PLATE VII
1. Nāga Min
The "Serpent-King" is occasionally represented as embracing a whole pagoda in his coils and almost invariably he decorates the top of temple-balustrades. See also p. 323.
2. Galōn
This heraldic bird of the Burmese corresponds to the Indian Garuda, the mythic "vehicle" which bears the god Viṣṇu. This representation may be compared with the Indian conceptions given in Mythology of All Races, vi. Plates X, XVI. See also infra, pp. 323-24.
3. Bilu
The Bilu, or ogre, feeds on human flesh and may be recognized by the fact that he casts no shadow. Cf. pp. 294, 352. These three mythic figures are all Indian in origin. After Temple, Thirty-Seven Nats of Burma, p. 9.
