God of Valour and Justice
Karbi · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Karbi war/justice god, classed as deity. Visualised as a male figure; paired with Hemphu in the creator-duo invoked in the self-designation 'Hemphu-Mukrang aso'. Third member of the triad is the goddess Rasinja.
Children
Domains
- war and valour
- justice
Powers
- co-create the world and first humans with Hemphu
Relations
- companion: Supreme LordReciprocal of karbi_hemphu.companion — Invoked together as the Karbi creator-pair; the Karbi call themselves 'Hemphu-Mukrang aso', children of the two.Edward Stack & Charles Lyall, The Mikirs (1908) (secondary)
- companion: Goddess of the TrinityReciprocal of karbi_rasinja.companion — Third member of the Hemphu-Mukrang-Rasinja trinity, the female counterpart to the two male gods.Lyall & Stack, The Mikirs (1908); Karbi vernacular-religion (Aronbar) ethnography (secondary)
Sources
- Mukrang is a principal Karbi household god, embodying strength and valour and serving as deity of justice and war, second in the Karbi trinity after Hemphu and co-creator with him.: 'Understanding the Karbi Folk Religion', karbi.wordpress.com, accessed June 2026 (secondary); 'Origin of Karbi (Myth)', kisongblog.wordpress.com, accessed June 2026 (secondary)