Chief of the Sky
Naga · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Naga (Ao) sky-god, classed as deity. Forms the sky/earth pair with Lijaba in the Ao 'tsungrem' (deity) hierarchy. Sometimes equated with the supreme heaven-chief Lungkijingba in different recensions; here treated as the distinct sky-controller named by Mills.
Domains
- sky
Powers
- control the sky and the upper world
Sources
- Anungtsungba is the Ao Naga Chief of the Sky, the deity who controls the heavens, paired in Ao cosmology with the earth-chief Lijaba.: Mills, J.P. 'The Ao Nagas' (1926) (academic); Ao Naga ethnographic surveys, accessed June 2026 (secondary)