nats
deity intermediate Burmese single tradition · 3
The nats are god-like spirits venerated in Myanmar and neighbouring countries in conjunction with Buddhism. They are divided between the 37 Great Nats who were given that status by King Anawrahta when he formalized the official list of nats. Most of the 37 Great Nats were human beings who met violent deaths.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 1000 CE
- Attested period
- 1000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Formalized by King Anawrahta.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- ywa saung nat, ko saung nat, Popa Medaw, Taungbyone Min Nyinaung, Mahagiri nats, Yun Bayin, Maung Po Tu, Tabinshwehti nat, Kami, Yaksha, Deva, Ashura
- parent of
- 37 Great Nats, nat sein
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“but later came to include other Asian spirits and local gods (like the Burmese nats and the Japanese kami)”
#22026 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The Tabinshwehti nat is one of the 37 nats (spirits) worshiped in Myanmar.”
#34230 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001