Editing Tree of life (section)

=== Serer religion ===
In [[Serer religion]], the tree of life as a religious concept forms the basis of [[Serer creation myth|Serer cosmogony]]. Trees were the first things created on Earth by the supreme being [[Roog]] ("Koox" among the [[Cangin languages|Cangin]]). In the competing versions of the [[Serer people|Serer]] creation myth, the ''Somb'' (''[[Anonychium africana]]'') and the ''Saas'' tree ([[Faidherbia albida]]) are both viewed as trees of life.<ref name="Serer"/> However, the prevailing view is that, the ''Somb'' was the first tree on Earth and the progenitor of [[plant species|plant life]].<ref name="Serer">{{in lang|fr}} [[Henry Gravrand|Gravrand, Henry]], "La Civilisation [[Serer people|Sereer]] – ''Pangool''", vol. 2., Les Nouvelles Editions [[Africa|Africaines]] du [[Senegal]] (1990), pp 125–126, 199–200, {{ISBN|2-7236-1055-1}}.</ref><ref>{{in lang|fr|en}} Niangoran-Bouah, Georges, "L'univers Akan des poids à peser l'or : les poids dans la société", Les nouvelles éditions africaines – MLB, (1987), p. 25, {{ISBN|2723614034}}.</ref> The ''Somb'' was also used in the [[Serer prehistory|Serer tumuli and burial chambers]], many of which have survived for more than a thousand years.<ref name="Serer"/> Thus, ''Somb'' is not only the tree of life in Serer society but the symbol of immortality.<ref name="Serer"/>