Results for "thai folklore"
6 entries found.
🇹🇭 Thailand and 1 moreGhosts in Thai cultureผี (phi)
A wide range of spirits and ghosts found in Thai folklore and popular belief.Belief · Protection · Cursing and harm Living
🇹🇭 ThailandMae Nak Phra Khanongแม่นากพระโขนง
A Thai ghost of a woman who died in childbirth and her shrine for protection and fertilityBeing · Protection · Healing Living
🇹🇭 Thailand and 1 moreKong koiผีกองกอย
A one-legged Lao and Thai jungle ghost said to drink blood from travellers' toesBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇹🇭 Thailand and 2 moreNariphonนารีผล
A mythical tree in Buddhist lore that bears fruit shaped like young womenBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇹🇭 ThailandSihuhataแมงสี่หูห้าตา
A legendary creature from northern Thai folklore associated with wealth and divine testingBeing · Luck and prosperity · Power and authority Living
🇹🇭 ThailandNang Kwakนางกวัก
A Thai figure who beckons customers and money luck into shops and homesBeing · Luck and prosperity Living
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Nariphon: LigerCommon, Public domain, source
- Sihuhata: Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nang Kwak: Günter Trageser, Public domain, source
- Ghosts in Thai culture: Heinrich Damm ( User:Hdamm , Hdamm at de.wikipedia.org ), CC BY 2.0, source
- Mae Nak Phra Khanong: Xufanc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source