Thai word senses marked with topical category "Horror"
Parent categories: Literature, Speculative fiction, Culture, Entertainment, Writing, Fiction, Genres, Society, Human behaviour, Language, Artistic works, Human, Communication, Art
Subcategories: Ghosts
Total 17 word senses
- กระสือ (Noun) a type of nocturnal spirit, believed to possess a woman and cause her to appear at night with only her head and internal organs that emit luminescent glow and float around to seek filthy things, such as feces and carrion, to eat. The male counterpart is known as กระหัง.
- กระสือ (Noun) a type of turmeric that resembles zedoary, traditionally believed to be of a supernatural power to possess a woman like the said spirit.
- กระสือ (Noun) any of numerous bioluminescent mushrooms.
- กระสือ (Noun) glowworm.
- กุมาร (Noun) child ghost servant, created by surgically removing an unborn baby from the womb of its mother, roasting the baby until its body dries during a rite held at a graveyard, and covering the dry-roasted corpse with gold leaf. The corpse is carried by someone who believes that the ghost dwelling in it may be employed.
- ฉมบ (Noun) a type of spirit in Thai folklore, believed to be the ghost of a woman that dwells at the place of her death, especially in a forest.
- ตายทั้งกลม (Verb) to die together with the child or children in her womb.
- ตายทั้งกลม (Noun) the ghost of a woman who died in this manner.
- ทางสามแพร่ง (Noun) T-junction, traditionally believed to be employed by the dead and thus deemed a very unholy spot.
- ปอบ (Noun) a type of evil spirit in Thai folklore, believed to possess a person and devour his or her viscera before leaving, thus causing the person to die.
- ผีดิบ (Noun) preternatural being believed to be a reanimated corpse, such as vampire, zombie, etc.
- พราย (Noun) a type of imaginary creature, conceived of as inhabiting the rivers, mountains, trees, etc, as nymph, elf, naiad, etc.
- สมิง (Noun) a type of evil spirit in Thai folklore, believed to be a person that turns into a tiger by the power of black magic or a tiger that can transform itself into a human due to being possessed by the ghosts of its human preys.
- เปรต (Noun) preta: a type of supernatural creature born to undergo punishment or suffering as a result of sinful deeds committed in previous lives.
- เปรต (Noun) preta: a type of ghost in the Thai folklore, believed to have a very tall and thin body, the mouth as small as the hole of a needle, the hands as large as palm leaves, and to consume blood and pus as food, as well as to scream at night.
- โขมด (Noun) gleaming light seen at night, traditionally believed to be a type of nocturnal ghost that leads travellers astray, scientifically explained to be light naturally produced by methane.
- โสม (Noun) any of the various plants of the genus Panax (family Araliaceae).
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