IAWPAW (Krem)
25.250000,91.333300
Description
What appears to represent a (former?) Pagan temple cave sacred to the mother goddess Ka Iawpaw is said to be found somewhere on Lum Iawpaw, her prominent table hill above the village of Nongnah (N25°15'57”: E091°19'33” WGS84: ca. 1020 m asl). ETYMOLOGY: The compound Khasi expression -shnong ka Iaw-Paw- (village of Lady Death) translates literally into the village on the top of the hill where ka Iaw-Paw dwells (SINGH, N 1906: 80). The noun -ka iawpaw- stands for a grave --an allegory of death. The story runs that whoever goes into her village never returns. Unacknowledged informants (no names mentioned) translated in December 2002 Lum Iawpaw (Iawpaw's Hill) into what Barbara am Ende interpreted as Great Grandmother Appearance Mountain or Plateau of Death on
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Bibliography 06/01/2018Cavités proche
Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
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0.0 | DOMLATIR (Krem) | ||
0.0 | LAD PHUD KHONGPONG (Krem) | ||
0.0 | TYNRONG PHUD KHONGPONG (Krem) | ||
1.3 | LUM IAWPAW PIT 0, PF Pit | ||
1.3 | LUM IAWPAW PIT / CAVE 010 | ||
1.3 | LUM IAWPAW PIT 7 | ||
1.3 | MAWTYNHIANG (Krem) | ||
1.3 | PYN DEN SHLAN (Krem) | ||
1.4 | LUM IAWPAW PIT / CAVE 011 |