The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, Naga notebook six

caption: spirits and after life
medium: notes
ethnicgroup: Konyak
location: Wakching
date: 29.8.1936
production:
person: Furer-Haimendorf
date: 28.8.1936-26.10.1936
refnum: School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London
seealso: cf. NB 3 p. 166.cf. NB 3 p. 177.
text: (15) Wakching 29/8/1936
text: Informants: Niem-ang & []
text: Man-dzang Tung-long are apparently two spirits. Man-dzang is the one and Tung-long the other. They were originally men, now they roam with the wild pigs. Their foot-steps are very small.
text: Man has three souls (ya-ha).
text: Yimbu is apparently the land of the dead where the souls go to.
text: "The ha-ha goes to yimbu".
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