Me Wunna

Burmese · deity · reign of King Anawrahta of Pagan (11th c.) · deity

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.

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