Not to be confused with
protoplasts, the primitive cells or parts of a cell.
A protoplast, from
ancient Greekπρωτόπλαστος (prōtóplastos, "first-formed"), in a religious context initially referred to the first human[1] or, more generally, to the first organized body of progenitors of
humankind (as in
Manu and
Shatrupa or
Adam and Eve), or of surviving humanity after a cataclysm (as in
Deucalion or
Noah).
^« Genesis of YAAB & YOP » narrated by « Armand Diouf » of Ndimaag (Senegal), [in] Gravrand, Henry, La Civilisation Sereer - Pangool, vol. 2. Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines du Senegal (1990), p. 204,
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^Gravrand, Henry, La Civilisation Sereer - Pangool, vol. 2. Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines du Senegal (1990), pp. 204−5,
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^Ndiaye, Fata, La saga du peuple sérère et l'Histoire du Sine, Ethiopiques n° 54 revue semestrielle de culture négro-africaine, Nouvelle série volume 7, 2e semestre 1991.
^The Seereer Resource Centre, An overview of Seereer deities and Seereer historical figures (2015) [in] The Seereer Resource Centre
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^Taal, Ebou Momar, Senegambian Ethnic Groups : Common Origins and Cultural Affinities Factors and Forces of National Unity, Peace and Stability, [in] The Point (2010)
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