Roog
deity sky African single tradition · 3
Roog is the Supreme God and creator of the Serer religion of the Senegambia region. In Serer, roog means sky or the heavens. Roog is sometimes referred to as Roog Sene, meaning Roog the Immensity or the merciful god.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 1000 CE
- Attested period
- 1000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- The name may stem from Serers of Kaabu or Tekrur after their exodus in the 11th century from Takrur following religious persecution.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Kokh Kox, Koox, Kopé Tiatie Cac, Takhar, Muisa, Kahindo, Mwindo, Nkuba, Kwoth, Kasiyembe, Katee, Kentse, Kiruka, Kitundukutu, Kubikubi, Mbura, Mitandi, Mpaca, Mukiti, Musoka, Mweri, Ntumba, Nyamurairi, Ongo, Yana, Waaq, Arebati, Khonvoum, Jengu
- served by
- pangool
Mentioned by
- Muisa
- Kahindo
- Mwindo
- Nkuba
- Kwoth
- Kasiyembe
- Katee
- Kentse
- Kiruka
- Kitundukutu
- Kubikubi
- Mbura
- Mitandi
- Mpaca
- Mukiti
- Musoka
and 10 more
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“Roog”
#2718 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“La Religiosite de Seereer, Avant et pendant leur Islamisation; Mythe de la création du monde selon les sages sereer; Diversité et unicité sérères”
#25035 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The Noon people refer to the supreme being as Kokh Kox rather than Roog, the name the majority of Serers refer to the supreme being in the Serer-Sine language.”
#25046 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001