Depiction of Elder Golden Brother of Taungbyon by Sir Richard Carnac Temple — Sir Richard Carnac Temple · Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Elder Golden Brother of Taungbyon

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

Relations

sibling: Younger Golden Brother of Taungbyon

Sources

R. C. Temple, The Thirty-Seven Nats, London, 1906
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

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