@article{oai:ir.kagoshima-u.ac.jp:00000879,
 author = {高谷, 紀夫},
 issue = {1},
 journal = {南海研紀要},
 month = {2016-10-27},
 note = {Ko Myo Shin (Lord of Nine Myos) is a spirit (nat) worshipped in Burma and recognized as a Shan nat. In the popular group of spirits there are 37 nats, in which Ko Myo Shin is not included. But we can see its images in nat shrines and hear its name in spiritual rituals. It is known that nats have various origins. In many cases Ko Myo Shin appears not alone but together with other popular
nats. This co-existence is seen in the cases of other spirits, too and seems to be
an important feature of spirit-worship in Burma. This paper is attempt to study
this feature through analyzing Ko Myo Shin legends.
Factors of the legends analyzed are as follows:, 1. Ko Myo Shin is an asein nat, which means that death must be unnatural., 2. Ko Myo Shin is a land-superintendent from a spiritual world, where the number nine is avoided as a taboo., 3. Ko Myo Shin is identified in legends with the taboo against the number nine which is probably derived from Shans., 4. All the protagonists in the legends die in the end and become nats. On the other hand, in plots of popular nats legends, Burmese Kings appoint asein nats
as guardian-spirits and worship them., 5. The relationship between Ko Myo Shin and the Burmese King is obscure, which seems to mean that the story is an entertaining one rather than spirit origin telling and the time of the formation of the legend is newer than others., There are two important motifs in Ko Myo Shin legends. One is the unlucky brother and sister pair, the other is the pair of two unlucky sons. The former is found in Min Maha Giri Nat (house guardian-spirit) legend whose worship is seen throughout Burma. The latter is common to Taungbyon Brothers Nats who have the most popular festival in Burma. These two motifs in local legends seem to have prevailed extensively before
the formation of the legends. So in the stages of forming Ko Myo Shin legends, we can conclude that it was firstly influenced by the Min Maha Giri type legend, secondarily by two-sons-type motif, and involved nine symbolism. And the formation process seems to be connected with Ko Myo Shin's co-existence with other spirits and historically with the conflicts between Burmese and ethnic minority group
like Shans.},
 pages = {33--52},
 title = {ビルマ精霊信仰考 I : Ko Myo Shin},
 volume = {7},
 year = {}
}