Krahang
Grouping | Legendary creature |
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Sub grouping | Nocturnal, undead |
Mythology | Southeast Asian folk mythology |
Other name(s) | Phi Krahang |
Country | Thailand |
Region | Southeast Asia |
Habitat | Dark rural areas |
Krahang (Thai: กระหัง), also known as Phi Krahang, is a male spirit of the Thai folklore. It manifests itself as a shirtless man, wearing a traditional loincloth,[1] who flies in the night.[2]
Krahang uses two large Kradong (กระด้ง), round rice winnowing baskets,[3] to fly in the night in rural areas of Thailand.[4] It also often rides a Sak Tam Khao (สากตำข้าว), the long wooden pestle of a traditional manual rice pounder.[5]
Legends
Krahang is a type of nocturnal ghost that is said to haunt the same areas as Krasue, a female spirit of the Thai village folklore, thus these two spirits are often mentioned or represented together.[6] Legends of the Thai oral tradition say that this is an evil spirit that may harm people walking at night in out of the way areas. Like Krasue it lives the life of a normal villager during the day.[7]
In August 2012 villagers at Lat Bua Khao, Sikhio District, in the western part of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, blamed Krahang for some nightly attacks on local women.[8][9]
Modern adaptations
Krahang is a popular folk spirit that has been featured in the 1991 Thai film Kahang (กะหัง)[10] and film Krahang (กระหัง),[11] as well as in a Sylvania light bulb commercial for Thai audiences.[12]
Representations of Krahang, mostly humorous,[13] are very common in Thai comic books.[14] A benevolent Krahang has a role as well in the Nak animated movie.
See also
References
- ↑ Bangkok Post - Thai ghosts: Welcome to our world
- ↑ Royal Institute Dictionary, 1999 edition, first printing (2003)
- ↑ กระด้ง - Kradong
- ↑ Krahang wax museum figure
- ↑ การตำข้าว
- ↑ Vampire Movie poster with Krahang and Krasue
- ↑ Phi Krahang
- ↑ Matichon ลือ "กระหัง" ทำร้ายแม่ลูกอ่อนสีคิ้ว ชาวบ้านผวาพาลูกสาวหอบข้าวของหนี !!
- ↑ ชาวสีคิ้วผวา! “กระหัง” โผล่ซ้ำ หวั่นจับผิดตัว
- ↑ Kahang movie
- ↑ Krahang movie
- ↑ Sylvania light bulb commercial
- ↑ Krahang
- ↑ Comic Vignette of Krahang with Krasue
External links
- Thai popular spirits
- Thai famous ghosts
- Thailand, Types of Thai Ghosts and Spirits
- Krahang Movie poster
- Thai horror movies
- Ghosts and mysteries