Deity Meetei folklore
Salailen
King of all the gods in Meitei mythology and religion (Sanamahism) of Kangleipak (Manipur) realm
A god is known
by the accounts
that name it.
Accounts kept apart
Family
The family of Salailen
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 3
Kinship in an account 3
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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Connections
How Salailen connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Affiliation 7
What this means
Association with a tradition or school. Traditions branch, overlap and re-merge; this is not a clean single-origin tree.
Does not imply a fixed roster · that every account of the tradition knows this figure
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- is part of Meetei folklore folklore of the Meitei people
- is part of Meitei culture culture of Meitei civilization of India
- is part of Meitei deities gods and goddesses of the Meitei people
- is part of Meitei folktales folk legends of the Meitei people of Ancient Manipur (Kangleipak) kingdom
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is part of Meitei mythology mythology of the Meitei people which is sometimes intertwined with historical facts - is part of Meiteism animistic religious belief system
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is part of Sanamahism religious or philosophical tradition of Meetei origin
Identification 1
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
11 statements on this record
- 11 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Review
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Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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