Mine is a panel from the silver scabbard of one of my favorite dha.
He is a
bilu, usually translated as "ogre," but in Burmese mythology they are not the Shrek-like creatures that live under bridges as in the West (wait, thats a troll ...
), but rather a sentient species like humans, just rarer, and more magical-mystical. The scabbard has both a male and a female
bilu, though only a female
bilu figures in the story on the blade, which is the [/url=http://www.myanmar.gov.mm/Perspective/persp2003/4-2003/leg.htm]"Bedaya" jataka[/url].
This is Mrs. Bilu, AKA Sandamuhki:
More details on the dha
here.
Great idea for a thread, by the way.
