Pop (ghost)

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Pop (

viscera.[1] Pop is related to the Phi Fa
spirit.

Legends

A traditional legend says that a long time ago, a flower could take control of them. Once, the prince said the magic words and entered the body of an animal. His servant overheard those words, repeated them, and entered the body of the prince. The servant fooled people into thinking he was the prince. Seeing this, the prince quickly entered the body of a bird and rushed to tell the truth to his wife. Upon hearing this, the prince's wife had the servant's body destroyed, and the prince challenged the false prince to enter the body of an animal. When the servant foolishly entered and took control of the animal's body, the real prince re-entered his own body. The servant was unable to re-enter his body as it was destroyed. Henceforth, his revenant spirit goes from one body to another, eating its intestines.[2]

Village legends say that this ghost lives inside a sorceress and leaves her body during sleep. Before the witch can die, the spirit has to find a body into which the Pop will be transmitted by consuming some saliva from the old sorceress.

If these ghosts succeed in haunting someone, they will eat that person's intestines while sleeping. One rumored way to get rid of them is to call in a healing dancer, chasing away the Pop by spinning dance. When the patient is watching the dance, Pop will enter into the spinning movement and be chased from the body.

History

The Pop was mentioned in Ramphan Philap (รำพันพิลาป, "Lament of Bewailment"), a poem by

Sunthon Phu around 1842–1843, in a single line of text.[3]

In November 1892, coinciding with the reign of King

Rama V, there was a record of a Pop in the present city of Uttaradit. It was said that there was an old Laotian named Ta Puang (the old Puang), who came to build a house and live behind the temple, Wat Pak Fang. It was only known that he floated on a raft along the Nan River
and came ashore. Although already old, but Ta Puang's skin was still white, radiant, and firm, unlike that of ordinary elderly. Not long after he came to live there, three local young women died of unknown reasons in a row. Folks then spread rumors that he was a Pop.

The story of the Pop of Uttaradit was recorded in Vajrayana Viset (วชิรญาณวิเศษ), which was a publication distributed among the upper-class circles at that time.[4]

Later in 1908, at Ban Songyae in the present-day

Yasothon Province, the origin of St Michael's Church, the largest wooden church in Thailand. A Pop had supposedly possessed members of five families in this village. The story calmed down when two priests, named Desaval and Ambrosio, performed an exorcism. Some Ban Songyae residents later turned to Christianity.[5]

In modern times

In 2002, there was news published in the

Bang Khae. This pair of Pop appeared in the form of a monk holding a dog and a nun holding a cat. Some believe that they came across the border from Laos. Frightened people reported the event to the police.[5][4][6]

In 2007, following the mysterious and sudden deaths of four villagers in

Sam Chai District, some 1000 residents raised some 35,000 Thai baht for an exorcism of Pop, allegedly dwelling in two of the female villagers.[2]

In 2012, 10 males died suddenly in Pakse, Champa Province, Laos.[citation needed] People believed that these deaths were caused by Pop.

In February 2024, a young woman told her story on TikTok that she was 6 months pregnant and on her second pregnancy. One night, she left the house to go out to eat about 10:00 pm. She smelled betel nut and cordial following her. After that, she also had a strange dream about an old woman biting her pregnant belly. She believed it was a Pop who came to eat her unborn child.[7]

In academic terms

In the technical description, it is described that 'Pop is a social process'. That is to deny people who are alienated from society or the community. The accused is a Pop who will be expelled from the village community. This belief was more prominent in the upper northeast and some central parts. It may not be found in other regions.[8][9]

Adaptations

Tee Yod, "Death Whisperer" became the fastest Thai film to gross 100 million baht of the year.[15][16]

It also appears in movies with a mixture of horror and comedy, such as the 2008 film Ban Phi Poep (บ้านผีเปิบ), "The House of the Spirit Gorging itself",

malevolent spirit than Krasue by the villagers.[18] Most movies about Pop are comedy horrors
.

Pop Phi Fa (remake)[22] are Thai television soap operas (ละคร) based on the Pop legend. This ghost is a popular subject in the same manner as Krasue or Krahang and humorous depictions,[23] as well as gory ones, are common in Thai comics.[24]

See also

References

  1. ^ Movie poster
  2. ^ a b Spirit
  3. ^ Matsuwan, Kimthong (2024-01-13). "ปอบ ผีปอบเป็นอย่างไร? เกิดจากไหน? การไล่-กำจัดปอบทำอย่างไร?". Art & Culture (in Thai). Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  4. ^ a b "การเดินทางของ 'ปอบ' ร.ศ.111 ถึง 'ปอบ' ยุค 4.0". Voice TV (in Thai). 2017-07-07. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  5. ^ a b Scoop Viewfinder (2023-10-24). "[เรื่องเล่ารอบกองไฟ] ตอน เกิดอะไรขึ้นกับแย้ม ในธี่หยด". YouTube (in Thai). Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  6. ^ Red Diary (2019-04-19). "[Red Diary] เปิดตำนานอาถรรพ์ "พระอุ้มหมา ชีอุ้มแมว"". Blockdit (in Thai). Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  7. ^ "สาวเล่าเรื่องหลอน ตั้งท้อง 6 เดือน ออกจากบ้านกลางดึก เจอผีปอบตาม". Khaosod (in Thai). 2024-02-24. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  8. PPTV
    (in Thai). 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
  9. ^ "ตาสว่าง! "สธ.ชัยภูมิ" ชี้ 8 ศพ ตายไม่ใช่ "ปอบ" เอาชีวิต แต่มาจาก "โรคประจำตัว – เบาหวาน – ดื่มเหล้าจัด"". PPTV (in Thai). 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
  10. ^ "Ban Pop". Archived from the original on 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
  11. ^ Ekapan Banleurit
  12. ^ ผีหลบปอบไม่หลบ
  13. ^ Phan Pop
  14. ^ Pop Chom Tingtong movie poster
  15. ^ "หรือผีในธี่หยด คือ ห่าก้อม โคตรผีปอบ โหดเหี้ยมจนแม้แต่ผียังกลัว". Major Cineplex (in Thai). 2023-10-30. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  16. ^ "ธี่หยด รายได้ทะลุ 200 ล้าน ทุบสถิติหนังไทยทำเงินผ่านหลัก 100 ล้านเร็วสุดของปี". Prachachat (in Thai). 2023-10-29. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  17. ^ Ban Phi Peup
  18. ^ Krasue Kat Pop (Thailand 1990)
  19. ^ Chao Nang
  20. ^ Mae Nak Cheu Pop poster
  21. ^ Pop Phi Fa
  22. ^ Pop Phi Fa 2009
  23. ^ Pop comic image Archived 2014-04-09 at the Wayback Machine
  24. ^ Pop - Comic book[permanent dead link]

External links

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