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Macchanu: the fish-tailed son who meets Hanuman

Variant

Hanuman's own son stands guard at the gate of Ahiravana.

Macchanu has a vanara upper body and fish tail. In one version Hanuman is about to strike when a star-voice reveals he is his son. When Hanuman pursues Maiyarap, Macchanu guards a pond where Maiyarap raised him as foster father. He fights inconclusively, then hints by riddle that the netherworld entrance is inside a lotus in the pond.

Who: Macchanu, Hanuman, Maiyarap, Suvannamaccha

Bound to

Mahiravana: Hanuman's five faces in Patala located-at

Suvannamaccha: Hanuman falls in love with a mermaid causes

Places: Thailand, Patala (mythic)

Where this comes from

• regional-literary · Wikipedia: Macchanu

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