Sanu
Our ancestors believed that every single day, exactly 100 people must die to complete a required quota. If the number of natural deaths did not reach 100, Sanu would intervene by taking the lives of even those who were perfectly healthy just to make up the difference. When someone died in this manner, it was referred to as Zachhamlak (dying to complete the hundred). It was said that once she pointed her index finger at a soul or took them by the arm, there was no hope of survival. The Detailed Narrative Sanu is the wife of Pawla (the legendary figure who guards the path to the afterlife). According to Mizo ancestral belief, a minimum of one hundred people must die every day. If the toll fell short, Sanu would enter the world of the living and strike down healthy people who had no previous illnesses or complaints, taking their souls to fulfill the "Death of a Hundred" requirement. Sanu is described as a woman of immense stature. She is believed to travel with great speed, carrying a massive woven basket (Bawmrang) large enough to easily fit a human being. On occasions when her husband, Pawla, had no souls to shoot at with his bow and pellets, she would feel deep pity for him. To make her husband happy, she would journey to the village of the living and kill humans specifically so he would have targets to shoot at in his abode. Because she was constantly preoccupied with these grim tasks, it is said that the only weaving she ever managed to complete was a piece the size of a thumb-joint! Because she was known to point out targets for her husband to shoot, being "pointed at by Sanu" became one of the most terrifying omens in Mizo folklore.
