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 burmese · Popa Medaw · cultMother of Popa — the ogress mother-spirit of Mount Popa, mother of the Taungbyon BrothersMaung Htin Aung, Folk Elements in Burmese Buddhism, OUP, 1962 (secondary)
• ပုပ္ပားမယ်တော် Burmese · Popa Medaw · cultRoyal Mother of PopaPopa Medaw / Mount Popa nat tradition (secondary)

Relations

• spouse: ByattaWife of Byatta, the flower-gatherer of Anawrahta; mother of the Taungbyon Brothers.R. C. Temple, The Thirty-Seven Nats, London, 1906 (secondary)
• mother of: Elder Golden Brother of TaungbyonMother of the elder Taungbyon Brother; the child entry records the ogress Me Wunna, so burmese_me_wunna is to be added to the child parentIds.R. C. Temple, The Thirty-Seven Nats, London, 1906 (secondary)
• mother of: Younger Golden Brother of TaungbyonMother of the younger Taungbyon Brother; the child entry records the ogress Me Wunna, so burmese_me_wunna is to be added to the child parentIds.R. C. Temple, The Thirty-Seven Nats, London, 1906 (secondary)

Sources

• Me Wunna, the flower-eating ogress of Mount Popa, bore Byatta two sons (the Taungbyon Brothers), died of grief at his death, and became the nat Popa Medaw.: R. C. Temple, The Thirty-Seven Nats, London, 1906 (secondary); Maung Htin Aung, Folk Elements in Burmese Buddhism, OUP, 1962 (secondary)