Kyaik Htee Yoe Shwe Nan Kyin
A lady named Shwe Nan Kyin is not an ordinary woman. Her parents are Zawgyi and Dragon. Zawgyi is a person who makes pills with his power.
One day, a female dragon disguised as a woman and came into the human realm. She saw a Zawgyi and had some feelings for him. She spread flowers every day at the place where Zawgyi slept. After a few days, the dragon was caught by Zawgyi when she was spreading flowers. Zawgyi immediately falls in love with the dragon disguised as a beautiful young lady. Lady dragon has been with Zawgyi for the whole time that she couldn't sleep. She didn't sleep because when she slept, the disguise of the lady would disappear.
One day, Zawgyi went out to find things for medicine. She thought it would be a long trip so she slept so deep that she didn't even realize her husband came back. Zawgyi was unbelieve that he was living with an animal and left her alone. When the dragon woke up, her husband, Zawgyi, had not arrived yet. Then she realized that he left her. The female dragon was crying in pain and little did he know, the dragon had babies with him. The female dragon laid two eggs in the cave and left them because she couldn't bring them to the dragon realm. The two hermits came to see the eggs and decided to adopt them. The old hermit adopted one egg which is born to a boy and the young hermit adopted another egg which is born to be a girl. That little girl is named after Shwe Nan Kyin.
Years later, a married couple asked hermits permission to adopt the young girl, Shwe Nan Kyin and her brother. Years later, Shwe Nan Kyin had grown up as a woman.
King decided to build Kyaik Htee Yoe Pagoda so villagers helped to build it together. Shwe Nan Kyin and her family also went to help them. The King was also there and fell in love with Shwe Nan Kyin's beauty. The next day, he gathered her family to announce that he wanted Shwe Nan Kyin as the country’s queen.
After Shwe Nan Kyin became queen, Kyaik Htee Yoe Pagoda was built peacefully. She has been living in the palace 24/7. She became bored and bored, thus she asked the King if she could visit Kyaik Htee Yoe Pagoda. The King allowed and told her to visit with a palace cart but she refused. She said she wanted to visit the Pagoda with her family on foot.
While she and her family were on the trip to Kyike Htee Yoe pagoda, the Tiger followed them. They ran from the bottom of the mountain, her family could escape but Shwe Nan Kyin was too exhausted to escape from the tiger so she could only see the Pagoda. As she saw the pagoda, she put two of her hands together and swore that she wanted to guard the Pagoda after she died.
In the Pagoda, there’s a shrine for Shwe Nan Kyin in front of the Pagoda. If you go to Kyaik Htee Yoe Pagoda, make sure you visit her shrine. ;)
