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Poireiton Khunthok
Ancient Meitei literary narrative work / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Poireiton Khunthok (Meitei: ꯄꯣꯢꯔꯩꯇꯣꯟ ꯈꯨꯟꯊꯣꯛ, transl: The Immigration of Poireiton) is an ancient Meitei puya, or narrative work describing about the immigration of a band of colonists, led by a man, Poireiton, a prince and younger brother of Thongalen, the god of the underworld,[1] in the plains of the Kangleipak (present day Manipur).[2][3][4][5]
It is partially an allegorical work, which includes mythical elements as the integral parts of the saga.[2][6] Part of the lore is that the knowledge of how to use fire was introduced to the people of Kangleipak by Poireiton.[7]