Mizo

Sakhua, or Khua worship, is followed by the Mizo, once called the Lushai, the Tibeto-Burman hill peoples of northeast India. Its creation story tells how the goddess Khuazingnu put a pair from every tribe and animal in a cave and sealed it with the boulder Chhinlung; when she lifted the stone, the clans came out until the noisy Ralte pushed out so loudly that she put it back.

Pathian, the kind creator, rewards the righteous and punishes the wicked. Worship is aimed at spirits: the helpful Khuavang on the hilltops and the dangerous ramhuai of caves, springs and big trees.

Priests were called puithiam. The sadawt served a chief, who could appoint or dismiss him, and the bawlpu was called to the sick to name the sacrifice that would appease the spirit.