Thailand’s Most Famous Ghost Love Story : Mae Nak Phra Khanong : Bangkok :Thailand 🇹🇭
Mae Nak Phra Khanong is among the best-known ghost stories in Thailand. A tale repeatedly told through various media, the legend of Mae Nak Phra Khanong strikes a chord with people to its universal theme of love and heartbreak.
Believed to date back to the early Rattanakosin period, around the 18th century, the legend has it that Mae Nak lived in the area near Wat Mahabut along a canal.
According to the fable, Nak’s husband Mak was conscripted and sent to war while she was pregnant. Nak died during child birth, making her a “Pee tai tang klom” who is ghost of a woman who died during childbirth with the baby still inside her.
But because of love, Nak’s spirit was bound to her former life, re-appearing in human form to carry on daily chores at home. Every day she lingered on, waiting for her husband’s return. The terrified villagers invited monks and exorcists to banish her, but none succeeded.
After being treated for the wounds he sustained at war, Mak came back to Phra Khanong. At home, he was greeted by his loving wife, now with a newborn. Mak was finally living happily ever after with his wife and child, or so he thought.
One day while cooking, Nak accidentally dropped a lime from her porch. Reaching for the lime, she stretched her inhuman arm all the way from the second-floor balcony down to the grounds below. At that very moment, Mak returned home from running errands to witness the horrifying scene. He became so horrified that he fled to the nearby temple. Heartbroken and furious, Mae Nak set out on a spree of revenge, terrorizing people in the community for causing Mak to leave her.
Eventually, the revered monk Somdej Toh, came to the people’s aid. He approached Nak’s spirit with calmness and pure compassion. With Somdej Toh’s guidance, Nak was able to let go of her past life and move on.
The venerable father then cremated Nak’s body and carved out a piece of her forehead bone to keep as an amulet. The bone has since become a lost treasure with legendary status among Thai amulet collectors.
We may never know whether the tale of Mae Nak Phra Khanong is based on a true story or not, but one thing is certain: nothing will ever stop the fondness Thais have for this love/horror tale.
Today that area is known as Soi Sukhumvit 77 in Bangkok’s Phra Khanong district and is home to her shrine.
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