Phi Krahang
| Grouping | Legendary creature |
|---|---|
| Sub grouping | Nocturnal, undead |
| Similar creatures |
Owlman Orang-bati Ahool |
| Mythology | Southeast Asian folk mythology |
| Other name(s) | Phi Krahang Phi Krahaang |
| Country | Thailand |
| Region | Southeast Asia |
| Habitat | Dark rural areas |
Krahang (Thai: กระหัง), also known as Phi Krahang (ผีกระหัง) or Phi Krahaang (ผีกระหาง), is a male spirit of the Thai folklore. It manifests itself as a shirtless man, wearing a traditional loincloth, who flies in the night.
Krahang uses two large Kradong (กระด้ง), round rice winnowing baskets, to fly in the night in rural areas of Thailand. It also often rides a Sak Tam Khao (สากตำข้าว), the long wooden pestle of a traditional manual rice pounder.
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. 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.
But from the research in "Three Seals Law" (กฎหมายตราสามดวง; first Thai enacted law) from Ayutthaya period. Rongroj Piromanukul, an anthropologist of Ramkhamhaeng University found that the Krahang don't appear in the list of ghosts, so they believe that the names are recorded later.
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.But finally caught up. As a matter of fact, it is only a man who is drug addicted.
In July 2017 18-year-old girl at Nong Plong, Chamni District, Buriram Province, claimed that while she was in the restroom in her house at night before going to bed, she saw a Krahang through a gap near the ceiling, it appearance is a large winged man on the back. She panicked and ran out of the restroom, when this story spread as a result, the villagers of the two villages were terrified. One villager said she saw it for ten years. It flies in pairs with glowing eyes like the thunderbolt, she said she saw it last Sunday at the beginning of the year at 02:00 am she saw for a half hour, and she tried to get her son to shoot the video clip but don't succeed.
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