according to the thalon text, panam ningthou was one of the 5 gods of 5 different places of the selloi langmai hill. the cults of these five gods were integrated into that of a single god with the name "langmai ningthou" (lit. "king of the langmais"). the personal names became the aliases or various forms of the god. with this, the tribal society of the selloi langmai people evolved into a chiefdom. this chiefdom later rose to the angom clan.