Ghosts (Phi) are alive and well in Thailand. Cinemas are guaranteed a full house for the opportunity of a new ghost movie or surely a re-run of an old one. On television, ghost stories are extremely favorite and come in many varieties from the comic to the gruesome. But ghosts are no laughing matter in Thailand. If pressed, the majority of the Thai population will admit to believing in ghosts and many claim to have seen them. This phenomena is not restricted to the elderly in rural villages but is even taken seriously by university students and population in all walks of life and is particularly strong in Northern Thailand. It is bad luck and tempting fate to talk about ghosts but nearly everyone has a tale to tell. Many Thais wear amulets to safe them against evil spirits and everywhere you go in Thailand you will see Spirit Houses (San Phra Phum).
There are many dissimilar kinds of ghosts in Thailand all of them to be feared and each posing a dissimilar threat. To combat this proliferation of evil spirits Thailand has its own extra kind of "Ghost Buster", the Mho Phi or ghost doctor. dissimilar techniques are employed depending on the type of spirit to be banished and some of these Mho Phi have gained celebrity status.
Phi Graseu
Phi Phi
Phi Graseu is all the time depicted as a female with a head only and entrails hanging out. This is possibly the most feared ghost and she is all the time on the hunt for dead bodies or human excrement but will gladly consume live bodies. She is said to haunt the area colse to cemeteries and has the follow of lowering property values in areas colse to them.
Phi Tai Hong
Phi Phi
The Phi Tai Hong is a ghost with a grudge. These are the spirits of population who have died in particularly bad circumstances eg. Murder or traffic accidents or even a baby who has died shortly after birth. Their untimely deaths makes them want to take it out on the living.
Phi Tai Tong Glom
This is a seriously evil ghost. The Phi Tai Tong Glom is a female who died giving birth and her baby died also. This doubles the evil impel of this spirit and is absolutely one to avoid. This ghost is surely a variant of Phi Tai Hong and is sometimes referred to as Phi Tai Hong Tong Glom.
Phi Pret (Preta)
Phi Pret is a ghost with an great appetite for approximately everything, food, money, power or sex. The cause of this unending desire is that Phi Pret has has a tiny mouth no bigger than the eye of a needle. Never satisfied Phi Pret is ill tempered and aggresive.
Phi Pop
Phi Pop inhabits the living and eats off their intestines. Regularly depicted as a desirable female, Phi Pop lives on flesh and blood of humans. This ghost is one of the most difficult to get rid of. Mho Phi will accomplish a whirling dance to catch the concentration of Phi Pop and as the dance reaches a crescendo, the Phi Pop gets carried away in the whirl wind.
Phi Ton Mai
These are spirits that live in trees. Female tree living spirits are referred to as Phi Nang Mai. Travelling in Northern Thailand you will see many trees with cloth wrapped round them to show that it is the home of a spirit. In the past, Buddhist Monks used this fear of tree ghosts by blessing trees and wrapping them with saffron cloth to try and prevent de-forestation. These trees cannot be cut down without first providing an alternative abode for the occupying spirit.
Phi Tanee
Phi Tanee is a variant of Phi Ton Mai and lives in banana trees. It is said that when the banana tree blossom is about to open these spirits come to be descriptive to humans
Thai Ghosts (Phi)
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