Phya Khankhaak, the Toad King: A Translation of an Isan Fertility Myth in Verse
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Book Details
Author(s)
Phra Ariyanuwat
Publisher
Bucknell Univ Pr
ISBN / ASIN
083875306X
ISBN-13
9780838753064
Sales Rank
#6,387,268
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United States 🇺🇸
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This volume is the first translation of a Thai/Lao myth into English. Phya Khankhaak, The Toad King, a significant Isan myth in verse, tells how the human king, Phya Khankhaak, defeats the rain god, Phya Thaen, to bring fertility to earth after a drastic drought.
