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Most mythical creatures are endowed with humanistic mentalities, ability to converse with humans and also supernatural powers. [1] During the 20th century, the role and diversity of Burmese mythical creatures were diversified by Shwe Thway comics which depicted the life of the Buddha, the Jataka tales and Burmese history. [citation needed]
Mythical creatures from Burmese Mythology Burmese adaptation of Ramayana [1] A Burmese parabaik depicting Buddhist mythology. Burmese mythology (Burmese: ရှေးမြန်မာ့ဒဏ္ဍာရီ) is a collection of myths, folklore, legends, and beliefs traditionally told by the Burmese people of Myanmar. These stories have been ...
The Pyinsarupa is made of parts of an elephant, a bullock, a horse, a white carp (ငါးကြင်း) and a tonaya (တိုးနရား, a mythical horned leodragon), or alternately a lion, an elephant, a water buffalo, a white carp, and a hamsa. [2]
A Bya La statue (the Rakhine version of the Nawarupa) at the Sittwe Viewpoint park in Myanmar. Nawarupa (Burmese: နဝရူပ, also spelt nawa rupa; Pali: navarūpa, lit. ' nine forms '), also known as byala (Arakanese: ဗျာလ or ဗျာလ္လ), is a chimeric creature found in Burmese and Rakhine (Arakanese) mythology.
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Manussiha (Burmese: မနုဿီဟ [a], Shan: မၼုၵ်ႉသီႇႁႃႉ [b], Pali: manussīha, lit. 'man-lion'), is a Burmese half-man half-lion mythical creature believed to be created by Buddhist missionary monks to protect a new-born royal baby from being devoured by rakshasis from the sea.
There are a few shrines dedicated to Pakhangba in Myanmar. One notable example is found in the village of Tadalel, Amarapura township, Mandalay Division . In 2023, the Mandalay-based Myanmar Meitei Development Association requested help with the protection and preservation of the site from Nongthombam Biren , the then Chief Minister of Manipur ...
The Krasue (Thai: กระสือ, pronounced [krā.sɯ̌ː]) is a nocturnal female spirit of Southeast Asian folklore.It manifests as the floating, disembodied head of a woman, usually young and beautiful, with her internal organs still attached and trailing down from the neck.