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Mothers (Ancient Meitei: Palem Apokpi, Modern Meitei: Mamaa) 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 roles

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Mothers' markets

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Main article: Ima Keithel

Mothers as goddesses

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Goddesses as mothers

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A motherly Meitei goddess presenting a divine weapon to a human.

Non-humans as mothers

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In the Meitei folktale of Sandrembi and Chaisra, Sandrembi's dead mother incarnated as a tortoise, who was still motherly towards Sandrembi.

Other people as mothers

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Khamnu

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Main article: Khamnu
Motherly elder sister Khamnu feeding her younger brother, Khuman Khamba

Matricide

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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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