IRWIN:
1907
A.J. Irwin
„Some Siamese Ghost-lore and Demonology”,
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Journal of
the Siam Society. vol. 4, part. 2, 1907,
pp.19-33. (pdf.)
Fragment
„In all countries and at all times there seems to have
existed some belief in spirits or ghosts, and Siam is not an exception to
the general rule. There is no doubt that among most classes of
people in this country beliefs are held in the existence of spirits
good and bad, both of this world, and, to a
much more limited extent, of other worlds. These
spirits are referred to by the general term " pi '' ( ผี) to which is added the name of any
particular spirit alluded to, as "pi ruen,"
"pi pa." The subject is one that
is of interest tom any,artly from the wish
to learn the ideas regarding such matters of
those amongst whom we live, and partly from the desire to obtain data for comparing their beliefs
with those existing in other countries with
which we are acquainted. The subject of spirits — the
belief in them, and the worshipof them—is however a very wide one, and
no claim is made to touch on more than the verge of it
in this paper. There is a good deal of difficulty in
collecting information about such matters. Persons holding certain
beliefs may not wish to speak of them,
especially if they think that the
particular "pi" under discussion is anywhere in
the neighbourhood. Again two or more persons may each
in describing the same "pi" give
a different account of its appearance or attributes”. (p. 19).
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