrand, "LA CIVILISATION SEREER" - Pangool, volume 2. Les Nouvelles Edition Africaines du Senegal (1990), page 216, ISBN 2-7236-1055-1
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Representation of the three worlds in cosmogony of the Serer people found in Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania: the invisible world, the terrestrial world and the nocturnal world
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