. The Mythology of all races .. . r gambols in the guise of the mer-maid she was. Hkun Ai, however, overwhelmed with curiosity,climbed to the roof of the palace and was very much dis-mayed to find the whole of the country and the lakes roundabout filled with gigantic writhing dragons. In the evening allof them assumed human form and returned home. The Princess PLATE VII I. Naga Min The Serpent-King is occasionally representedas embracing a whole pagoda in his coils and almostinvariablyhe decorates the top of also p. 323. 2. Galon This heraldic bird of the Burmese corresp
. The Mythology of all races .. . r gambols in the guise of the mer-maid she was. Hkun Ai, however, overwhelmed with curiosity,climbed to the roof of the palace and was very much dis-mayed to find the whole of the country and the lakes roundabout filled with gigantic writhing dragons. In the evening allof them assumed human form and returned home. The Princess PLATE VII I. Naga Min The Serpent-King is occasionally representedas embracing a whole pagoda in his coils and almostinvariablyhe decorates the top of also p. 323. 2. Galon This heraldic bird of the Burmese corresponds tothe Indian Garuda, the mythic vehicle whichbears the god Visnu. This representation may becompared with the Indian conceptions given inMythology of All Races, vi. Plates X, XVI. See alsoinfra, pp. 323-24. 3. BiLU The Bilu, or ogre, feeds on human flesh and maybe recognized by the fact that he casts no pp. 294, 352. These three mythic figures are allIndian in origin. After Temple, Thirty-Seven Natsof Burma, p. INDO-CHINESE MYTHS AND LEGENDS 273 found Hkun Ai very dejected and gloomy, and abruptly askedhim what was the matter. He replied that he was homesickand wanted to see his old father and mother. The DragonPrincess was soft-hearted enough to think this reasonable; atany rate, they went back to the country of men and came outat the Nawng Put Lake. She, however, either would not, orcould not, remain there. Accordingly she told him that shewould lay an egg from which a child would be hatched, andthis he was to feed with the milk which would ooze from hislittle finger whenever he thought of her. Then she said that ifeither he or the child were ever in danger or difficulty, he wasto strike the ground three times with his hand, and she wouldcome to his aid. She laid the egg, plunged into the lake, andreturned to the country of the Nagas. Hkun Ai heaped hayand dead leaves over the egg where it lay on the banks of theNawng Put Lake, and then went home to his pa
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