Thao Loum Lou, transformed into Phra In’s exact appearance, seduces Nang Sida

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Title: Thao Loum Lou, transformed into Phra In’s exact appearance, seduces Nang Sida
Resource Type: still image
Genre: photographs
Date Created: 2010-08
Collection: Laos Temple Murals
Extent: 1 photograph
Note(s): digital photograph
1969-73 (building construction)
1975 (original mural painting)
Thao Loum Lou, becoming Hapkanasouane following his successful transformation by means of the diamond mould, takes advantage of his resemblance to Phra In to seduce Phra In’s wife, Nang Soudsada [Nong Sida in the text]; one of Indra’s Four Principal Queens.
Panel 5, Vat Keng, Vang Vieng
complete temple interior murals of Phralak-Phralam, the Lao Ramayana, at Vat Keng
Funding Source: This item digitized and made available online with funds provided by United States Department of Education, TICFIA (Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information) Grant P337A05006.
Geographic (Getty): Lao
Geographic (Library of Congress): Laos
Louangphrabang (Laos : Province)
Topic: Buddhist mural painting and decoration
Buddhist temples
Phralak-Phralam
Lao Buddhist temples
Ramayana murals
World Heritage areas
Subject: 18 55 36 N, 102 26 55 E

Buddhist mural painting and decoration
Buddhist temples--Laos
Phralak-Phralam
Lao Buddhist temples
Ramayana murals
Laos
Lao
la
Louangphrabang (Laos : Province)
World Heritage areas--Laos
Identifier: transformed_Hapkham_seduces_vat_keng.tif
Usage Conditions: Alan Potkin and Catherine Raymond