Korou Nongmai Hanpi

deity sky Meitei mythology single tradition · 3

Korou Nongmai Hanpi is the mother of Numitsana Khomadon and Tauhuireng Ahanpa. She has suffered the tragic loss of several sons: one was stillborn, another unhatched, and a third drowned in a trap as a child.

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When

First attested
0 CE
Attested period
0 – 2020
Historical notes
Mentioned in the 1st century CE classical Meitei literary work Numit Kappa.

Relationships

co occurs with
Chakpa Lamlang Amaipi

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Sources

Source passages

“He laments the tragic fate of his family, especially about his mother, Korou Nongmai Hanpi, losing several sons, one was stillborn, another unhatched, a third drowned in a trap as a child”

#15535 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“He is the fourth son of Goddess Korou Nongmai Hanpi. He has four sibling brothers. His three elder brothers had unfortunate endings of their lives, for which his mother grieved, as narrated by his younger brother Numitsana Khomadon to priestess Chakpa Lamlang Amaipi later.”

#15561 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Korou Nongmai Hanpi symbolizes maternal grief and endurance, as Her repeated losses show the universal theme of a mother’s suffering in the face of fate. Her character also symbolises the cosmic womb. As the mother of celestial beings, she represents the source of life, light, and movement in the sky”

#15822 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001