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User:Haoreima/Father in Meitei culture

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Fathers (Ancient Meitei: Panthou Apokpa, Modern Meitei: Mapaabung, Paabung, Paaba) play crucial role in different elements of Meitei culture, including but not limited to Meitei festivals, Meitei folklore, Meitei folktales, Meitei history, Meitei literature, Meitei mythology, Meitei proverbs, traditional Meitei religion (Sanamahism), etc.

Primary role

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Fathers as gods

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Gods as fathers

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Non-humans as fathers

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Orphan Khuman Khamba and his sister Khamnu led a miserable life after the death of their parents. Due to lack of enough clothes during cold season, they had to warm themselves by sleeping with their fatherly Kao (bull).

Other people as fathers

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Incest

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Fratricide

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Filicide

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In fiction

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See also

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Notes

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References

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