New Folktales of ManipurThis collection documents Meitei beliefs and some of the many oral versions of Manipuri folktales which the author heard as a child. Many folktales and beliefs have sacred and unutterable secrets in their wombs. The occult practices mentioned herein are based on personal conversations with native exorcists (known as maiba and maibe, male and female shamans). No culture can be an island in itself. The author does not believe in a time-bound and immune culture that exists on its own. Cultures can interbreed and evolve with time. If science can benefit from collaboration, why not culture? As long as any single individual who considers himself or herself a Manipuri lives, what he or she does will continue to define what Manipuri culture is. By that right, the author picks up various threads gathered over his short life and weaves them into new clothes that will define his identity and hopefully the identity of his kindred spirits. |
Contents
Purenba Succumbs to Curse | |
Do Not Tease Laighono 4 Chapter Four Paybet Comes of | |
Hanube and Hanuba | |
The Heritage 7 Chapter Seven My Friend Thanmei | |
Tapta Has Come 9 Chapter Nine The Secret of Lai Khutsangbi 10 Chapter Ten Keioiba The Animagus | |
The Enchanted Lemon 12 Chapter Twelve Khamba Has a Dream 13 Chapter Thirteen The Prince of Manipur | |
Marrying Tanaubi | |
Resources | |
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asked bamboo birds bottle gourd bring British Raj catch child cloths dark dear elder brother father fish flowers folktale friends fruits girl goddess Tulsi Haloi Haudongla heard hiding hills human inside Irabot jewelleries Keioiba Khamba and Khamnu Khutsangbi king king’s kingdom kitchen kitten knew Kokchao Koubru Lai Khutsangbi Laighono Lainingthou Sanamahi Lairens Lao Tzu leave lemon live Loktak Lake look Lord Thangjing Manipuri married meat Mees Moirang monkey morning mother crane mountains mud pot netherworld never night Nongban Nongthonba old woman Open the door Pakhangba Panthoibi Paybet pomegranate pray puppy Purenba python quilt rain shadow sister Sitapa Mapu snake soldier spirits stick story talking Tanaubi Tapta taro tell Thabaton thief things Thoibi Thonglen tiger told Tomba took tree Uncle valley village wife younger brother