Poireiton

{{Short description|Meitei folk hero}}

{{Infobox deity

|type=Meitei

|name=Poireiton

|deity_of=Cultural hero of adventure, journey and fire

|god_of=

|member_of=

|other_names=Chingkhong Poireitol

|script_name=Meitei

|script={{Meitei|ꯄꯣꯢꯔꯩꯇꯣꯟ}}

|affiliation=Sanamahism

|texts=Poireiton Khunthok

|gender=Male

|spouse=Lainaotabi

|abodes=Earth and Underworld

|world=Underworld

|ethnic_group=Meitei ethnicity

|birth_place=Underworld

|siblings=Thongalel

|greek_equivalent=Prometheus

|consort=Lainaotabi

}}

{{Meitei deities}}

{{Contains special characters|Meitei}}

Chingkhong Poireiton {{meitei|ꯆꯤꯡꯈꯣꯡ ꯄꯣꯢꯔꯩꯇꯣꯟ}} is a prince of the Khamnung (underworld kingdom) and a younger brother of Thongaren, the god of death in Meitei mythology and Sanamahism, the indigenous religion of Manipur.{{cite book| author = North East India History Association. Session| title = Proceedings of North East India History Association| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=aC9uAAAAMAAJ| year = 1988| publisher = The Association| isbn = }}{{cite book| last = Singh| first = Wahengbam Ibohal| title = The History of Manipur: An early period| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=S_4dAAAAMAAJ| year = 1986| publisher = Manipur Commercial Company }} He is best known as a cultural hero, for leading a colonial immigration to the human world. He is mentioned in the Poireiton Khunthok, an ancient book about his immigration to the human kingdom of Kangleipak.{{cite book| last = Singh| first = R.K. Jhalajit| title = A Short History of Manipur| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7sk9AAAAMAAJ| year = 1965| publisher = O.K. Store| isbn = }}{{cite book| last = Singh| first = R.K. Nimai| title = neScholar Magazine Vol 03 Issue 03| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=31FTDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA63| year = 2017| publisher = NE Brothers Pvt. Limited | isbn = | page = 63 }}{{cite book| last = Sen| first = Sipra| title = Tribes and Castes of Manipur: Description and Select Bibliography| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=bQQNCU-QWBAC| year = 1992| publisher = Mittal Publications| isbn = 978-81-7099-310-0 }}{{cite book| last = Singh| first = R.K. Jhalajit| title = Manipur| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=X84BAAAAMAAJ| year = 1975| publisher = Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India| isbn = }}