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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 ...
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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.
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.
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]
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 ...
In Burmese mythology, the thayé (Burmese: သရဲ), also spelled 'tasei' (တစ္ဆေ), are deceased evil people condemned to be disembodied spirits. [1] They often appear as tall, dark people with huge ears, long tongues, and tusk-like teeth. [citation needed] Thayé enter towns at noon or at night, and usually cause minor illnesses.