Krahang

Krahang
กระหัง
GroupingLegendary creature
Sub groupingNocturnal, undead
Similar entitiesOwlman
Orang-bati
Ahool
FolkloreSoutheast Asian folk mythology
CountryThailand
RegionSoutheast Asia
HabitatDark rural areas

Krahang (Thai: กระหัง, pronounced [krā.hǎŋ]; or กระหาง, [krā.hǎːŋ]) 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]

  1. ^ Bangkok Post - Thai ghosts: Welcome to our world
  2. ^ Royal Institute Dictionary, 1999 edition, first printing (2003)
  3. ^ "กระด้ง - Kradong". Archived from the original on 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
  4. ^ Krahang wax museum figure
  5. ^ การตำข้าว