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RELIGION & MYTHOLOGY

 

 

 

  nagah

 

Myanmar

Nagah are Burmese-style dragons, i.e. naga-like creatures, yet with legs. At this edifice at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon (fig.), these mythological creatures are represented as stairway entrance guardians.

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