Poireiton Khunthok

Poireiton Khunthok (Meitei: ꯄꯣꯢꯔꯩꯇꯣꯟ ꯈꯨꯟꯊꯣꯛ, transl: The Immigration of Poireiton) is an ancient Meitei puya, or narrative work describing about the immigration of a band of colonists, led by a man, Poireiton, a prince and younger brother of Thongalen, the god of the underworld,^[1] in the plains of the Kangleipak (present day Manipur).^[2][3][4][5]

It is partially an allegorical work, which includes mythical elements as the integral parts of the saga.^[2][6] Part of the lore is that the knowledge of how to use fire was introduced to the people of Kangleipak by Poireiton.^[7]