Phi Phong
| Grouping | Legendary creature |
|---|---|
| Sub grouping | Nocturnal, undead |
| Similar creatures |
Krasue Krahang Pop |
| Mythology | Thai folk mythology |
| Other name(s) | Phi Phao (ผีเป้า) Phi Pong (ผีโป่ง) |
| Country | Thailand |
| Region | Northern and Isan Thailand region |
| Habitat | Dark rural areas |
Phi Phong or Phi Pong (Thai: ผีโพง, ผีโป่ง) is a Thai ghost of Northern folk beliefs. It has another name in the Isan language (Northeast dialect) as Phi Phao (ผีเป้า).
Those who're Phi Phong are beginning of black magic and can't control of subjects in themselves, or force of planted a species. It's called "Wan Phi Phong" (ว่านผีโพง; lit: "ghost herb"), which has a white, hot flavor and make a light in the dark like luminous woodlouse.
Who's a Phi Phong in the daytime, it will be like ordinary people, but the night will turn into a ghost, with the light or fire at the nostrils to find filthy food such as frogs, dungs, dead bodies or placenta like Phi Krasue, Phi Krahang or Phi Pop and if someone approached it. It will always go away every time.
Typically, Phi Phong don't harm humans. But if it's threatened, it will attack as well. Phi Phong will threw banana stalks cut off or the widow's water carrying pole over the roof of the house. The families of those who're thrown will find many plagues.
Phi Phong can die. When someone meets a Phi Phong and say that who's a Phi Phong. In the next day those who're Phi Phong will die.
Phi Phong can be transmitted to each other. When someone was spit on the face or eat saliva of Phi Phong.
At Phlapphla Subdistrict, Chok Chai District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. There's a village named "Ban Nong Phi Lok" (บ้านหนองผีหลอก; " Spooky Marsh Village"). It's about 5 km away from district center. Most of the condition is cassava and paddy fields. This's due to the rumors that have been around for hundreds of years. In the past there were about 100 rai (about 1/3 acre) of wetlands adjacent to the dirt road. In the evening, Phi Phong come out finding frogs to eat so often that no one dares to pass at night. But until now, this village hasn't been officially promoted as a village.
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