Language: Burmese
Source: In general use
Description
Belu are usually man-eating humanoid beings capable of shapeshifting.
There are two main sub-species:
Pan-kike Belu, literally "flower biters". Belu with straight fangs that eat humans. Generally malevolent.
Panswé Belu, literally "flower danglers". Belu with curved or hooked fangs that eat flowers and fruits. Generally benevolent.

Watercolour painting by an unknown Burmese artist, 1897.
Bodleian Library, Oxford. Accession number: Ms. Burm. a 5

Belu on a Burmese sword scabbard.
Sold by Mandarin Mansion in 2016.