Younger Golden Brother of Taungbyon
Burmese · demigod · reign of King Anawrahta of Pagan (11th c.) · Recorded classification
Demigod / culture-hero (deified human), classed as demigod. English title leads; native Shwe Hpyin Nyidaw in alt. Brother of Shwe Hpyin Naungdaw.
Domains
- war and soldiery
- local tutelary guardianship
Powers
- Receives liquor, tobacco and revelry from his devotees in possession
Relations
- sibling: Elder Golden Brother of TaungbyonReciprocal of burmese_shwe_hpyin_naungdaw.sibling — The Taungbyon Brother Lords, sons of Byatta and the ogress Me Wunna, executed under Anawrahta and enshrined together at Taungbyon.Temple, The Thirty-Seven Nats: A Phase of Spirit-Worship Prevailing in Burma (1906) (secondary)
Sources
- Shwe Hpyin Nyidaw (the younger Taungbyon brother) is, with his elder brother, one of the Thirty-Seven Nats, executed under Anawrahta and venerated at the Taungbyon festival.: R. C. Temple, The Thirty-Seven Nats, London, 1906 (secondary); Melford E. Spiro, Burmese Supernaturalism, expanded ed. 1978 (secondary)