Thai folklore
23 entries in the Thai Folklore compendium.
Thai folkloreThai folklore blends ancient Tai beliefs with popular culture.Phraya Anuman RajadhonSelf-trained scholar who documented Thai culture and folklore.Doi Nang NonMountain range shaped like a sleeping lady.Ghosts in Thai cultureThai ghosts blend Buddhist beliefs with local folklore.Hae Nang MaewTraditional rainmaking cat procession in Thailand and Cambodia.Jatukham RammathepGuardian deities of Wat Phra Mahathat, revered as a Bodhisattva.Khun Chang Khun PhaenThai epic poem of love, war, and magic from oral tradition.Kob Kin DueanTai folklore explaining eclipses as a frog swallowing the moon.Krai ThongThai folk hero who hunted the crocodile lord Chalawan.Lao ChongSemi-legendary first king of Ngoenyang and ancestor of Mangrai.Legend of Khao Ok ThaluA mountain with a hole, born from a tragic love triangle.Ma MyaBurmese woman whose tragic love story became legend in Thai popular culture.Mae Nak Phra KhanongThai ghost whose undying love inspired enduring folklore and popular culture.Mae sueGuardian goddess and ghost of infants in Thai culture.ManimekhalaGuardian goddess of the seas and protector from shipwreck.Nang KwakThai folk spirit of prosperity and customer attraction.Paññāsa JātakaNon-canonical collection of 50 Jataka tales from Southeast Asia.Phadaeng Nang AiTragic love triangle explaining the origin of Nong Han Kumphawapi Lake.Phaya KhottabongLegendary king of Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia, famed for his club.PhosopRice goddess of Thai folklore, ensuring harvests for millennia.Phra Aphai ManiThai national epic by Sunthorn Phu, longest single poem.Phra Mae ThoraniEarth goddess who drowned Mara with water from her hair.Phra Mae YaFemale tutelary deity of Sukhothai, linked to King Ramkhamhaeng's mother.
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