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{{Infobox deity | |||
| type = Meitei | |||
| name = Irai Ningthou <br /> ({{lang-omp|Ilai Ningthou}}) | |||
| deity_of = God of Water | |||
| member_of = [[:en:List of water deities|water deities]] | |||
| image = IRAI NINGTHOU.jpg | |||
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| caption = The divine name "Irai Ningthou", written in Meitei Mayek abugida | |||
| other_names = Irai Ningthau, Ike Ningthou, Ike Ningthau, Erai Ningthou, Erai Ningthau, Eke Ningthou, Eke Ningthau | |||
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| affiliation = [[Meitei mythology]] ([[Manipuri mythology]]) and [[Meitei religion]] ([[Sanamahism]]) | |||
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| abodes = [[River]]s and [[Lake]]s | |||
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| consort = [[Irai Leima]] ([[Ireima]]) | |||
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| gender = Male | |||
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| region = [[Ancient Kangleipak]] ([[Antique Manipur]]) | |||
| ethnic_group = [[Meitei ethnicity]] | |||
| festivals = [[Lai Haraoba]] | |||
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{{Meitei deities}} | |||
'''Irai Ningthou''' ({{lang-omp|Ilai Ningthou}}) or '''Ike Ningthau''' ({{lang-omp|Ike Ningthou}}) is a God in [[Meitei mythology]] and [[Meitei religion|religion]] ([[Sanamahism]]) of [[Ancient Manipur]] ([[Antique Kangleipak]]). He is the God and the divine male personification of [[water]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.282312/page/n247/mode/2up?q=Irai+Leima+ike+ningthau+spirit+water+king+rivers+lakes+sacrifices+white+fowl+pig+dog+goat|title=The Purums 1945|last=T C Das|date=1945|pages=247}}</ref><ref name="Britain 1913">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CYWmAvDVzREC&q=gods+ike+irai+leima+rivers+lakes|title=Publications|last=(Great Britain)|first=Folklore Society |date=1913|language=en}}</ref> He mainly dwells in the [[river]]s and [[lake]]s.<ref name="Britain 1913"/><ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.282312/page/n247/mode/2up?q=Irai+Leima+ike+ningthau+spirit+water+king+rivers+lakes+sacrifices+white+fowl+pig+dog+goat|title=The Purums 1945|last=T C Das|date=1945|pages=247}}</ref> | |||
He is the consort of [[Irai Leima]] (alias ''[[Ireima]]''). The divine couples are regarded as the spirits of the water bodies.<ref name="Britain 1913"/><ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.282312/page/n247/mode/2up?q=Irai+Leima+ike+ningthau+spirit+water+king+rivers+lakes+sacrifices+white+fowl+pig+dog+goat|title=The Purums 1945|last=T C Das|date=1945|pages=247}}</ref> | |||
==References== | == Name == | ||
The name ''"Irai Ningthou"'' literally means ''"King of water"'' or ''"Chief of water"''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.282312/page/n247/mode/2up?q=Irai+Leima+ike+ningthau+spirit+water+king+rivers+lakes+sacrifices+white+fowl+pig+dog+goat|title=The Purums 1945|last=T C Das|date=1945|pages=247}}</ref> | |||
== Worship == | |||
When a person gets ill after bathing in a water body, people believed that the water spirits (Irai Ningthou and his wife [[Irai Leima]]) had caught the person. To get well again, people worship the two deities. For this, the [[maiba]]s perform the rites and rituals. The offerings include 2 eggs and 7 bamboo vessels filled up with rice paste.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.282312/page/n247/mode/2up?q=Irai+Leima+spirit+water+king+rivers+lakes+sacrifices+white+fowl+pig+dog+goat|title=The Purums 1945|last=T C Das|date=1945|pages=247}}</ref> | |||
The [[:en:Thadou people|Thadou people]] also highly honour the water deities. They offer wild sacrifices like white [[fowl]], [[pig]], [[dog]] or he-[[goat]] to the God.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.282312/page/n247/mode/2up?q=Irai+Leima+ike+ningthau+spirit+water+king+rivers+lakes+sacrifices+white+fowl+pig+dog+goat|title=The Purums 1945|last=T C Das|date=1945|pages=247}}</ref> | |||
== References == | |||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
== Other websites == | |||
{{Commons}} | |||
{{Wikisource|Folk-Lore/Volume 24/The Religion of Manipur}} | |||
* [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Irai%20Ningthau&sin=TXT Irai Ningthou_archive.org] | |||
* [https://en.m.wikisource.org/w/index.php?search=gods+rivers+lakes+Ike+Ningthau+Irai+Leima+maibi+threw+offerings+&title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=1&ns0=1&ns100=1&ns102=1&ns106=1&ns114=1 Irai Ningthou (Ike Ningthau)_English Wikisource] | |||
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