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| type = Meitei
| name = Khamnung Kikoi Lou Onbi <br /> ({{lang-omp|Khamnung Kikoi Lou Onpi}})
| deity_of = Enchantress goddess of death who carries off the souls of people to the underworld
| member_of = [[Lairembi]]s
| image = KHAMNUNG KIKOI LOUONPI.jpg
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| caption = "Khamnung Kikoi Louonpi", the [[Ancient Meitei language|Ancient Meitei]] ([[Old Manipuri]]) name of goddess Khamnung Kikoi Louonbi, written in archaic Meetei Mayek abugida
| other_names = Nura Naothem Heibi
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| affiliation = [[Meitei mythology]] ([[Manipuri mythology]]) and [[Meitei religion]] ([[Sanamahism]])
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| abode = Underworld ({{lang-mni|Khamnung}})
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| gender = Female
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| region = [[Ancient Kangleipak]] ([[Antique Manipur]])
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'''Khamnung Kikoi Louonbi''' ({{lang-mni|ꯈꯝꯅꯨꯡ ꯀꯤꯀꯣꯢ ꯂꯧꯑꯣꯟꯕꯤ}}; {{lang-omp|ꯈꯝꯅꯨꯪ ꯀꯤꯀꯣꯢ ꯂꯧꯑꯣꯟꯄꯤ}}) is a primordial goddess in [[Meitei mythology]] and [[Meitei religion|religion]]. She is the divine feminine personification of the death. She carries off the souls of people to the underworld ({{lang-mni|Khamnung}}) when the time allotted to them to live had expired.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.461915/page/n108/mode/2up|title=A Critical Study Of The Religious Philosophy|last=|first=|date=1991|pages=108}}
</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://hueiyenlanpao.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/08.12.2017-B7.pdf|title=খমনুং কিকোই লৌওনবী|website=hueiyenlanpao.com|language=mni}}</ref> If any soul is not willing to accompany her, then she will either serve it a false magical fruit to agree with her conducts or transform herself into the looks of a person, who is the dearest to the soul, especially that of mother, and persuade it (the soul). By any means, she will bring the souls of the dead people to the netherworld.<ref>Religion and Culture of Manipur - Page 25 - Moirangthem Kirti Singh · 1988</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.461915/page/n109/mode/2up|title=A Critical Study Of The Religious Philosophy|last=|first=|date=1991|pages=109}}
</ref><ref name=":0" /> She is the consort of [[Thongalel]], the God of the death and the ruler of the underworld. She is said to be created from the very body of [[Atingkok|Salailen Sidaba]], the Supreme Being.<ref name=":0" />

== Related pages ==
* [[Thongalel]]
* [[Laikhurembi]]
== References ==
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== Other websites ==
* [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.461915/2015.461915.A-Critical_djvu.txt A Critical Study Of The Religious Philosophy]
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