Abotani
The following story is told by priests (miri) among the Adi people: Once Abotani wandered in the forest seeking food.Abotani's dog (Kipung) and deer (Dumpo) shared a packet of rotten soya seeds (the staple food in those days).After many days, Abotani played a trick: he put a dead mole rat in his armpit and acted as if he were dying.Worried that they might anger the Takar-Taji people, the Digo Ane people freed Abotani and gave him rice, millet, and maize seed.Other Tani legends reference Abotani: a woman in the Digo Ane region told him how to cultivate rice;[3] Abotani was successful at rice cultivation thanks to his wise wife, Aio Diiliang Diibiu;[4] however, he divorced her to marry another woman.Abutani is a symbol of the struggle of humankind for food and prosperity and of the need for harmony between man and woman to bring wealth to the family.