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Thai folklore is a diverse set of mythology and traditional beliefs held by the Thai people. Most Thai folklore has a regional background for it originated in rural Thailand. With the passing of time, and through the influence of the media, large parts of Thai folklore have become interwoven with the wider popular Thai culture.
Apsonsi statue in Wat Phra Kaew. Apsonsi (Thai: อัปสรสีห์) is a half-woman half-lion mythical creature from Thai mythology.Apsonsi is one of the many hybrid creatures depicted in ancient South and Southeast Asian folklore.
Himavanta appears in a piece of Thai literature called Traibhumikatha [b] which explains that Himavanta is a forest where many diverse mythical creatures such as Phaya Naga [c], Phaya Krut [d], and Kinnaree [e], spirits or even gods and goddess reside. The mythical Nariphon tree [f] that often mentioned in Thai folklore is also said
It is a Thai version of the ancient Indian epic Ramayana, and an important part of the Thai literary canon. King Rama VI was the person who shed the light first on the Ramayana studies in Thailand, by tracing the sources of the Ramakien , comparing it with the Sanskrit Valmiki Ramayana .
Belief in the existence of the Krasue is shared across Southeast Asia, and its origin is difficult to verify.However, it likely originates from folklore. In Thailand, the Krasue is believed to be a cursed individual (usually a female) who engaged in various sins and fraudulent conduct during her previous life.
Nang Tani (Thai: นางตานี; "Lady of Tani") is a female spirit of the Thai folklore. According to folk tradition, this ghost appears as a young woman that haunts wild banana trees ( Musa balbisiana ), known as in Thai language as Kluai Tani (กล้วยตานี).
Harpy, a half-human half-bird mythological creature from the Greek mythology that resembles the kinnara; Siren, another mythological creature also from the Greek mythology that resembles the kinnara and the Harpy; Swan maiden and related tales of a mortal man who falls in love with a magical bird-woman, such as Prince Sudhana and Manohara