Mundhum Texts

Suptulung — The Creation Narrative

ᤛᤢᤴᤍᤢᤶ ᤛᤢᤳᤐᤢᤗᤢᤰ

“In the beginning there was nothing — only darkness and silence. From this primordial void, the first stirrings of creation arose. Wind came first, then water, then earth. The mount…”

Sumnima-Paruhang — The Cosmic Couple

“Sumnima the earth-mother and Paruhang the sky-father — two halves of one creation. From their union came the rivers and the mountains, the forests and the fields. Sumnima taught hu…”

Yuma Sammang Sewa — Invocation to the Mother Goddess

ᤕᤢᤔᤠ ᤛᤠᤶᤔᤠᤱ ᤛᤣᤘᤠ

“O Yuma Sammang, Great Mother of all that lives, accept these humble offerings. As the earth gives forth its bounty, as the rivers flow without ceasing, as the mountains stand witho…”

Yehang — Funerary Recitation

“Departed one, do not look back. The path to the ancestors is straight before you. Cross the river that separates the living from the dead. Climb the mountain to the place of forefa…”

Chinta — Healing Chant

“Soul, return! Soul, return! Wherever you have wandered, in the forests of fear, by the rivers of sorrow, on the mountains of grief — return to this body that holds your name. Yuma …”