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  2. Thai folklore - Wikipedia

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    Nang Kwak shopkeeper's good-luck charm in Bangkok. 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.

  3. Ramakien - Wikipedia

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    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. He found that the Ramakien was influenced by three sources: the Valmiki 's Ramayana, the Vishnu Purana , and Hanuman Nataka (all three are from Hinduism). [ 2 ]

  4. Phra Phrom - Wikipedia

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    Phra Phrom (Thai: พระพรหม; from Sanskrit: Brahmā, ब्रह्मा) is the Thai representation of the Hindu creator god Brahma. In modern Thailand, Phra Phrom is often worshipped outside of Hindu contexts by regular Buddhists, and, like many other Hindu deities, has usually come to represent guardian spirits in Thai animist ...

  5. Nang Kwak - Wikipedia

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    Nang Kwak luck-bringing charm for shopkeepers in Bangkok. Nang Kwak is a benevolent spirit. She is deemed to bring luck, especially in the form of money, to the household. She is the patron deity of merchants and salesmen. She can be seen in almost every business establishment in Thailand. [4]

  6. Suvannamaccha - Wikipedia

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    The figure of Suvannamaccha is popular in Thai folklore and is represented on small cloth streamers or framed pictures that are hung as luck-bringing charms in shops and houses throughout Thailand. Suvannamaccha luck bringing charm in a riverside shop in Nonthaburi , Thailand

  7. Erawan Shrine - Wikipedia

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    The Erawan Shrine, formally the Thao Maha Phrom Shrine (Thai: ศาลท้าวมหาพรหม; RTGS: San Thao Maha Phrom; 'shrine of Lord Maha Brahma'), is a shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, which houses a statue of Phra Phrom, the Thai representation of Brahma, the Hindu god of creation.

  8. Religion in Thailand - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese folk religion of Thailand has developed local features, including the worship of local gods. [5] Major Chinese festivals such as Nian, Zhongqiu, and Qingming, are widely celebrated, especially in Bangkok, Chonburi, and other parts of Thailand where there are large Chinese populations. [90]

  9. Phra Mae Thorani - Wikipedia

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    Images of Phra Mae Thorani are common in shrines and Buddhist temples of Burma, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos. According to Buddhist myths, Phra Mae Thorani is personified as a young woman wringing the cool waters of detachment out of her hair to drown Mara, the demon sent to tempt Gautama Buddha as he meditated under the Bodhi Tree.