Me Wunna

Me Wunna (Popa Medaw), the flower-eating ogress and mother-spirit of Mount Popa; wife of Byatta and mother of the Taungbyon Brothers (Shwe Hpyin Naungdaw and Nyidaw). When Byatta was executed and her sons taken to court, she died of grief and became the nat Popa Medaw, guardian-mother of the holy mountain. Named in the two Taungbyon-brother entries as the sons of Byatta and the ogress Me Wunna.

Domains

• guardian mother of Mount Popa
• ogress of the mountain

Powers

• Guard Mount Popa as its mother-spirit
• Live on the flowers of Mount Popa

Epithets

• ပုပ္ပါးမယ်တော်
• ပုပ္ပားမယ်တော်

Relations

• spouse: Byatta
• mother of: Elder Golden Brother of Taungbyon
• mother of: Younger Golden Brother of Taungbyon

Sources

• R. C. Temple, The Thirty-Seven Nats, London, 1906
• Maung Htin Aung, Folk Elements in Burmese Buddhism, OUP, 1962