Pyinsarupa



Pyinsarupa (ပဉ္စရူပ,, also spelt pyinsa rupa; pañcarūpa, lit. 'five forms' ), also known as phaya luang (พญาลวง), is a chimeric animal from Burmese mythology.

Description
The Pyinsarupa is made of parts of an elephant, a bullock, a horse, a white carp (ငါးကြင်း) and a tonaya (တိုးနရား, a mythical horned leodragon), or alternately a lion, an elephant, a water buffalo, a white carp, and a hamsa. The creature is commonly featured in traditional Burmese hsaing waing orchestras, and serves as the logo of Myanmar's flagship air carrier, Myanmar Airways International.