Shitta
Shitta are benevolent Burmese moon spirits honored yearly by a village chief without blood sacrifice, sparsely documented in English-language compilation.
At a glance
- Tradition
- Burmese (Myanmar) animist tradition
- Region
- Southeast Asia (place of origin)
- Trait family
- The Unseen-Walkers
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Traits
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Behaviour
- Lesser rank among spirit hierarchy
why
General reference works on world folklore that include Burmese material place them among the benevolent nats, spirits whose relationship to human communities is one of mutual regard rather than the demand and appeasement that structures dealings with more dangerous or capricious spirits in the same system.