Ma Phae Wah
Ma Phae Wah (Burmese: မဖဲဝါ, also spelt as Ma Phae War; lit. 'yellow-ribbon lady') is a prominent Burmese nat. She is the guardian spirit of the graveyards and cemeteries in Myanmar.[1][2][3]
Ma Phae Wah makes her home in the cemetery, but come midnight she hoists a coffin onto her shoulder and shuffles through town with her long hair waving in the spectral breeze. Woe to the household where she stops and puts down her casket on the doorstep, for someone in that family usually a child will soon sicken and die.
Appeared in the dreams
In the late 1990s, Ma Phae Wah appeared in the dreams of Tine Tayar Sayadaw, a prominent Buddhist monk from Kayin State and announced her intention to eat the flesh of babies. The sayadaw suggested that she dine on dogs instead. Subsequently, security-conscious parents sought to protect their infants by posting signs in front of their homes saying, “Baby’s flesh is bitter, dog’s flesh is sweet”.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b Douglas Long (30 October 2015). "The Ghost Guide: 6 terrifying ghouls of Myanmar". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ "မဖဲဝါနှင့် အသပြာ တစ်သန်းတန် ဘော်လီပြဿနာ" (in Burmese). The Voice Weekly. 13 November 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ တပွဲစားကြီး မောင်စံမှဲ့နှင့် သချႋုင်းစောင့် မဖဲဝါဖြစ်ပေါ်လာပုံ ဇာတ်ကြောင်း
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