Yenakha Paotapi - Revision history

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	\| caption = Unaware of the King's trick, Yenakha Paotapi shrunk ~~her size~~ until she could fit into the hollow bamboo pipe as the King had said that only the real woman would be able to pass through the narrow bamboo pipe.		\| caption = Unaware of the King's trick, Yenakha Paotapi shrunk until she could fit into the hollow bamboo pipe as the King had said that only the real woman would be able to pass through the narrow bamboo pipe.
	\| other_names = Yenakha Pao Tabi Saijin Polibi, Yenakha Paotabi, Yenakha Paodabi		\| other_names = Yenakha Pao Tabi Saijin Polibi, Yenakha Paotabi, Yenakha Paodabi
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	\| other_names = Yenakha Pao Tabi Saijin Polibi, Yenakha Paotabi, Yenakha Paodabi		\| other_names = Yenakha Pao Tabi Saijin Polibi, Yenakha Paotabi, Yenakha Paodabi
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 {{See also|List of creatures in Meitei folklore|List of Meitei folktales}}
 {{Infobox deity
-|name=Yenakha Paotapi
+| type         = Meitei
-|image=File:YENAKHAA PAOTAAPI.jpg
+| name         = Yenakha Paotapi
-|caption="Yenakhaa Paotaapi", the [[Ancient Meitei language|Ancient Meitei (Old Manipuri)]] name, written in archaic Meetei Mayek abugida
+| deity_of     = Eavesdropping evil deity
-|deity_of=Eavesdropping evil deity
+| member_of    = [[Hingchabi]]s and [[Lairembi]]s
-|member_of=[[Hingchabi]]s and [[Lairembi]]s
+| image        = File:Yenakha Paotapi and the original woman before the King.jpeg
-|image_size=300px
+| alt          = <!-- for alternate text of the title image per [[WP:ALT]] -->
-|other_names=Yenakha Pao Tabi Saijin Polibi, Yenakha Paotabi, Yenakha Paodabi
+| caption      =
-|affiliation=[[Meitei mythology]] ([[Manipuri mythology]]), [[Meitei folklore]] ([[Manipuri folklore]]) and [[Meitei religion]] ([[Sanamahism]])
+| other_names  = Yenakha Pao Tabi Saijin Polibi, Yenakha Paotabi, Yenakha Paodabi
-|abodes=eaves and graves
+| hiro         =
-|gender=Female
+| Old_Norse    =
-|region=[[Ancient Kangleipak]] ([[Antique Manipur]])
+| script_name  = Archaic Meetei Mayek abugida
-|ethnic_group=[[Meitei ethnicity]]
+| script       = [[File:YENAKHAA PAOTAAPI.jpg|thumb]]
 }}
 '''Yenakha Paotapi''' or '''Yenakha Paodabi Saijin Polibi''' ({{lang-en|Eavesdropper}}) is an old demoness ([[hingchabi]]) in [[Meitei mythology]] and [[Meitei folklore|folklore]] of [[Antique Kangleipak]] ([[Ancient Manipur]]). Legend says she is an evil being. She stays around the eaves of roofs.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.language.0065/page/n131/mode/2up|title=মণিপুরী ফুংগাৱারী|last=S Sanatombi|date=2014|website=archive.org|pages=131|language=mni}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fNM1jbGkfJAC&dq=Yenakha+Paodabi+Saijil+Poliba+evil+spirits+linger+eaves+interfere+everywhere+humans+dog+jackal+grave&pg=PA44|title=Fresh Fictions: Folk Tales, Plays, Novellas from the North East|date=2005|publisher=Katha|isbn=978-81-87649-44-1|language=en}}</ref> The stories say she interferes everywhere.<ref name=":0" /> Legend says that she could not live with human beings. Instead, she lives like a dog or a jackal, sitting on graves.<ref name=":0" />

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	== Word origin ==		== Word origin ==
	The [[Meitei language]] given name "Yenakha Paotaapi" (ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯄꯤ) or "Yenakha Paotaabi" (ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯕꯤ) is made up of two words "Yenakha" (ye.nə.kʰa, ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ) and "Paotaapi" (ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯄꯤ) or "Paotaabi" (ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯕꯤ). In [[Meitei language\|Meitei]], "Yenakha" (ye.nə.kʰa, ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ) means ''either side of the house''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=yenakha&matchtype=default\|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Yenakha\|website=uchicago.edu\|year=2006}}</ref> The word "Paotaabi" (ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯕꯤ) can be fragmented into "Pao" ("ꯄꯥꯎ"), "Ta" ("ꯇꯥ") (or ''Da, "ꯗꯥ"'') and "Bi" ("ꯕꯤ"). "Pao" ("ꯄꯥꯎ") means [[:en:wikt:information\|information]], [[:en:wikt:message\|message]] or [[:en:wikt:news\|news]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%84%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%91%EA%AF%A3&searchhws=yes\|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Pao\|website=uchicago.edu\|year=2006}}</ref> In [[Meitei language\|Meitei]], "Ta" ("ꯇꯥ") has many meanings. Its meanings may be either (1) ''to [[:en:wikt:inhabit\|inhabit]]'' or ''to [[:en:wikt:dwell\|dwell]]'', (2) ''to arrive at a stage'', (3) ''to [[:en:wikt:fall\|fall]]'' or ''to [[:en:wikt:reduce\|reduce]]'', (4) ''to turn over'', (5) ''to [[:en:wikt:listen\|listen]]'' or ''to [[:en:wikt:hear\|hear]]''. Here, in case of "Paotaabi", ''"Pao"'' means ''to [[:en:wikt:listen\|listen]]'' or ''to [[:en:wikt:hear\|hear]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%87%EA%AF%A5-&searchhws=yes\|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Ta\|website=uchicago.edu\|year=2006}}</ref> "Pi" ("ꯄꯤ") or "Bi" ("ꯕꯤ") is a suffix to denote feminine gender.		The [[Meitei language]] given name "Yenakha Paotaapi" (ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯄꯤ) or "Yenakha Paotaabi" (ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯕꯤ) is made up of two words "Yenakha" (ye.nə.kʰa, ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ) and "Paotaapi" (ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯄꯤ) or "Paotaabi" (ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯕꯤ). In [[Meitei language\|Meitei]], "Yenakha" (ye.nə.kʰa, ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ) means ''either side of the house''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=yenakha&matchtype=default\|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Yenakha\|website=uchicago.edu\|year=2006}}</ref> The word "Paotaabi" (ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯕꯤ) can be fragmented into "Pao" ("ꯄꯥꯎ"), "Ta" ("ꯇꯥ") (or "Da", "ꯗꯥ") and "Bi" ("ꯕꯤ"). "Pao" ("ꯄꯥꯎ") means [[:en:wikt:information\|information]], [[:en:wikt:message\|message]] or [[:en:wikt:news\|news]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%84%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%91%EA%AF%A3&searchhws=yes\|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Pao\|website=uchicago.edu\|year=2006}}</ref> In [[Meitei language\|Meitei]], "Ta" ("ꯇꯥ") has many meanings. Its meanings may be either (1) ''to [[:en:wikt:inhabit\|inhabit]]'' or ''to [[:en:wikt:dwell\|dwell]]'', (2) ''to arrive at a stage'', (3) ''to [[:en:wikt:fall\|fall]]'' or ''to [[:en:wikt:reduce\|reduce]]'', (4) ''to turn over'', (5) ''to [[:en:wikt:listen\|listen]]'' or ''to [[:en:wikt:hear\|hear]]''. Here, in case of "Paotaabi", ''"Pao"'' means ''to [[:en:wikt:listen\|listen]]'' or ''to [[:en:wikt:hear\|hear]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%87%EA%AF%A5-&searchhws=yes\|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Ta\|website=uchicago.edu\|year=2006}}</ref> "Pi" ("ꯄꯤ") or "Bi" ("ꯕꯤ") is a suffix to denote feminine gender.

	== Legends ==		== Legends ==

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	In some stories, she is depicted as a minor goddess ([[lairembi]]) in the [[Meitei religion]].<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U2wMAQAAMAAJ&q=saijin+polibi\|title=Modernisation, Challenge and Response: A Study of the Chakpa Community of Manipur\|last=Basanta\|first=Ningombam\|date=2008\|publisher=Akansha Publishing House\|isbn=978-81-8370-152-5\|language=en}}</ref>		In some stories, she is depicted as a minor goddess ([[lairembi]]) in the [[Meitei religion]].<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U2wMAQAAMAAJ&q=saijin+polibi\|title=Modernisation, Challenge and Response: A Study of the Chakpa Community of Manipur\|last=Basanta\|first=Ningombam\|date=2008\|publisher=Akansha Publishing House\|isbn=978-81-8370-152-5\|language=en}}</ref>

	== ~~Etymology~~ ==		== Word origin ==
	The [[Meitei language~~\|Meitei~~]] name "Yenakha Paotaapi" (ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯄꯤ) or "Yenakha Paotaabi" (ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯕꯤ) is made up of two words "Yenakha" (ye.nə.kʰa, ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ) and "Paotaapi" (ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯄꯤ) or "Paotaabi" (ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯕꯤ). In [[Meitei language\|Meitei]], "Yenakha" (ye.nə.kʰa, ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ) means ''either side of the house''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=yenakha&matchtype=default\|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Yenakha\|website=uchicago.edu\|year=2006}}</ref> The word "Paotaabi" (ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯕꯤ) can be fragmented into "Pao" ("ꯄꯥꯎ"), "Ta" ("ꯇꯥ") (or ''Da, "ꯗꯥ"'') and "Bi" ("ꯕꯤ"). "Pao" ("ꯄꯥꯎ") means [[:en:wikt:information\|information]], [[:en:wikt:message\|message]] or [[:en:wikt:news\|news]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%84%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%91%EA%AF%A3&searchhws=yes\|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Pao\|website=uchicago.edu\|year=2006}}</ref> In [[Meitei language\|Meitei]], "Ta" ("ꯇꯥ") has many meanings. Its meanings may be either (1) ''to [[:en:wikt:inhabit\|inhabit]]'' or ''to [[:en:wikt:dwell\|dwell]]'', (2) ''to arrive at a stage'', (3) ''to [[:en:wikt:fall\|fall]]'' or ''to [[:en:wikt:reduce\|reduce]]'', (4) ''to turn over'', (5) ''to [[:en:wikt:listen\|listen]]'' or ''to [[:en:wikt:hear\|hear]]''. Here, in case of "Paotaabi", ''"Pao"'' means ''to [[:en:wikt:listen\|listen]]'' or ''to [[:en:wikt:hear\|hear]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%87%EA%AF%A5-&searchhws=yes\|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Ta\|website=uchicago.edu\|year=2006}}</ref> "Pi" ("ꯄꯤ") or "Bi" ("ꯕꯤ") is a suffix to denote feminine gender.		The [[Meitei language]] given name "Yenakha Paotaapi" (ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯄꯤ) or "Yenakha Paotaabi" (ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯕꯤ) is made up of two words "Yenakha" (ye.nə.kʰa, ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ) and "Paotaapi" (ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯄꯤ) or "Paotaabi" (ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯕꯤ). In [[Meitei language\|Meitei]], "Yenakha" (ye.nə.kʰa, ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ) means ''either side of the house''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=yenakha&matchtype=default\|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Yenakha\|website=uchicago.edu\|year=2006}}</ref> The word "Paotaabi" (ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯕꯤ) can be fragmented into "Pao" ("ꯄꯥꯎ"), "Ta" ("ꯇꯥ") (or ''Da, "ꯗꯥ"'') and "Bi" ("ꯕꯤ"). "Pao" ("ꯄꯥꯎ") means [[:en:wikt:information\|information]], [[:en:wikt:message\|message]] or [[:en:wikt:news\|news]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%84%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%91%EA%AF%A3&searchhws=yes\|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Pao\|website=uchicago.edu\|year=2006}}</ref> In [[Meitei language\|Meitei]], "Ta" ("ꯇꯥ") has many meanings. Its meanings may be either (1) ''to [[:en:wikt:inhabit\|inhabit]]'' or ''to [[:en:wikt:dwell\|dwell]]'', (2) ''to arrive at a stage'', (3) ''to [[:en:wikt:fall\|fall]]'' or ''to [[:en:wikt:reduce\|reduce]]'', (4) ''to turn over'', (5) ''to [[:en:wikt:listen\|listen]]'' or ''to [[:en:wikt:hear\|hear]]''. Here, in case of "Paotaabi", ''"Pao"'' means ''to [[:en:wikt:listen\|listen]]'' or ''to [[:en:wikt:hear\|hear]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%87%EA%AF%A5-&searchhws=yes\|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Ta\|website=uchicago.edu\|year=2006}}</ref> "Pi" ("ꯄꯤ") or "Bi" ("ꯕꯤ") is a suffix to denote feminine gender.

	== Legends ==		== Legends ==

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	There are many legends of Yenakha Paotaapi.		There are many legends of Yenakha Paotaapi.
	=== Yenakha Paotaapi and a couple ===		=== Yenakha Paotaapi and a couple ===
	Once there was a childless couple. They would play a game together. They would make ~~[[riddle]]s~~. Whoever lost the riddle game would give the winner a [[:en:Wallago attu\|Shareng fish (Wallago attu, helicopter catfish)]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book\|url=http://archive.org/details/dli.language.1358/page/n44/mode/1up\|title=Folktales of Manipur\|last1=B. Jayantakumar Sharma\|last2=Dr. Chirom Rajketan Singh\|date=2014\|pages=44}}</ref> The husband made a riddle like this: <blockquote><poem>		Once there was a childless couple. They would play a game together. They would make riddles. Whoever lost the riddle game would give the winner a [[:en:Wallago attu\|Shareng fish (Wallago attu, helicopter catfish)]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book\|url=http://archive.org/details/dli.language.1358/page/n44/mode/1up\|title=Folktales of Manipur\|last1=B. Jayantakumar Sharma\|last2=Dr. Chirom Rajketan Singh\|date=2014\|pages=44}}</ref> The husband made a riddle like this: <blockquote><poem>
	"A man with four hands		"A man with four hands
	With a rucksack by his side,		With a rucksack by his side,

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	The [[Meitei language\|Meitei]] name "Yenakha Paotaapi" (ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯄꯤ) or "Yenakha Paotaabi" (ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯕꯤ) is made up of two words "Yenakha" (ye.nə.kʰa, ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ) and "Paotaapi" (ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯄꯤ) or "Paotaabi" (ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯕꯤ). In [[Meitei language\|Meitei]], "Yenakha" (ye.nə.kʰa, ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ) means ''either side of the house''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=yenakha&matchtype=default\|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Yenakha\|website=uchicago.edu\|year=2006}}</ref> The word "Paotaabi" (ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯕꯤ) can be fragmented into "Pao" ("ꯄꯥꯎ"), "Ta" ("ꯇꯥ") (or ''Da, "ꯗꯥ"'') and "Bi" ("ꯕꯤ"). "Pao" ("ꯄꯥꯎ") means [[:en:wikt:information\|information]], [[:en:wikt:message\|message]] or [[:en:wikt:news\|news]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%84%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%91%EA%AF%A3&searchhws=yes\|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Pao\|website=uchicago.edu\|year=2006}}</ref> In [[Meitei language\|Meitei]], "Ta" ("ꯇꯥ") has many meanings. Its meanings may be either (1) ''to [[:en:wikt:inhabit\|inhabit]]'' or ''to [[:en:wikt:dwell\|dwell]]'', (2) ''to arrive at a stage'', (3) ''to [[:en:wikt:fall\|fall]]'' or ''to [[:en:wikt:reduce\|reduce]]'', (4) ''to turn over'', (5) ''to [[:en:wikt:listen\|listen]]'' or ''to [[:en:wikt:hear\|hear]]''. Here, in case of "Paotaabi", ''"Pao"'' means ''to [[:en:wikt:listen\|listen]]'' or ''to [[:en:wikt:hear\|hear]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%87%EA%AF%A5-&searchhws=yes\|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Ta\|website=uchicago.edu\|year=2006}}</ref> "Pi" ("ꯄꯤ") or "Bi" ("ꯕꯤ") is a suffix to denote feminine gender.		The [[Meitei language\|Meitei]] name "Yenakha Paotaapi" (ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯄꯤ) or "Yenakha Paotaabi" (ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯕꯤ) is made up of two words "Yenakha" (ye.nə.kʰa, ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ) and "Paotaapi" (ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯄꯤ) or "Paotaabi" (ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯕꯤ). In [[Meitei language\|Meitei]], "Yenakha" (ye.nə.kʰa, ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ) means ''either side of the house''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=yenakha&matchtype=default\|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Yenakha\|website=uchicago.edu\|year=2006}}</ref> The word "Paotaabi" (ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯕꯤ) can be fragmented into "Pao" ("ꯄꯥꯎ"), "Ta" ("ꯇꯥ") (or ''Da, "ꯗꯥ"'') and "Bi" ("ꯕꯤ"). "Pao" ("ꯄꯥꯎ") means [[:en:wikt:information\|information]], [[:en:wikt:message\|message]] or [[:en:wikt:news\|news]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%84%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%91%EA%AF%A3&searchhws=yes\|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Pao\|website=uchicago.edu\|year=2006}}</ref> In [[Meitei language\|Meitei]], "Ta" ("ꯇꯥ") has many meanings. Its meanings may be either (1) ''to [[:en:wikt:inhabit\|inhabit]]'' or ''to [[:en:wikt:dwell\|dwell]]'', (2) ''to arrive at a stage'', (3) ''to [[:en:wikt:fall\|fall]]'' or ''to [[:en:wikt:reduce\|reduce]]'', (4) ''to turn over'', (5) ''to [[:en:wikt:listen\|listen]]'' or ''to [[:en:wikt:hear\|hear]]''. Here, in case of "Paotaabi", ''"Pao"'' means ''to [[:en:wikt:listen\|listen]]'' or ''to [[:en:wikt:hear\|hear]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%87%EA%AF%A5-&searchhws=yes\|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Ta\|website=uchicago.edu\|year=2006}}</ref> "Pi" ("ꯄꯤ") or "Bi" ("ꯕꯤ") is a suffix to denote feminine gender.

	== ~~Mythology~~ ==		== Legends ==
	There are many legends of Yenakha Paotaapi.		There are many legends of Yenakha Paotaapi.
	=== Yenakha Paotaapi and a couple ===		=== Yenakha Paotaapi and a couple ===

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	The bird took out the Yai from his mouth and gave it to the boy. The bird was set free. The brother took his sister and fled away to a deserted area. They built a palace with the help of the Yai. With the help of the Yai, they gave many foods and clothings to many poor people. Their mother and the stepfather grew poorer day by day. They had heard of the children's fame. So, the couple approached to the children for help. They were given good food, clothing and treasures. On the way back, the mother died because of [[:en:wikt:embarrassment\|embarrassment]]. The stepfather returned home with all the gifts. In another version of the story, the brother and the sister planned to kill both the mother and the stepfather. So, the brother gave the couple two bamboo bottles filled with [[bee]]s. He told them that the bamboo bottles contained drinks for them. On the way back to home, the couple fell tired of their journey. So, without looking into the bamboo bottles, they opened the bamboo bottles. They died being bitten by the bees. On the other hand, the brother and the sister lived happily ever after.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.language.0065/page/n133/mode/2up\|title=মণিপুরী ফুংগাৱারী\|last=S Sanatombi\|date=2014\|website=archive.org\|pages=133\|language=mni}}</ref><ref name=":5" />		The bird took out the Yai from his mouth and gave it to the boy. The bird was set free. The brother took his sister and fled away to a deserted area. They built a palace with the help of the Yai. With the help of the Yai, they gave many foods and clothings to many poor people. Their mother and the stepfather grew poorer day by day. They had heard of the children's fame. So, the couple approached to the children for help. They were given good food, clothing and treasures. On the way back, the mother died because of [[:en:wikt:embarrassment\|embarrassment]]. The stepfather returned home with all the gifts. In another version of the story, the brother and the sister planned to kill both the mother and the stepfather. So, the brother gave the couple two bamboo bottles filled with [[bee]]s. He told them that the bamboo bottles contained drinks for them. On the way back to home, the couple fell tired of their journey. So, without looking into the bamboo bottles, they opened the bamboo bottles. They died being bitten by the bees. On the other hand, the brother and the sister lived happily ever after.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.language.0065/page/n133/mode/2up\|title=মণিপুরী ফুংগাৱারী\|last=S Sanatombi\|date=2014\|website=archive.org\|pages=133\|language=mni}}</ref><ref name=":5" />

	== ~~Related pages~~ ==		== See also ==
	* [[Imoinu]] ([[Emoinu]]) - Meitei goddess of wealth		* [[Imoinu]] ([[Emoinu]]) - Meitei goddess of wealth
	* [[Ireima]] ([[Ereima]]) - Meitei goddess of water		* [[Ireima]] ([[Ereima]]) - Meitei goddess of water
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	* [[Phouoibi]] ([[Phouleima]]) - Meitei goddess of agricultural crops		* [[Phouoibi]] ([[Phouleima]]) - Meitei goddess of agricultural crops
	* [[Thumleima]] - Meitei goddess of salt		* [[Thumleima]] - Meitei goddess of salt

	== References ==		== References ==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}

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	'''Yenakha Paotapi''' or '''Yenakha Paodabi Saijin Polibi''' ({{lang-en\|Eavesdropper}}) is an old demoness ([[hingchabi]]) in [[Meitei mythology]] and [[Meitei folklore\|folklore]] of [[Antique Kangleipak]] ([[Ancient Manipur]]). Legend says she is an evil being. She stays around the eaves of roofs.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.language.0065/page/n131/mode/2up\|title=মণিপুরী ফুংগাৱারী\|last=S Sanatombi\|date=2014\|website=archive.org\|pages=131\|language=mni}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fNM1jbGkfJAC&dq=Yenakha+Paodabi+Saijil+Poliba+evil+spirits+linger+eaves+interfere+everywhere+humans+dog+jackal+grave&pg=PA44\|title=Fresh Fictions: Folk Tales, Plays, Novellas from the North East\|date=2005\|publisher=Katha\|isbn=978-81-87649-44-1\|language=en}}</ref> The stories say she interferes everywhere.<ref name=":0" /> Legend says that she could not live with human beings. Instead, she lives like a [[dog]] or a [[jackal]], sitting on graves.<ref name=":0" />		'''Yenakha Paotapi''' or '''Yenakha Paodabi Saijin Polibi''' ({{lang-en\|Eavesdropper}}) is an old demoness ([[hingchabi]]) in [[Meitei mythology]] and [[Meitei folklore\|folklore]] of [[Antique Kangleipak]] ([[Ancient Manipur]]). Legend says she is an evil being. She stays around the eaves of roofs.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.language.0065/page/n131/mode/2up\|title=মণিপুরী ফুংগাৱারী\|last=S Sanatombi\|date=2014\|website=archive.org\|pages=131\|language=mni}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fNM1jbGkfJAC&dq=Yenakha+Paodabi+Saijil+Poliba+evil+spirits+linger+eaves+interfere+everywhere+humans+dog+jackal+grave&pg=PA44\|title=Fresh Fictions: Folk Tales, Plays, Novellas from the North East\|date=2005\|publisher=Katha\|isbn=978-81-87649-44-1\|language=en}}</ref> The stories say she interferes everywhere.<ref name=":0" /> Legend says that she could not live with human beings. Instead, she lives like a dog or a jackal, sitting on graves.<ref name=":0" />
	In some stories, she is depicted as a minor goddess ([[lairembi]]) in the [[Meitei religion]].<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U2wMAQAAMAAJ&q=saijin+polibi\|title=Modernisation, Challenge and Response: A Study of the Chakpa Community of Manipur\|last=Basanta\|first=Ningombam\|date=2008\|publisher=Akansha Publishing House\|isbn=978-81-8370-152-5\|language=en}}</ref>		In some stories, she is depicted as a minor goddess ([[lairembi]]) in the [[Meitei religion]].<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U2wMAQAAMAAJ&q=saijin+polibi\|title=Modernisation, Challenge and Response: A Study of the Chakpa Community of Manipur\|last=Basanta\|first=Ningombam\|date=2008\|publisher=Akansha Publishing House\|isbn=978-81-8370-152-5\|language=en}}</ref>