
Mistaken Identities
Phra Ngang is sometimes confused with the spirits or gods of other traditions or even figures from popular culture; here are a few of the most common cases of “mistaken identity”:
- Cornish Pixie (UK)
- Cornish Pixies (UK)
- Eleggua, Cuba
- Eshu, Cuba
- Eshu, West Africa
- Eshu, West Africa
- Nin-Nin, La Blue Girl cartoon (Japan)
- Nin-Nin, La Blue Girl cartoon (Japan)
- Orko from “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe”
- Orko from “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe”
- Smurfs, Purple
- Teletubbies, UK