Supreme Creator
Naga · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Naga (Sumi/Sema) supreme creator, classed as deity. Documented in J.H. Hutton's 'The Sema Nagas' (1921). The kungumi (sky-spirits) and tughami (earth-spirits, incl. crop-spirit Litsapa) are his subordinate spirit-classes — rendered here as part of his faculty/notes rather than as separate invented 'spirit' types. Tradition 'Naga'; sub-tradition Sumi.
Domains
- creation
- fate
Powers
- oversee fate and act through subordinate spirits
Sources
- Alhou is the supreme creator deity of the Sumi (Sema) Naga, who oversees fate and works through subordinate sky-spirits (kungumi) and earth-spirits (tughami).: Hutton, J.H. 'The Sema Nagas' (London: Macmillan, 1921) (academic); 'Sümi Naga', ethnographic summary, accessed June 2026 (encyclopedia)
- In traditional Sumi animism the soul (aghongu) inhabits humans, animals and inanimate things alike; benevolent kungumi inhabit the sky while malevolent tughami inhabit the earth.: 'Sümi Naga', ethnographic summary, accessed June 2026 (encyclopedia)