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    Bhummaso are Burmese spirits that inhabit the roots of trees and serve as guardians of the earth. They are derived from Pali buma deva, which means "deity of the earth." Bhummaso live in the roots and are related to Yokkaso, who live on tree trunks, and Akathaso, who live in the sky and are guardians of the sky, while Yokkaso are guardians of trees.

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    Bhummaso are Burmese spirits that inhabit the roots of trees and serve as guardians of the earth. They are derived from Pali buma deva, which means "deity of the earth." Bhummaso live in the roots and are related to Yokkaso, who live on tree trunks, and Akathaso, who live in the sky and are guardians of the sky, while Yokkaso are guardians of trees.

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    Bhummaso are Burmese spirits that inhabit the roots of trees and serve as guardians of the earth. They are derived from Pali buma deva, which means "deity of the earth." Bhummaso live in the roots and are related to Yokkaso, who live on tree trunks, and Akathaso, who live in the sky and are guardians of the sky, while Yokkaso are guardians of trees.

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    Bhummaso

    Bhummaso (Burmese: ဘုမ္မစိုး; also called as Myay Saung Nat (Burmese: မြေစောင့်နတ်; lit. "Earth
    Guardian Spirit"), are Burmese nats (spirits) who inhabit the roots of trees and serve as
    guardians of the earth. Bhummaso is derived from Pali buma deva (ဘုမ္မဒေဝ ), which literally
    means "deity of the earth."[1]

    An artistic rendition of an Bhummaso

    They are related to Yokkaso (ရုက္ခစိုး) and Akathaso (အာကာသစိုး), who respectively live on the
    tree trunks and sky. Akathaso are guardian spirits of the sky while Yokkaso are guardian spirits of
    tree.[1][2]
    Gallery

    Akathaso

    Yokkaso

    Notes

    1. MLC 1993.

    2. "Buddhism and animism in Myanmar" (http://www.green-lotus.org/2014/06/) . Green Lotus.

    References
    Myanmar–English Dictionary. Myanmar Language Commission. 1993. ISBN 1-881265-47-1
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