Usually depicted as a demented, red-eyed trickster sitting in a meditation posture like the Buddha, Phra Ngang has a reputation […]

Though Phra Ngang’s popularity has spread worldwide with the advent of the internet and globalization, his traditional stomping grounds center

Phra Ngang is sometimes confused with the spirits or gods of other traditions or even figures from popular culture; here are a few

For thousands of years prior to the introduction of Buddhism, Thailand teemed with spirits, gods, ghosts and monsters. So how did they survive

Various fascinating Phra Ngang artifacts from around the internet. Amulets are meant to envelope the bearer in the “energy” of Phra

An enigmatic figure of mysterious origin, Phra Ngang has been variously explained as: An unconsecrated Buddha statue soaked with the blood of fallen Thai troops