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AVQUST, 1908.) A NATIVE ACCOUNT OF THE THIRTY-SEVEN NATS.
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10. Aungxwamagyt Nat. He was the minister of Prince Narapatisithû, brother of King Minyineyathenga. Weliwadi was the wife of Prince Negaadisithû. Her beauty had so fascinated the king that he became enamoured of her, and determined to make her his wife. In order to attain his object he gave out that a rebell.on had broken out at Ngassungcban, anl sent his brother, Neyâbadisitlû, to quell it. During the absence of the husband he took Welûwadi to wife and made her his queen by force. Neyába lisithû divined the evil desiga of the king and left his faithful groom, Ngu Pyi, to watch the trend of affairs during his absence. The pony, Thûdawtî, was left for the groom to ride to his master. Nga Pyi was, however, delayed on the road, and was executed for tarrying on the way. Aungzwa, a confidential servant of Negabadisîthủ, was then sent to encompass the ruin of the king, the reward being a queen froin the harem. Aungzwa succeedel, but was subsequenily executed for reproaching Neyâbadisithû for failure to keep his promise. Auugzwa then became a Nat.
In the festival to this Nat the medium wears a pasó, fringed with a border of foreign manufacture, & jacket with broad sleeves and a gilt hat coloured red and white. On his left shoulder he carries & sword with thabye twigs in the form of a scroll on it, and in the right hand he bears a fan. He chaunts an ode anil, putting down the sword and the fan, he dances. In the ode he narrates his own story and bewails his fate, exhorting other servants of princes to refrain from showing disrespect to tbeir masters.
11. Ngazishin Nat. He was Kyawzwâ, the governor of Pinlè, and son of. Thihathu, the founder of Pinle. He obtained five white elephants from Pinlè an l inherited the king lom from his brother Uzana, who abdicated the throne. He died of illness after a reign of niue years and became a Nat.
In the fəstival to this Nat the medium wears a court-dress, holding a fan covered with one end of his paső in the left, and twigs of thahye in the right hand. As he recites an ode, in which he narrates his owa story, he assun'es the gestures of one riding on horse-back.
12. Aungbinlè Sinbyshin Nat. He was the son of King Mingaung I. of Ava, and brother of King Kyawzwî, who died at Dalla. After the death of his father he reigned as King of Ava. While riding an elephant and superintending the plughing of a plot of lind, south of the Aangbinl) Lake, he was treacherously assassinated by the Sawbwî of Oabaang. He became a Nat under the name of Aungbinlè Sinbyúshin.
In the festival to this Nat the medium is dressed in high court-dress holding a gold elephant goad in the left hand, and a lasso, made of his white p 186, toge her with thabye twigs, is held in the right hand. He chaunts an ode, recounting his own life, tracing his descent from a powerful line of kings, and promising to all caltivators his supernatural assistance in securing them rich harvests; and after exhorting them to strengthen the embankment of the lake, he holds the twigs of thaby& in his right hand, and mimics the sowing of seed in a fieid.
18. Taungmàgyi and Myauk Minsinbya Nats. They were the sons of a sea-serpent and Shwe Nabe, a native of Mindon. According to one legend they were the sons of Nga Tinde, afterwards Mahagiri Nat, by the sea-serpent Shwe Nabê. They were born from eggs in the Malè woods after their parents had lived for some time as man and wife. After the death of their parents, these two eggs were picked up by a Risbi, dwelling near the Male River. From these two eggs were hatched the two brothers, known by the names of Shin Byû and Shin Nyê. On their death they were deified on the upper reaches of the river, each being represented with six hands.
