Sao Aung
deity water single tradition · 1
Sao Aung sacrificed herself for the people and the kingdom so that the Zeedaw Dam on the Zawgyi River could finally be built. She and her siblings then appeared before King Anawrahta and asked for a divine place as apaing-za to live. Anawrahta granted them the Kyaukse Nine Agricultural Districts as their spiritual domain and ordered the people in those districts to worship them as guardian deities.
When
- First attested
- 740 CE
- Attested period
- 740 – 740
- Historical notes
- Sacrificed herself so that the Zeedaw Dam on the Zawgyi River could finally be built.
Relationships
- sibling of
- Sao Nang, Ko Thein Shin, Saw Mon Hla
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“So, Sao Aung sacrificed herself for the people and the kingdom, and her younger sister followed her in the sacrifice. When Sao Khun Naung heard the news of his sisters' deaths, he went to Kyaukse and, heartbroken, jumped into the Zawgyi River, becoming a nat.”
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