Twalen

{{Short description|Balinese god}}

File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Wajangpop voorstellende Twalen of Tualen TMnr 809-166c.jpg figure representing Twalen.]]

Twalen is a member of the pantheon of gods and demi-gods of Balinese mythology.

He is considered to be a clown in contemporary Balinese stories.{{cite book|last=Robb|first=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pAqeFGf_WDEC&pg=PA116|title=Clowns, Fools and Picaros: Popular Forms in Theatre, Fiction and Film|location= Amsterdam|publisher= Rodopi|year= 2007|page= 116|ISBN= 978-90-420-2340-6}} He frequently appears in the form of a servant in wayang. However, he is older and more powerful than all the Hindu gods, being really the elder brother of Shiva (Siwa in Balinese).{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} His cognate in Javanese tradition is Semar.