Shwe Pyat

guardian · Myanmar · Southeast Asia

Not independently attested as a named nat or guardian of Burmese folklore; searches locate no spirit called 'Shwe Pyat.' 'Shwe' (gold) prefixes many real nats—Shwe Hpyin Nyidaw and Shwe Hpyin Naungdaw, the Taungbyon brothers, and Shwe Nabay—but the recorded temple treasure-guardian does not match any of them and appears to be a garbled or invented name.

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