Byatta

Byatta, the foreign-born strongman taken into the service of King Anawrahta as his Mount Popa flower-gatherer; husband of the ogress Me Wunna and father of the Taungbyon Brothers (Shwe Hpyin Naungdaw and Nyidaw). Executed for lingering with Me Wunna and failing his duty, he became a nat. Named in the two Taungbyon-brother entries as the sons of Byatta and the ogress Me Wunna.

Domains

• deified royal servant
• strength and swiftness

Powers

• Run to Mount Popa and back as the royal flower-gatherer

Epithets

• ဗျတ္တ burmese · Byatta · cultFlower-gatherer of Anawrahta, father of the Taungbyon Brothers, deified as a natR. C. Temple, The Thirty-Seven Nats, London, 1906 (secondary)

Relations

• spouse: Me WunnaHusband of the Mount Popa ogress Me Wunna; father of the Taungbyon Brothers.R. C. Temple, The Thirty-Seven Nats, London, 1906 (secondary)
• father of: Elder Golden Brother of TaungbyonFather of the elder Taungbyon Brother; that child entry records the sons of Byatta and the ogress Me Wunna, so burmese_byatta is to be added to the child parentIds.R. C. Temple, The Thirty-Seven Nats, London, 1906 (secondary)
• father of: Younger Golden Brother of TaungbyonFather of the younger Taungbyon Brother; the child entry records the sons of Byatta and the ogress Me Wunna, so burmese_byatta is to be added to the child parentIds.R. C. Temple, The Thirty-Seven Nats, London, 1906 (secondary)

Sources

• Byatta, the strongman flower-gatherer of King Anawrahta, was executed for tarrying with the Popa ogress Me Wunna and became a nat; their sons are the Taungbyon Brothers.: R. C. Temple, The Thirty-Seven Nats, London, 1906 (secondary); Maung Htin Aung, Folk Elements in Burmese Buddhism, OUP, 1962 (secondary)