The legend of Nong Lang Sai : the motifs and roles toward the Ban San Kwang community, Si Toi, Mae Chai, Phayao

Abstract

The purposes of the study were to study the motifs of Nong Lang Sai legend that occurred in Ban San Kwang community, Si Toi, Mae Chai, Phayao and to study the roles of Nong Lang Sai legend toward the Ban San Kwang community, Si Toi, Mae Chai, Phayao. The theoretical framework for particles and roles were used in this study.

The legend of Nong Lang Sai came from oral and written legends were compiled of three stories and six expressions.

The findings indicated that there were two motifs of the legend of Nong Lang Sai namely event and location. The event consisted of eating a white eel event and fall of the city event. White animal motifs were the shared characteristics of two events. Natural disaster event had similar events: it began with explaining the state of the city and the way of life. Then, the villagers went to find white eels to give to the governor or share with the community to eat throughout the city. After that, the city fell and it became a swamp. The different characteristics were the event of a widow who was angry and put her feet on the eel's head until it caused a disaster, and the land fell into a swamp. The location was Nong Lang Sai Shrine. There were three roles toward the Ban San Kwang community namely legend and ritual explanation, transmission of local history in the form of murals, and beliefs, holy people and holy locations.