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U Shin Gyi
U Shin Gyi ( my, ဦးရှင်ကြီး, or , ; also Lord of the Sea or Conqueror of the Salty Sea) is a Burmese ''nat'' commonly venerated in the Ayeyarwady Delta region, as he is widely believed to be a benevolent guardian spirit of waterways. He is commonly depicted next to a tiger and crocodile, and is often holding a Burmese harp, as he was originally a harpist from Kasin village in Bago Bago may refer to: Places Myanmar * Bago, Myanmar, a city and the capital of the Bago Region * Bago District, a district of the Bago Region * Bago Region an administrative region * Bago River, a river * Bago Yoma or Pegu Range, a mountain rang .... According to one version of his story, while on an expedition to find food, U Shin Gyi and fellow lumberjacks landed on Meinmahla Island, and his harp-playing enticed two nat sisters, who did not allow the boat to depart the island until they were appeased. U Shin Gyi allowed himself to drown, pleasing the spirits, and in return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
U Shin Gyi At Kyauktan Yay-Le Pagoda
U or u, is the twenty-first and sixth-to-last Letter (alphabet), letter and fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is English alphabet#Letter names, ''u'' (pronounced ), plural English alphabet#Letter names, ''ues''. History U derives from the Semitic Waw (letter), waw, as does F, and later, Y, W, and V. Its oldest ancestor goes to Egyptian hieroglyphs, Egyptian hieroglyphics, and is probably from a hieroglyph of a mace or fowl, representing the sound [Voiced labiodental fricative, v] or the sound [Voiced labial–velar approximant, w]. This was borrowed to Phoenician, where it represented the sound [w], and seldom the vowel [Close back rounded vowel, u]. In Greek language, Greek, two letters were adapted from the Phoenician waw. The letter was adapted, but split in two, with the Digamma, first one of the same name (Ϝ) being ada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
