Burmese nats

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gods or spirits worshipped in Myanmar

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thumb|Maha Giri Nat thumb|A shrine to Mahagiri and his sister at Shwezigon Pagoda

Burmese and Thai woman and goddess

King of Lan Na

thumb|Hnamadawgyi nat Hnamadawgyi (, ; ; also known as Shwemyethna; Burmese: ရွှေမျက်နှာ) is one of the 37 nats in the Burmese pantheon of nats. She is the nat representation of Myat Hla, sister of Maung Tint De. According to tradition, she was a queen of the King of Tagaung. When she saw her brother Tintde being burned alive, she leapt into the fire, but only managed to save his head. She died of her burns and became a nat. She is portrayed standing on a dais upon a black elephant, her right hand on her chest with a plum between her thumb and index finger, and her left hand by her side. She i

King of Ava

king of Pinya

Third king of Ava Kingdom

Burmese guardian deity of Buddhist temples and pagodas

Kyiso (, ; c. 1000–1038) was a king of the Pagan dynasty from 1021 to 1038. According to the Burmese chronicles, Kyiso was a son of King Nyaung-u Sawrahan but raised by King Kunhsaw Kyaunghpyu. After overthrowing Nyuang-u, Kunhsaw married Nyuang-u's three chief queens, two of whom were pregnant and subsequently gave birth to Kyiso and Sokkate. Kunhsaw raised Sokkate and Kyiso as his own sons. When the two sons reached manhood, they forced Kunhsaw to abdicate the throne and become a monk.

Queen consort of Hanthawaddy

Mother Serpentine ghoddess of the Burmese pantheon

Ninth ghods of the Burmese pantheon

twenty ninth ghoddess of the Burmese pantheon

thumb|An artistic rendition of an Myay Saung Nat

thumb|A statue of Thagyamin at the Kyauktan Yay-Le Pagoda. Thagyamin (, ; from Sanskrit , ) is the highest-ranking nat (deity) in traditional Burmese Buddhist belief. Considered as the king of Heaven, he is the Burmese adaptation of the Hindu deity Indra.

Burmese deity

thumb|Thonbanhla Nat Thonbanhla (, ; ) is the fifth of the official 37 nats in the Burmese pantheon. She is often associated with extraordinary beauty, tragedy, and divine transformation.