LEMBUSWANA MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

Crowned, but not a king. Trunked and tusked, but not an elephant. Winged, but not a bird. Scaled, but not a fish. Spurs like a rooster, yet not a chicken. What kind of creature was this?                              LEMBUSWANA Lembuswana was a mythical creature in the ancient folklore of the Kutai people, which existed since ancient times. It later became a symbol during the era of the oldest Hindu kingdom in Indonesia — the Kutai Kingdom — and continued to be used in the era of the Kesultanan Kutai Kartanegara Ing Martadipura. Lembuswana was considered sacred by the local people, believed to be the mount of the God Vishnu. The name “Lembuswana” came from Sanskrit: Lembu meaning "cow" and Svarna meaning "gold". Lembuswana had a golden body and the form of a bull or cow wearing a crown on its head. It had a trunk and tusks like an elephant, wings like Garuda, claws and spurs like a rooster, and a bod...