This always an interesting subject, but I think not as simple.
Other than Garuda, Bhima or Yaksha, Gandharva and Vanaspati seems to be other figure worth to mention (the last two are quite popular in Javanese tale). When relate further north (Sumatra/Peninsula Malaysia), as well as Bugis hilt, I sometime thought they depict Islam influence (salah/sholat position like ruku etc) as Islam seems to spread quite early in these areas. Probably also Western/handgun influence although I'm not sure how early it was seen by people in Nusantara.
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