Wangbren

Wangbren (Wangpulen / Wangpurel) is the Meitei god of water, rain, flood, disease and sickness — lord of the rivers and ruler of the under-water world — and one of the four cardinal Umang Lai of Sanamahism, the guardian of the south-eastern direction (the Maikei Ngakpa Lai). With Koubru, Thangjing and Marjing he completes the four-fold guardianship of the cardinal directions invoked in Meitei ritual to protect the land from disaster.

Domains

• south eastern direction
• water and rain

Powers

• Rule the rivers and the under-water world
• Send and withhold disease and sickness

Epithets

• Wangpurel Meitei · Wangpurel · cultlord of the waters / WangbrenWangpulen, Wikipedia (secondary)

Relations

• companion: KoubruCo-guardian of the directions with Koubru (NW).Meitei tradition: the four Maikei Ngakpa Lai as the guardians of the directions (secondary)
• companion: ThangjingCo-guardian of the directions with Thangjing (SW).Meitei tradition: the four Maikei Ngakpa Lai as the guardians of the directions (secondary)
• companion: MarjingCo-guardian of the directions with Marjing (NE).Meitei tradition: the four Maikei Ngakpa Lai as the guardians of the directions (secondary)

Sources

• existence: S. N. Arambam Parratt, The Religion of Manipur (1980) (secondary); Meitei tradition (Sanamahism): the Maikei Ngakpa Lai (secondary)