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[[File:Uttra sanglen.jpg|thumb|right|Kanglasha, a pair of dragons at Kangla]]
[[Meitei people]], being the predominant ethnic group in the [[Himalayas|Himalayan]] kingdom of [[Manipur]], has diverse cultural contacts with diverse communities of other nations since ancient times. The case is the same with [[Meetei folklore|Meitei folklore]] as well as [[Art and culture of Manipur|Meitei culture]]. This is a list of the creatures of Ancient [[Meetei folklore]]. 
This doesn't include the list of deities in [[Meitei mythology]], for which see [[Lists of deities in Sanamahism]] and [[Meitei deities]].

==Mythological Animals==
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!Creatures
!Description
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|[[:simple:Uchek Langmeidong|Chareng]], also known as [[:simple:Uchek Langmeidong|Uchek Langmeidong]]
|A human girl who later turns out into a hornbill bird.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Folks.Folk_Tales.Human_turning_into_Uchek_Langmei_Meena_Uchek_Langmei_Onba|title=Human turning into Uchek Langmei Meena Uchek Langmei Onba|website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
|-
|[[Kakyen]] (Kwak Kakyen Mingamba)
|A monster bird, with its wingspan equivalent to the size of a [[playground|pologround]]. 
|-
|[[Kao (bull)]]
|The supernatural sacred bull of enormous strength who attacked the fishers in the shores of the [[Loktak lake]] and dwells among the wild reeds of the [[Phumdis]]. It's later captured by [[Khamba Thoibi|Khuman Khamba]], a legendary hero and a son of its former master.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.indiamart.com/proddetail/kao-the-sacred-bull-2010-7000833162.html|title=Kao the sacred bull (2010)|website=IndiaMART|access-date=2020-07-23|archive-date=2020-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723143904/https://m.indiamart.com/proddetail/kao-the-sacred-bull-2010-7000833162.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|[[:simple:Samaton|Samadon Ayangba (Shamadon Ayangba)]]
|The flying winged horse who serves [[Marjing]] as his stead. 
|}

== Dragons ==
{{Main|Meitei dragons}}
[[File:Pakhangba.jpg|thumb|center|[[Pakhangba]]]]
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!Creatures
!Description
|-
|[[Hiyang Hiren]]
|The giant dragon boat creature which used to carry the gods on its deck. 
|-
|[[Nongshaba]], also known as [[Kangla Sha]]
|The dragon lion son of [[Salailen Sidaba]] and deity of royalty. 
|-
|[[Pakhangba]]
|The serpentine dragon who is the destroyer of evil.
|-
|[[Poubi Lai]]
|The serpentine dragon who dwells in the Loktak Lake, believed to be an incarnation of [[Pakhangba]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/the-story-of-a-giant-python-called-poubi-lai/article7449693.ece|title=The story of a giant python called Poubi Lai...|first=Jaideep Deo|last=Bhanj|newspaper=The Hindu |date=July 22, 2015|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
|}

== Evil Creatures ==
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!Creatures
!Description
!Type
|-
|Seroi Ngaroi
| Believed to be [[evil]] beings who feed on human [[flesh]] as well as animal [[meat]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kanglaonline.com/2013/03/lamtai-thangja-in-manipur-dr-jiban-bangalore/|title=Lamtai Thangja in Manipur – KanglaOnline|first=Moirangthem Jiban|last=Singh|date=16 March 2013 }}</ref>
|[[Evils]]
|-
| Tamnalai
| Believed to be [[ghosts]] and souls who often haunt human beings.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ifp.co.in/page/items/31442/three-tamnalais-sixty-ten-thousand/ |title=Three Tamnalais + Sixty + Ten thousand + … |access-date=2019-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019142310/http://www.ifp.co.in/page/items/31442/three-tamnalais-sixty-ten-thousand/ |archive-date=2019-10-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|[[Evils]]
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:Meitei culture|Folklore]]
[[Category:Mythology-related lists|Meitei]]