Meitei Culture/Mythology/Goddesses/Panthoibi



Panthoibi, also known as Nongpok Leima, was an ancient princess of the Ningthouja dynasty, married to a prince of the Khaba dynasty, later eloped to Nongpok Ningthou, a King of the Selloi Langmai people, living in the Nongmaiching Mountains. She was later deified as a divine figure, and worshipped as a motherly goddess of love, romance, lust, sex, fertility, prosperity and civilization. She was later characterised in many legends, including the Numit Kappa, as a statesman, who negotiated with the Sun King God, to come out of his hiding spot inside a cave, and to shine once again in the sky. Panthoibi's cult and pantheon spreads across all the Meitei realms. Many goddesses and deified ladies were associated with the identity of Panthoibi. Phouoibi, the goddess of agriculture, Nongthang Leima, the goddess of seduction, Leimalen, the mother earth goddess, are usually related to Panthoibi. She is often compared as related to Thoibi, an ancient princess of the Moirang dynasty of the Kege Moirang (Keke Moilang) kingdom.