What is Meitei folklore?
{{See also|Meitei mythology|Meitei culture}} [[File:Khamba and Thoibi (The Torture by the Elephant).jpg|thumb|center|A scene from the [[Khamba Thoibi]] epic legends of [[Ancient Moirang]].]] '''Meitei folklore''' or '''Manipuri folklore''' refers to the [[folklore]] of the [[Meitei people]], the [[Manipuri language]] speaking ethnicity, consisting of the [[folktale]]s and [[Meitei mythology|mythology]], developed, retold and preserved through several generations.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageSelector.asp?src=Folklore_genres_of_Meetei_community_By_Manganleibi_Loktongbam&ch=manipur&sub1=Folks | title=Folklore genres of Meetei community by Manganleibi Loktongbam }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | url=http://spaceandculture.in/index.php/spaceandculture/article/view/307 | doi=10.20896/saci.v6i1.307 | title=The Oral Folk Literature of the Ancient Meiteis of Manipur: An Analysis of its Cultural Significance | year=2018 | last1=Caesar | first1=Thounaojam | last2=Sanasam | first2=Reena | journal=Space and Culture, India | volume=6 | pages=29–37 | s2cid=64923994 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Folks.Folk_Tales | title=Folk Tales }}</ref> ==Folktales== {{Main|List of Meitei folktales}} * Story of a child turning into a [[pumpkin]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageSelector.asp?src=Angangdagi_Mairen_Onba_Child_Who_Turned_into_a_Pumpkin_Folktale_By_James_Oinam&ch=manipur&sub1=Folks&sub2=Folk_Tales | title=Angangdagi Mairen Onba Child Who Turned into a Pumpkin Folktale by James Oinam }}</ref> * The Story of Hiyangthau.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageSelector.asp?src=Hiyangthau_Folktale_By_James_Oinam&ch=manipur&sub1=Folks&sub2=Folk_Tales | title=Hiyangthau Folktale by James Oinam }}</ref> * The Story of the fox and the jackal.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageSelector.asp?src=Lamhui_amashung_Keishal_The_Fox_and_the_Jackal_Folktale_By_James_Oinam&ch=manipur&sub1=Folks&sub2=Folk_Tales | title=Lamhui amashun