Judge of the Dead
Naga · deity · mythic / afterworld · Recorded classification
Naga (Ao) god of post-mortem judgement, classed as deity. Completes the Ao cosmological triad of heaven (Lungkijingba), earth (Lijaba) and the dead (Mujing / judgement by Meyutsungba). Documented by Mills (1926).
Domains
- judgment of the dead
Powers
- judge the souls of the dead
Sources
- Meyutsungba is the Ao Naga god who judges souls after death; the realm of departed spirits is governed by Mujing, with whom this judging function is associated.: Mills, J.P. 'The Ao Nagas' (1926) (academic); Ao Naga ethnographic surveys, accessed June 2026 (secondary)