Merlion - Kyundaw, Myanmar - Epic Beings and Creatures on Waymarking.com

This half-lion-half-fish sculpture is a fountain (spouting water from it's mouth) and is on the grounds of a Buddhist temple complex in the village of Kyundaw, Myanmar.

Wikipedia (visit link) informs us:

"The Merlion (Malay: Singa-Laut) is a well-known marketing icon of Singapore depicted as a mythical creature with a lion's head and the body of a fish. It is widely used as a mascot and national personification of Singapore.

The Merlion was first used in Singapore as the logo for the tourism board. The Merlion is similar to the heraldic sea-lion which occurs in a number of different artistic traditions."

Time Period: Modern Approximate Date of Epic Period: 1950 Epic Type: Mythical Exhibit Type: Figure, Statue, 3D Art

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Date Logged Log   10/23/2016 Metro2 visited it