Lord of Shillong Peak
Khasi · deity · perpetual (since the founding of the land) · Recorded classification
Mountain tutelary deity ('Lei' = deity, contracted from Blei; 'Shyllong' the peak). He is the chief among the Khasi U Ryngkew/U Basa land-guardian gods. The variant U Blei Shyllong and the patriline of three daughters (one being Ka Pah Syntiew) belong to the Shillong-Peak legend cycle. Khasi Roman orthography.
Domains
- mountain and high places
- thunder and lightning
- protection from sickness and misfortune
Powers
- command thunder and lightning from the sacred peak
- receive the state spring sacrifice
- grants prosperity and a rich harvest when propitiated at Pomblang
Sources
- U Lei Shyllong is the tutelary mountain-god of Shillong Peak, a thunder/lightning deity and protector who receives an annual state sacrifice and gave his name to the peak and the city.: P. R. T. Gurdon, The Khasis, Macmillan, 1907 (ethnography)