This one is about the story of the Khongchumnupi (Pleiads) constellation and how it came to be in meitei beliefs
Long, long ago six girl went to buy fish, there they met with six young tribal fisherman who were catching and selling the fish. They fall in love during the fishing but no fishes were caught that day, then the men suggested them to spend the night together and leave at morning with a plenty of fish. Knowing that their parents won't forgive them and punished them if they spend the night with a man, they refused at first but eventually agreed and spend the night together. The next morning, seeing that the girls were afraid to go home the men consoled them and said if the situation at their home is getting hard, they could leave their home and go up to the sky together with them after five days at a agreed place.
When the girls reached home, their father and brothers treat them badly and drove them out of their home. Unable to bear the humiliation they left the house and came to the promised place only to found out that their lover were not there. They were heart broken but they carried on climbing the hills. On their way they face a lot of difficulties. One of the girls went into labor and gave birth to cicada which they left it behind. After climbing high and stiff mountain they've finally saw the god of upper region, Soraren. He felt pity for them after hearing their story and transform them into stars which constituted the Pleiads in the sky.
Long, long ago six girl went to buy fish, there they met with six young tribal fisherman who were catching and selling the fish. They fall in love during the fishing but no fishes were caught that day, then the men suggested them to spend the night together and leave at morning with a plenty of fish. Knowing that their parents won't forgive them and punished them if they spend the night with a man, they refused at first but eventually agreed and spend the night together. The next morning, seeing that the girls were afraid to go home the men consoled them and said if the situation at their home is getting hard, they could leave their home and go up to the sky together with them after five days at a agreed place.
When the girls reached home, their father and brothers treat them badly and drove them out of their home. Unable to bear the humiliation they left the house and came to the promised place only to found out that their lover were not there. They were heart broken but they carried on climbing the hills. On their way they face a lot of difficulties. One of the girls went into labor and gave birth to cicada which they left it behind. After climbing high and stiff mountain they've finally saw the god of upper region, Soraren. He felt pity for them after hearing their story and transform them into stars which constituted the Pleiads in the sky.
Once there live two brothers, the elder was wise but the younger was very foolish.
One day, the elder brother instructed his brother to take out the calf and tie it to the bamboo when the sun reached the top of the Bamboo tree and pour warm water to their old mother and gave her a bath while he went to the paddy field, the younger brother took his bother words literally and tie the got to the top of the Bamboo when the sun is at that height, then he took out his old mother and fetch the hot pot of water and poured it on the mother, when the water was poured the mother died from the hot water with her mouth open. To see his mother mouth open, he thought she was hungry and peel of a sugarcane stem and put it on her mouth.
This is how a foolish brother killed their goat and mother
There are many folk stories of fool and his miss adventure that my grandfather told us in the night before dinner,they are mostly comedic in nature.
I guessed it's a way of saying ones foolishness can bring ones destruction.
One day, the elder brother instructed his brother to take out the calf and tie it to the bamboo when the sun reached the top of the Bamboo tree and pour warm water to their old mother and gave her a bath while he went to the paddy field, the younger brother took his bother words literally and tie the got to the top of the Bamboo when the sun is at that height, then he took out his old mother and fetch the hot pot of water and poured it on the mother, when the water was poured the mother died from the hot water with her mouth open. To see his mother mouth open, he thought she was hungry and peel of a sugarcane stem and put it on her mouth.
This is how a foolish brother killed their goat and mother
There are many folk stories of fool and his miss adventure that my grandfather told us in the night before dinner,they are mostly comedic in nature.
I guessed it's a way of saying ones foolishness can bring ones destruction.