SUMMARY | PHOTO GALLERY | NEXT | PREVIOUS | | LEXICON

RELIGION & MYTHOLOGY

 

 

 

  Phra Phirun

 

Thailand

Phra Phirun is the Thai god of rain, who is associated with the Vedic god Varuna. He is depicted on the logo of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, surrounded by kanok motifs (fig.).

 

He is typically depicted holding a sword upright in one hand, while walking on the back of a naga that sprouts water from its mouth. In a later incarnation, he was born as the monkey-warrior Wayabud (fig.).

TRAVEL PICTURE LOCATION DIRECTIONS

 

  Phra Phirun