#Fact or Tale
Wang Bua Ban: What's Real, What's Told, What's Tale
The Wang Bua Ban legend above Huai Kaeo Falls, piece by piece: what sources agree on, what one teller said, what songs and film added, what…
Wiang Nong Lom: Did a City Really Sink?
Did Yonok really sink into a lake in one night? The old chronicle, trenches on the Mae Chan fault, Fine Arts surveys and measured quakes, p…
Sao Khruea Fa: A True Northern Story or Madame Butterfly?
Sao Khruea Fa is no true Chiang Mai story but a Bangkok sung play adapted from Madame Butterfly: what is on record, what the play told, wha…
Lilit Phra Lo: Real, Legend or Fiction?
Is Sarong in Phrae, Wiang Lo Phra Lo's city, the Kalong the Mekong? We read the poem Lilit Phra Lo against the research: what is on record,…
Wiang Kum Kam: Did a City Really Drown?
Did King Mangrai's Wiang Kum Kam really sink in a flood? The chronicles, the Fine Arts digs, the Ping river sand, and why scholars disagree…