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Nongthang Leima
"Nongthang Leima" (Meitei: ꯀꯖꯦꯡ ꯅꯣꯡꯊꯥꯡ ꯂꯩꯃ; Old Manipuri: ꯀꯆꯦꯪ ꯅꯣꯪꯊꯥꯪ ꯂꯩꯃ) is the primordial goddess of seduction, thunder and lightning in Meitei mythology and religion.[1][2][3] She is created by Atingkok (Salailen or Soraren) to seduce Haraba (Pakhangba).[4][5][6]
| Nongthang Leima | |
|---|---|
Goddess of seduction, thunder and lightning | |
| Member of Celestial maidens | |
| Meitei | ꯅꯣꯡꯊꯥꯡ ꯂꯩꯃ |
| Affiliation | Meitei religion (Sanamahism) |
| Abode | Heaven |
| Symbols | Thunder and lightning |
| Texts | Leithak Leikharol |
| Gender | Female |
| Ethnic group | Meitei ethnicity |
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| Consorts | Sanamahi and Pakhangba |
| Equivalents | |
| Greek equivalent | Astrape and Bronte |
| Hinduism equivalent | Menaka, Mohini |
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References
- ↑ https://books.google.co.in/books?id=q5eBAAAAMAAJ&q=nongthang+Leima&dq=nongthang+Leima&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjU6p6XquzuAhVNAHIKHV0ZDdEQ6AEwA3oECAQQAg
- ↑ https://books.google.co.in/books?id=50BLAAAAYAAJ&q=Nongthang+Leima&dq=Nongthang+Leima&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLiY22uM3uAhVk4HMBHRtxDQYQ6AEwAnoECAkQAg
- ↑ https://books.google.co.in/books?id=uJUOAQAAMAAJ&q=nongthang+Leima&dq=nongthang+Leima&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj7zsPsqezuAhWGdn0KHTmvCbQQ6AEwAXoECAEQAg
- ↑ https://books.google.co.in/books?id=ljZuAAAAMAAJ&q=nongthang+Leima&dq=nongthang+Leima&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiA87fAquzuAhURlEsFHVGjAPMQ6AEwBHoECAMQAg
- ↑ https://books.google.co.in/books?id=50BLAAAAYAAJ&q=Nongthang+Leima&dq=Nongthang+Leima&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLiY22uM3uAhVk4HMBHRtxDQYQ6AEwAnoECAkQAg
- ↑ http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Folks.Folk_Tales.Incarnations_of_Goddess_Nongthang_Leima_By_James_Oinam