Burmese · demigod · reign of King Anawrahta of Pagan (11th c.) · demigod
Demigod / culture-hero (deified human son of a divine ogress mother), classed as demigod. English title leads; native Shwe Hpyin Naungdaw given in alt. Brother of the figure below; together the 'Taungbyon brothers'.
Domains
war and soldiery
local tutelary guardianship
Powers
Slips unseen into a hostile king's palace as a royal agent
Melford E. Spiro, Burmese Supernaturalism, expanded ed. 1978
Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière, Les rituels de possession en Birmanie: du culte d'État aux cérémonies privées, Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations, 1989