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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] The ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Burmese legendary creatures" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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.
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.
The mythological Chimera is a terrifying creature that features a fire-breathing lion’s head attached to a goat’s body, ending in a serpent tail. There are varying versions of what a Chimera ...
The nats (နတ်; MLCTS: nat; IPA:) are god-like spirits venerated in Myanmar and neighbouring countries in conjunction with Buddhism. They are divided between the 37 Great Nats who were given that status by King Anawrahta when he formalized the official list of nats. Most of the 37 Great Nats were human beings who met violent deaths.