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Thai and Lao folklore

1 record of Thai and Lao folklore — the beings, warnings and stories the tradition keeps, with sources.

Phi PopPossession · Thailand · LaosA ravenous possessing spirit of ethnic Lao belief in Laos, Isan, and nearby regions. It uses a human host to eat internal organs. Communities may exile the accused; some Lao villages specialise in receiving them.