Editing Ghost (section)

====Thailand====
{{main article|Ghosts in Thai culture}}
[[File:XRF-krasue.jpg|thumb|left|150px|''[[Krasue]]'', a Thai female ghost known as ''Ap'' in [[Khmer language|Khmer]]]]
Ghosts in [[Thailand]] are part of local [[Thai folklore|folklore]] and have now become part of the popular culture of the country. [[Phraya Anuman Rajadhon]] was the first Thai scholar who seriously studied Thai folk beliefs and took notes on the [[nocturnal]] village spirits of Thailand. He established that, since such spirits were not represented in paintings or drawings, they were purely based on descriptions of popular orally transmitted [[oral tradition|traditional stories]]. Therefore, most of the contemporary [[iconography]] of ghosts such as [[Nang Tani]], [[Nang Takian]],<ref>[http://board.postjung.com/m/514876.html Ghosts of Thai folklore] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101181521/http://board.postjung.com/m/514876.html |date=2013-11-01 }}. Board.postjung.com. Retrieved on 2013-03-21.</ref> [[Krasue]], [[Krahang]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230307192742/http://www.thaighosts.net/ghost/phi-krahang?page=2 Phi Krahang]. Thaighosts.net. Retrieved on 2013-03-21.</ref> [[Phi Hua Kat]], [[Phi Pop]], [[Phi Phong]], [[Phi Phraya]], and [[Mae Nak]] has its origins in Thai films that have now become [[classic]]s.<ref>[http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj21/panyathai143/DSC01886_resize.jpg Movie poster showing Thai ghosts Krahang and Krasue with Count Dracula] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111155111/http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj21/panyathai143/DSC01886_resize.jpg |date=2012-11-11 }}. photobucket.com</ref><ref>'Ghosts and Spirits of Lan Na (Northern Thailand', in: Forbes, Andrew, and Henley, David, ''Ancient Chiang Mai'' Volume 4. Chiang Mai, Cognoscenti Books, 2012. ASIN: B006J541LE</ref>
The most feared spirit in Thailand is [[Phi Tai Hong]], the ghost of a person who has died suddenly of a violent death.<ref>[http://www.thaiworldview.com/bouddha/animism5.htm Spirits] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307192747/http://www.thaiworldview.com/bouddha/animism5.htm |date=2023-03-07 }}. Thaiworldview.com. Retrieved on 2013-03-21.</ref> The folklore of Thailand also includes the belief that [[sleep paralysis]] is caused by a ghost, [[Phi Am]].