Lady Golden Face
Burmese · deity · legendary; enshrined with the Mahagiri cult on Mount Popa · Recorded classification
Spirit-class figure (deified human), classed as deity. English title leads; the prompt's 'Lady Golden Sides' is given as alt alongside the more common Shwe Myethna ('Golden Face') and the court title Hnamadawgyi ('Great Royal Sister').
Domains
- household protection
- queenship
Powers
- Dies in the flames beside her brother and rises as a guardian nat
Epithets
- ရွှေမျက်နှာ Golden FaceMahagiri nat tradition; sister of Min Mahagiri (secondary)
- နှမတော်ကြီး Great Royal SisterBurmese Thirty-Seven Nats tradition (secondary)
Relations
- sibling: Lord of the Great MountainReciprocal of burmese_min_mahagiri.sibling — The smith Maung Tinde and his sister died in the king's tamarind-tree fire and were enshrined together as the Mahagiri house-nats of Mount Popa.Temple, The Thirty-Seven Nats: A Phase of Spirit-Worship Prevailing in Burma (1906) (secondary)
Sources
- Shwe Myethna / Hnamadawgyi, the 'Golden Face/Golden Sides' sister of Min Mahagiri, shares his fiery death and is enshrined with him among the household nats on Mount Popa.: R. C. Temple, The Thirty-Seven Nats, London, 1906 (secondary); Maung Htin Aung, Folk Elements in Burmese Buddhism, OUP, 1962 (secondary)