Peacock Princess

The Peacock Princess or Chao Sisouthone and Nang Manola is a Tai legend. This story features in the folklore of Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Sri Lanka, northern Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and China.

Etymology

FiguresIndiaKampoucheaLaosSiamChinaKoreaAnnam Peacock Princess  Manohara  Neang Kev Monoreaនាងកែវមនោរាហ៍  Nang Manola
ນາງມະໂນລາ Nang Manohraนางมโนราห์  Nán Mùchuònà喃穆婼娜  Arang아랑  Nhồi Hoa The Prince  Sudhana  Preah Sothunព្រះសុធន   Thao Sri Thone
ທ້າວສີທນ Pra Suthonพระสุธน Zhào Shùtún召樹屯  Mudal무달  Lê Tư Thành The Hunter  Halaka  ?  ? Boon
พรานบุญ Yánkǎn岩坎  ?  Tiều phu The Wizard  Brahminब्राह्मण  Brahminព្រាហ្មណ៍  Brahmin  Brahminพราหมณ์/ปุโรหิต  Yayan the Wizard羅門巫師  ?  Tể tướng Water God  Nagarajaनागराज  Reachnahkaណាហ្គារាជ  ?  Chompoochittanagaraj
ท้าวชมพูจิตนาคราช Lóngwáng龍王  Yongwang용왕  Hà bá Seven kinnari princesses  Kinnaurकिन्नर  Kenoreiកិន្នរី  ?  Kinnaree
กินรี Xiānnǚ小仙女  Seonyeo선여  Tiên nữ The King  Adityavamsa  Atichakvong  ? Athityawong
ท้าวอาทิตยวงศ์ ?  ?  ? The Queen  Chandradevi  Chantea Devi  ? Chandradevi
นางจันทราเทวี ?  ?  ?SitesIndiaKampoucheaLaosSiamChinaKoreaAnnam Earth  Pañcālaपञ्चाल  Oudor Bangchal  Mɯ́ang Bangchal  Muang Punjab
เมืองปัญจาล Měng Bǎnzhā勐板扎  The village  An Nam Central Plains  Ocean  Lake  River  Heavenly lake
สระอโนดาต Heavenly lake天池  Heavenly lake천지  River Heaven  Mount Kailashकैलास  Phnom Preah Someruភ្នំព្រះសុមេរុ  Champa  Mount krailash
เขาไกรลาศ Heavenly kingdom天國  Enchanted mountain금강산  Champa

Related pages

 Manimekhala
 Mayilattam
 Swan maiden
 The blue bird
 Finist the Falcon
Documents
 Norodom Buppha Devi, Le Cambodge, renaissance de la tradition khmère. Preah Sothun (création), danse classique, Cité de la musique, Paris, France, 2004.
 Sotheary Kimsun, Brʹaḥ S'uthn nʹāng kʹaevmnʹorʹāh̊ : Preah Sothun and Neang Keo Monorea, Reading Books, 2009.
 Isabelle Soulard, Preah Sothun neang Keo Monorea, France.




 Schiefner, Anton; Ralston, William Shedden. Tibetan tales, derived from Indian sources. London, K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co. ltd. 1906. pp. xlviii-l and 44-74.

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Further reading
 ស្នេហាលន្លង់លន្លោចនៃព្រះសុធននាងកែវមនោហរា (រឿងខ្មែរ, រឿងចិន)
 រឿងចៅកាំបិតបន្ទោ
[Thai Tale] "Pra Suthon - Manora" The famous love story from epic of Thailand.
 Suthon and Manora: A jewel of Thai literature, art and performance
 The legend of Thai kinnaree
 The peacock princess in Yunnan
 Phận đời ba công chúa nổi tiếng của Tây Du Ký
 Hội thảo đền thờ công chúa Nhồi Hoa nước Lào tại Ninh Bình

References

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