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{{See also|List of creatures in Meitei folklore|List of Meitei folktales}}
{{See also|List of creatures in Meitei folklore|List of Meitei folktales}}
{{Infobox deity
{{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
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|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
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|gender=Female
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|region=[[Ancient Kangleipak]] ([[Antique Manipur]])
| script_name  = Archaic Meetei Mayek abugida
|ethnic_group=[[Meitei ethnicity]]
| script      = [[File:YENAKHAA PAOTAAPI.jpg|thumb]]
| affiliation = [[Meitei mythology]] ([[Manipuri mythology]]), [[Meitei folklore]] ([[Manipuri folklore]]) and [[Meitei religion]] ([[Sanamahism]])
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| region       = [[Ancient Kangleipak]] ([[Antique Manipur]])
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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" />
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