Editing Serpent symbolism (section)

====Nagas of Indochina====
Serpents, or ''[[Nāga#Indonesia|nāga]]s'', play a particularly important role in [[Khmer mythology]]. An [[origin myth]] explains the emergence of the name "Cambodia" as resulting from conquest of a naga princess by a [[Kambojas|Kambuja]] lord named [[Kaundinya]]: the descendants of their union are the [[Khmer people]].<ref>Chandler, ''A History of Cambodia'', p. 13.</ref> [[George Cœdès]] suggests the Cambodian myth is a basis for the Thai legend of [[Rocket Festival#Nang Ai, Phadaeng, and Phangkhi|"Phra Daeng Nang Ai"]], in which a woman who has lived many previous lives in the region is reincarnated as a daughter of Phraya Khom (Thai for Cambodian) and causes the death of her companion in former lives who has been reincarnated as a prince of the Nagas. This leads to war between the "spirits of the air" and the Nagas: Nagas amok are rivers in spate, and the entire region is flooded.<ref>{{cite book |last=Coedès |first= George |editor= Walter F. Vella |others= translated by Susan Brown Cowing |title= The Indianized States of Southeast Asia |publisher=Research Publications and Translations Program of the Institute of Advanced Projects, East-West Center, University of Hawaii |orig-year=1968 |year=1971 |location=Honolulu |isbn=0-7081-0140-2 |page=48}}</ref> [[Rocket Festival#The Myth of the Toad King|The Myth of the Toad King]] tells how introduction of Buddhist teachings led to war with the [[sky deity]] Phaya Thaen, and ended in a truce with nagas posted as guardians of entrances to temples.<ref>{{cite book |title=Tossa, Wajuppa and Phra 'Ariyānuwat |year=1996 |publisher= Bucknell University Press London|location= Cranbury, NJ |isbn=0-8387-5306-X}}</ref>