Phya Khankhaak, the Toad King: A Translation of an Isan Fertility Myth in Verse

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.