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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 ...
The creature is commonly featured in traditional Burmese hsaing waing orchestras, and serves as the logo of Myanmar's flagship air ... Mythical creatures in Burmese ...
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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.
Contrary to popular belief, the Chinthe is not a mythical creature [8] but instead an entirely natural lion, [9] although often associated with myths and legends. The Burmese leograph [ 10 ] is related to other stylized lions in the Asian region, including the sing (สิงห์) of Thailand , Cambodia , Laos , and the simha (සිංහ ...
She is the guardian spirit of the graveyards and cemeteries in Myanmar. [1] [2] [3] Ma Phae Wah makes her home in the cemetery, but come midnight she hoists a coffin onto her shoulder and shuffles through town with her long hair waving in the spectral breeze. Woe to the household where she stops and lays her casket on the doorstep, for someone ...