Bhummaso

Bhummaso (Burmese: ဘုမ္မစိုး; also called as Myay Saung Nat (Burmese: မြေစောင့်နတ်; lit. "Earth Guardian Spirit"), are Burmese nats (spirits) who inhabit the roots of trees and serve as guardians of the earth. Bhummaso is derived from Pali buma deva (ဘုမ္မဒေဝ), which literally means "deity of the earth."[1]

An artistic rendition of an Bhummaso

They are related to Yokkaso (ရုက္ခစိုး) and Akathaso (အာကာသစိုး), who respectively live on the tree trunks and sky. Akathaso are guardian spirits of the sky while Yokkaso are guardian spirits of tree.[1][2]

Notes
  1. MLC 1993.
  2. "Buddhism and animism in Myanmar". Green Lotus.

References
  • Myanmar–English Dictionary. Myanmar Language Commission. 1993. ISBN 1-881265-47-1 http://sealang.net/burmese. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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