Yokkaso
nature_spirit forest Burmese single tradition · 2
These are tree spirits believed to dwell in large trees. Indiscriminate felling of trees is eschewed due to the belief that it would bring the wrath of the nat upon the perpetrator.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Akathaso, Bhummaso, taw saung nats, taung saung nats
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Indiscriminate felling, particularly of large trees, is generally eschewed owing to the belief that they are dwellings of tree spirits called Yokkaso (ရုက္ခစိုး; tree spirit) and that such an act would bring the wrath of the nat upon the perpetrator.”
#10210 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Yokkaso (Burmese: ရုက္ခစိုး, MLCTS: rukhka.cui:; Pali: rukkhadevatā; Sanskrit: vṛkṣadevatā), also known as Thitpin Saunt Nat (Burmese: သစ်ပင်စောင့်နတ်; lit. 'Tree Guardian Spirit'), are Burmese nats (spirits) who serve as guardians of the trees.”
#34356 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat