page_title: Akathaso
hierarchical_section_title: Akathaso
caption_attribution_description: English: Akathaso in Burmese representationမြန်မာဘာသာ: အာကာသစိုး
context_page_description: Akathaso are Burmese nats who inhabit the tops of trees and serve as guardians of the sky. Akathaso is derived from Pali akasa deva, which literally means "deity of the sky."
  They are related to Yokkaso and Bhummaso, who respectively live on the trunks and roots of the trees. Bhummaso are guardian spirits of the earth while yokkaso are guardian spirits of trees.
context_section_description: Akathaso (Burmese: အာကာသစိုး) are Burmese nats (spirits) who inhabit the tops of trees and serve as guardians of the sky. Akathaso is derived from Pali akasa deva (အာကာသဒေဝ), which literally means "deity of the sky."
  They are related to Yokkaso (ရုက္ခစိုး) and Bhummaso (ဘုမ္မစိုး), who respectively live on the trunks and roots of the trees. Bhummaso are guardian spirits of the earth while yokkaso are guardian spirits of trees.
caption: An artistic rendition of an Akathaso
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