Pedong Nane (primordial mother-goddess)
Tani · deity · Tani traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Pedong Nane is the great mother of the Adi cosmogony recorded among the Padam and Minyong subtribes of the Tani peoples. In the genealogical chain that begins with Keyum, the first life, and Sedi, the creator of the world, she stands in the sixth generation; married to Yidum Bote, she gives birth in succession to the gods and goddesses, the spirits, the animals and at last to Abotani (Doni Aaji), her youngest and weakest issue, who becomes the first human. Through her the divine creative order is linked directly to the mortal lineage of the Tani peoples.
Children
Domains
- creation and motherhood
Powers
- to give birth to the gods, spirits, animals and the first human
Epithets
- Pedong NaneTai Nyori, History and Culture of the Adis (New Delhi: Omsons Publications, 1993). (secondary)
Sources
- Pedong Nane is the primordial mother-goddess of the Adi (Tani) creation genealogy who, descending from the creator Sedi, gives birth to all beings including the first human, Abotani.: Tai Nyori, History and Culture of the Adis (New Delhi: Omsons Publications, 1993). (secondary); Verrier Elwin, Myths of the North-East Frontier of India (Shillong: North-East Frontier Agency, 1958). (secondary)