Sustainer Chief of Heaven
Naga · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Naga (Ao) heaven-chief and life-sustainer, classed as deity. In Mills's record the leading Ao deities (tsungrem) are Lungkijingba (Chief of Heaven), Lijaba (Chief of Earth) and Mujing/Meyutsungba (realm of the dead). Sustaining/preserving function distinguishes him within the pantheon.
Domains
- sustenance of life
Powers
- sustain all living forms — humans, animals and plants
Sources
- Lungkijingba is the Ao Naga Chief of Heaven and sustainer of all living forms (humans, animals and plants), one of the leading tsungrem.: Mills, J.P. 'The Ao Nagas' (1926) (academic); Ao Naga ethnographic surveys, accessed June 2026 (secondary)