Wakmangganchi Aragondi

Remember that demon pig from Princess Mononoke? A piglet compared to Wakmangganchi Aragondi.

Wakmangganchi Aragondi was the greatest and most terrifying monster in the folklore of the Garo people of India. It was brought up to the surface from the underworld as a piglet, and from there it continued to grow until it became the biggest and mightiest creature in the world, as tall as a mountain. When standing up, Wakmangganchi Aragondi’s snout touched the Dura Hill, while its tail lay in the Songdu River. It had seven heads emerging from its neck, each head with seven tusks like double-edged scimitars, and each head with a single piercing eye in its forehead glowing like the full moon. On Wakmangganchi Aragondi’s back grew seven clumps of bamboo, seven plots of thatch grass, and seven stalks of bulrushes. Seven perennial streams flowed down its back. The microcosm on Wakmangganchi Aragondi’s back was home to a pair of langurs and their offspring, and seven pairs of moles.

Wakmangganchi Aragondi was slain after a seven-year battle with the god Goera. The geological fallout of the titanic fight can still be seen today.

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