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Vanchungnula ('the maiden of the high heaven') is the rain- and water-goddess of traditional Mizo religion, numbered among the damsels of Pathian's heavenly family. As the celestial maiden who pours rain upon the hills she governs the waters on which cultivation and life in the Lushai Hills depend, complementing the thunder-and-lightning power of the sky-grandfather Pu Vana. Her name layers 'van' (heaven), 'chung' (high) and 'nula' (maiden), placing her firmly within the upper heaven of the divine household alongside the creator Pathian and the mother-goddess Khuanu.
B. Lalthangliana, Culture and Folklore of Mizoram (New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 2005).
Billy J. Zorinthara, 'Spirit in Creation: Mizo Primal Cosmology and Its Implications for Anthropogenic Climate Change Concern', Studies in World Christianity 30, no. 1 (2024), DOI 10.3366/swc.2024.0461.