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The Tiger and the Monk: Fairy Tales From Thailand: Part One |
| Section: CULTURE / FOLK WISDOM |
| Author: Jan Knappert |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1996 |
| Size: 2,380 Words, 13,465 Characters |
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One day, however, the cattle herds were accompanied by a merchant who met the monk and was astute enough to suspect him. That evening the merchant fashioned buffalo from bamboo, then muttered magic mantras that transformed the bamboo skeletons into live buffalo. That night, the tiger approached yet again to steal a calf. The merchant, alone, was awake. He muttered his magic words and clapped his hands. Suddenly the buffalo came to life. They ran toward and surrounded the tiger, then wounded the feline with their horns. Though the tiger escaped, the next day the monk was found lying in the temple, dead.
Natural storytellers
The majority of Thailand's fifty-eight million people are Buddhists of the Theravada sect. Their religious beliefs are outlined in the Pali canon, a series of sac...
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... into the sea, king and all. The people were so grateful that they acclaimed the orphan boy their new king.
Additional Reading:
Jan Knappert, Pacific Mythology, Hammersmith, London, HarperCollins, 1992.
Peter Lanyon-Orgill, An Introduction to the Thai (Siamese) Language, Curlew Press, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 1955.Alistair Shearer, The Lotus Kingdom, Murray, London, 1989.
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