The "EXPLAIN YOUR AVATAR" Thread!

Mark · 4th July 2008, 02:00 AM

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.

4th July 2008, 02:00 AM	#14
Mark Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 987	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.