Mizo · deity · Mizo traditional religion; continuing · deity
Khuanu ('mother of khua', often rendered 'mother of nature' or 'the protector-mother') is the principal goddess of traditional Mizo religion and the wife of the supreme god Pathian. She is unfailingly benevolent, a matriarchal figure who showers blessings on humanity, and is so closely bound to Pathian that Mizo thought often treats her as the tender, feminine aspect of his own providence. The element 'khua' she shares with Pathian and with the guardian Khuavang reflects the Mizo conception of an all-pervading divine-natural order in which the godhead and the world are intimately interwoven. In modern Mizo eco-feminist theology she has been recovered as an emblem of divine care for creation.
Domains
motherhood and nurture
earth and nature
Powers
to bless and protect humankind as a nurturing mother
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