the supreme creator atingkok (alias salailel) asked his two sons, sanamahi and pakhangba to run in a race around the world. the winner would become the ruler of the world. sanamahi was stronger than his younger brother, pakhangba. he started his journey. pakhangba wept to his mother, leimarel sidabi. she told him the secret behind the throne of the universe. the secret is that going around the throne of the supreme being is shorter than going around the universe. so, pakhangba went around the supreme being, his father. thus, he won the race and became the ruler of the universe. when sanamahi returned home, he found his younger brother sitting on the throne. he got angry. he attacked pakhangba. pakhangba ran away. he hid himself among seven lairembis. the supreme being intervened the situation. he brought peace of sanamahi. he made sanamahi as the king of the household of the mankind. at the same time, goddess leimarel sidabi became another imung lai (household deity), besides sanamahi.