Tani-speaking peoples (Apatani, Galo, Nishi, Tagin, Na, Mishing; Adi-Lhoba) share a myth telling of their descendance from the progenitor Abotani [REF].
Abotani is thought to represent the evolution of the human being from the source Donyi, Sedi,[REF] the eye of the universe as important to man as the eye of the body [REF].