Haoreima

{{Short description|Meitei goddess of Tangkhul tribal origin}}

{{Contains special characters|Meitei}}

{{Infobox deity

|image=Sculpture of Goddess Haoreima Sampubi, a Meitei goddess of Tangkhul origin, inside the Kakching Garden in Kakching.jpg

|type=Meitei

|name=Haoreima

|deity_of=diseases, illnesses, souls and spirits

|member_of=Meitei deities

|caption=A sculpture of Haoreima in Tangkhul costume, in a shrine in the Kakching Garden, Kakching district, Manipur

|other_names= Haoma Liklang Saphabi, Haorang Leisang Saphabi, Lara Lasangnu, Luirala, Haoleima, Haoleipi, Haoreibi, Haonupi, Haonubi, Hauleima, Haureima, Hauleipi, Haureibi, Haunupi, Haunubi

|affiliation=Meitei mythology (Manipuri mythology) and traditional Meitei religion (Sanamahism)

|cult_centre=Kakching

|abode=Kakching

|artifacts=

|symbol=Basket

|gender=Female

|region=Manipur

|ethnic_group=affiliated to Meitei people; originated from the Tangkhul people.

|death_place=Kakching

}}

{{Meitei mythology}}

{{Sanamahism}}

Haoreima ({{langx|mni|{{Script|Mtei|ꯍꯥꯎꯔꯩꯃ}}|lit=tribal lady}}) or Haoleima ({{langx|omp|{{Script|Mtei|ꯍꯥꯎꯂꯩꯃ}}|}}){{cite book |last1=Kirti Singh |first1=Moirangthem |title=Religion and culture of Manipur |date=1988 |publisher=Manas Publications |location=Delhi |isbn=9788170490210 |edition=1. |access-date=26 February 2024|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=doQeAAAAMAAJ}} is a goddess of tragic love and separation in Meitei mythology and Sanamahism, the indigenous religion of Manipur.{{Cite book |last=Hareshwar Goshwami |url=https://archive.org/details/hareshwar-goshwami-history-of-the-people-of-manipur/page/214/mode/2up?q=Haoreima |title=History of the People of Manipur |publisher=Yaol Publishing |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-9993057-0-3 |edition=Revised |location=London |pages=214–215 |language=en-GB}}{{r|kumbaba|p=603}}{{Cite book |last=Memchoubi |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.466803/page/n17/mode/2up |title=Eigee Palem Nungshibee |publisher=Digital Library of India |others=Manipur University Library, Imphal, Internet Archive |year=1998 |pages=17 |language=mni}} According to some legends, she was a woman from the hills, who died unable to meet her lover, and turned into a tortured spirit. She is regarded as an incarnation of Goddess Panthoibi.{{Cite book |last1=Shekhawat |first1=Seema |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RBiWDwAAQBAJ&dq=Haoreibi+regarded+as+an+incarnation+of+Panthoibi%2C+the+goddess+of+death%2C+and+as+a+bringer+of+fertility&pg=PA227 |title=Women and Borders: Refugees, Migrants and Communities |last2=Re |first2=Emanuela C. Del |date=2017-12-18 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-83860-987-0 |pages=227 |language=en}} She is also identified with the goddess Nongthang Leima.{{Cite book |last=Brahmacharimayum Kulachandra Sharma |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.language.1340/page/n403/mode/2up?q=%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE |title=চৈথারোল কুমপাপা |publisher=Manipuri Sahitya Parishad, Assam |others=Bharat Ek Khoj, Internet Archive |pages=403 |language=mni}}