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Female yak in Bangkok. Such ogresses (nang yak) are common main characters of Thai legends. Folk tales and legends in Thailand were used by elders to instill beliefs in the younger generation. Most stories contain moral lessons teaching the importance of following traditions and to display reverence to elders, parents, and superiors.
Thus this effigy received the name of “kuman thong”, meaning “Golden Little Boy”. Some Kuman effigies were soaked in Nam Man Prai, [1] a kind of oil extracted by burning a candle close to the chin of a dead child or a person who died in violent circumstances or an unnatural death. This is much less common now, because this practice is ...
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 ...
Kuman Thong (กุมารทอง), spirits of young boys caught by voodoo masters to do his biddings, usually dressed in Thai ancient clothing with a traditional hair bun. Their name derives from the colour of their skin, which can be either gold, or pale. Mae sue (แม่ซื้อ), a guardian goddess or a female ghost of infants.
Pages in category "Thai masculine given names" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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There are also some ethnic Cham Hindus living in Thailand. [88] The popular Ramakien epic based on Buddhist Dasaratha Jataka is very similar to the Hindu Ramayana. The former capital of Ayutthaya was named for Ayodhya, the Indian birthplace of the Rama, the protagonist of the story. There is a class of brahmins who perform rituals for Hindu ...
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 ]