Folklore of serpent in North-East India

North-East India consist seven states namely, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh. This region of India is a home land of the different ethnic groups from Mongoloid and Aryan stock. Serpent Lore is a main component of the folklore of this region. From ancient times serpent takes a pivotal role of the folklore of North-East India. It percolates in Oral Literature, Material Culture, Social Folk Custom and Performing Folk Arts. Innumerable folk or oral literature is available related with serpent in North-East India. Manasa (Serpent deity) Puja (worship) is an important festival of Assam which percolates every groups of the society. This paper is an attempt to study the position of serpent in Folklore of North-East India.