Meitei folktales explained

Meitei folktales
Stylistic Origins:	mni|[[Kangleipak]]|[[Manipur]]
Cultural Origins:	Meitei culture
Subgenrelist:	Epic cycles of incarnations
Relatedgenres:	Meitei mythology
Other Topics:	Meitei folklore

The Meitei folktales (Manipuri: Meitei Phunga Wari), also sometimes referred to as the Manipuri folktales, are the large collections of folk stories developed from the Meitei culture since Ancient Kangleipak (early Manipur). Folktales are called "funga wari" ("phunga wari"), literally meaning "stories of kitchen furnace or stove" in Meitei language (officially called Manipuri language).^{[1] [2]} In early times, in the Meitei households, children must have gathered around the kitchen fire, listening to the stories narrated by the elders. Generally, Meitei folktales were developed from the creativity of the old folks, especially the grandparents, who narrated the children the diverse sagas of varying genres.^{[3] [4]}

List of Tales

• The Rain of Kabok ^[5]
• The Female Mosquito's Plight ^[6]
• The Clever Frog Defeats the Tiger and the Elephant ^[7]
• Water that Turns Everyone into Tigers ^[8]
• Tiger Head ^{[9] [10]}
• The Flying Elephant ^[11]
• Sandrembi and Chaisra ^{[12] [13]}
• The Golden Deer and the Golden Parrot ^[14]
• The Golden Parrot ^[15]
• The Doe and the Crow ^[16]
• The Two Brothers ^[17]
• The Pigeon's Feast ^[18]
• The Clever Fox ^{[19] [20]}
• The Fox and the Jackal ^[21]
• The Fox's Trick ^[22]
• Light Spirit ^[23]
• The Witch without a Chin ^[24]
• The Doll's Groom ^[25]
• The Doll's Boon ^[26]
• The Seven Poor Sons ^[27]
• The Python's Promise ^[28]
• The Widow's Son ^{[29] [30]}
• The Widow and the Frog ^{[31] [32] [33]}
• The Demon Queen ^[34]
• A Contest of Wit ^[35]
• Big Head ^[36]
• The Three-Headed Men ^[37]
• The Stepmother ^[38]
• The Brother and Sister ^[39]
• The Brother and Sister ^[40]
• The Woman who Turned into a Parrot ^[41]
• The Man who Turned into a Bird ^[42]
• The Magic Stick ^[43]
• The Magical Stool ^[44]
• The Origin of Humans ^[45]
• The King's Umbrella ^[46]
• The Bird and the Tiger ^[47]
• The Egotistical Elephant and the Praying Bird ^{[48] [49]}
• The Proud Bamboo ^[50]
• The Proud Buffalo ^[51]
• Two Princes ^[52]
• The Man who Shot the Sun ^{[53] [54]}
• The sun and the cock ^[55]
• Blessings from Spirit ^[56]
• Tapta ^[57] |la=
• The Seven Loaves ^[58]
• The Human Python ^[59]
• Tembalaithak ^[60] |la=
• Revenge on the Cat ^[61]
• The Clever Hare ^[62]
• The Brave Friend ^[63]
• An Old Couple Plant Taro ^[64]
• The Girl who Turned into a Cicada ^[65]
• The Cruel Stepmother ^[66]
• The Vampire ^[67]
• Henjunaha ^{[68] [69]}
• The Cat and the Bat ^[70]
• The Mystic Cat and the Bird ^[71]
• The Cat's Nature ^[72]
• The Carpenter and Chaoren ^[73]
• A Sculpted Wooden Face ^[74]
• The Hornbill ^[75]
• My Friendly Lamp ^{[76] [77]}
• A Foolish Younger Brother ^[78]
• The Foolish Man's Fortune ^[79]
• The Truth-telling Fruit ^[80]
• Child Who Turned into a Pumpkin ^[81]

See also

• The Tales of Kanglei Throne
• And That Is Why... Manipuri Myths Retold
• Phungawari Shingbul : A Collection Of Manipuri Folk Tales And Fables compiled and edited by B. Jayantakumara Sharma.
• New Folktales of Manipur, by James Oinam.
• Collection of Folk Tales from Manipur from E-pao.

Notes and References

1. Book: Oinam, James . New Folktales of Manipur . 2016-05-26 . Notion Press . 978-1-945400-70-4 . en.
2. Web site: Sharma . H. Surmangol . 2006 . Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary . 2023-03-11 . dsal.uchicago.edu . . 125 . mni, en . 1) ꯐꯨꯡꯒꯥ ꯋꯥꯔꯤ phunggā wāri (p. 125) phunggā wāri ꯐꯨꯡꯒꯥ ꯋꯥꯔꯤ /pʰuŋ.ga wa.ri/ n. folk tale. Morph: phunggā wā‑ri [a fire place in the kitchen ...; word‑a length of sth]..
3. Rajkumari . Yaisna . 12 April 2021 . Manipuri Folktales . Indian Literature . 59 . 1 (285) . 53–59 . 44479262 .
4. Web site: Folk Tales . www.e-pao.net.
5. Web site: Kabokki Nong A Folktale . 2023-03-01 .
6. Web site: The Female Mosquitoes Plight A Folktale . 2023-03-01 .
7. Web site: The clever frog defeats Tiger and Elephant . 2023-03-01 .
8. Web site: Water That Turns Everyone Into Tiger Kei Onba Kom Gi Eshing . 2023-03-01 .
9. Book: S Sanatombi. https://archive.org/details/dli.language.0065/page/n57/mode/2up. bn:মণিপুরী ফুংগাৱারী. 2014. archive.org. 57. mni.
10. Web site: Keibu Keioiba By Nganthoi Lourembam . 2023-03-01 .
11. Web site: The flying Elephant Samu Apaibi . 2023-03-01 .
12. Web site: Sanarembi Cheishra . 2023-03-01 .
13. Web site: Sandrembi and Chaisra . 2023-03-01 .
14. Web site: The golden Deer and golden Parrot Sanagi Saji amadi Sanagi Tenawa . 2023-03-01 .
15. Web site: Sanagi Tenawa The Golden Parrot Folktale . 2023-03-01 .
16. Web site: The Doe and the Crow . 2023-03-01 .
17. Web site: The two Brothers Sahing chaba machil manao . 2023-03-01 .
18. Web site: The Feast Lamkhunu na Chakkouba . 2023-03-01 .
19. Web site: Lumhui Lousing The Clever Fox . 2023-03-01 .
20. Web site: The Fox Wit Lamhui Lousing . 2023-03-01 .
21. Web site: Lamhui amashung Keishal The Fox and the Jackal Folktale . 2023-03-01 .
22. Web site: The Fox Trick Lamhui gi tat . 2023-03-01 .
23. Web site: Lanmei Thanbi Re imagining the Light Spirit . 2023-03-01 .
24. Web site: The Witch without chin Lai Khadang Pandabi . 2023-03-01 .
25. Web site: The Doll groom Laifadibigi Bor . 2023-03-01 .
26. Web site: The Boon of the Doll Laiphadibigi Bor . 2023-03-01 .
27. Web site: The Seven Poor Sons Laira Macha Taret . 2023-03-01 .
28. Web site: The Python Promise . 2023-03-01 .
29. Web site: Yatra the widow son . 2023-03-01 .
30. Web site: The Widow Son Lukhrabi Macha . 2023-03-01 .
31. Web site: Lukhrabi amadi Hangoi The widow and the frog . 2023-03-01 .
32. Web site: The Widow and the Frog Lukhrabi amadi Hangoi . 2023-03-01 .
33. Web site: Interpreting the Princess and the Frog . 2023-03-01 .
34. Web site: Rani Hingchabi The Demon Queen Folktale . 2023-03-01 .
35. Web site: A Contest Of Wit . 2023-03-01 .
36. Web site: Head Makok . 2023-03-01 .
37. Web site: Three headed men Makok ahum . 2023-03-01 .
38. Web site: Mama Poktabi The Stepmother Folktale . 2023-03-01 .
39. Web site: The brother and the sister Machil Moupwa . 2023-03-01 .
40. Web site: The two sibling Machin moupa . 2023-03-01 .
41. Web site: Human Turning into a Parrot Mee na Tenawa Onba . 2023-03-01 .
42. Web site: Human Turning Into A Bird . 2023-03-01 .
43. Web site: Jadugi Chei The Magic Stick Folktale . 2023-03-01 .
44. Web site: The Magical Stool Mitrangi Fal . 2023-03-01 .
45. Web site: Mee gi hourakpham the origin of human . 2023-03-01 .
46. Web site: Pay Nareckpi King Umbrella Folktale . 2023-03-01 .
47. Web site: Pebet and the Tiger . 2023-03-01 .
48. Web site: The egotistical elephant and praying pebet . 2023-03-01 .
49. Web site: Pebet Avenge to the Wild Elephant . 2023-03-01 .
50. Web site: The Proud Bamboo Tree . 2023-03-01 .
51. Web site: The Proud Buffalo . 2023-03-01 .
52. Web site: Two Princes A Folktale . 2023-03-01 .
53. Web site: The Stories of Suns Shadows from the Past . 2023-03-01 .
54. Book: T.C. Hodson . https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.158175/page/n146/mode/1up?view=theater . The Meitheis . 1908 . . 125 . en . NUMIT KAPPA (THE MAN WHO SHOT THE SUN) . Thomas Callan Hodson.
55. Web site: The sun and cock Numit amadi Yenba . 2023-03-01 .
56. Web site: Blessings from Spirit Bhoot Ki Thoujal . 2023-03-01 .
57. Web site: Tapta . 2023-03-01 .
58. Web site: Seven Breads Tan Taret . 2023-03-01 .
59. Web site: The Human Python Taibang Meena Lairen onba . 2023-03-01 .
60. Web site: Tembalaithak . 2023-03-01 .
61. Web site: Revenge on the Cat Tokpa Laandaba . 2023-03-01 .
62. Web site: The Clever Hare Theba Lousingba . 2023-03-01 .
63. Web site: Thaunaphaba Marup The Brave Friend Folktale . 2023-03-01 .
64. Web site: Old Couple Plants Taro Hanuba hanubi paan thaba . 2023-03-01 .
65. Web site: A Human turning into Harinongnang Taibang Meena Harinongnang Onba . 2023-03-01 .
66. Web site: The mean Haodigam Chanu Haodigam Chanu Phattabi . 2023-03-01 .
67. Web site: Hiyangthau Folktale . 2023-03-01 .
68. Book: Singh, Ch Manihar . A History of Manipuri Literature . 1996 . . 978-81-260-0086-9 . India . 63 . en.
69. Web site: Henjunaha Part 1 Folktale . 2023-03-01 .
70. Web site: The cat and the bat Houdong Sekpi marup ani . 2023-03-01 .
71. Web site: Mystic Cat and Pebet Houdong Lamboiba and Pebet . 2023-03-01 .
72. Web site: Haudonggi Lamchat Cat Nature Folktale . 2023-03-01 .
73. Web site: The Carpenter and Chaoren U suba amadi Chaoren . 2023-03-01 .
74. Web site: A wooden sculpted face Una saba saktam . 2023-03-01 .
75. Web site: Human turning into Uchek Langmei Meena Uchek Langmei Onba . 2023-03-01 .
76. Web site: Abok Friendly Lamp Eta Thangmei thaomei . 2023-03-01 .
77. Web site: Ita Thaomei . 2023-03-01 .
78. Web site: Apangba Manao Foolish Younger Brother Folktale . 2023-03-01 .
79. Web site: The Foolish Man Fortune Apangbagi Laibak . 2023-03-01 .
80. Web site: The fruit for telling the truth Achumba ngangbagi fal . 2023-03-01 .
81. Web site: Angangdagi Mairen Onba Child Who Turned into a Pumpkin Folktale . 2023-03-01 .