Sri Thanonchai is a trickster and antihero from Thai folklore and the subject of a traditional oral epic set during the Ayutthaya Kingdom.
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14 Facts About Sri Thanonchai
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Sri Thanonchai is often compared to the German folk character Till Eulenspiegel.
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Sri Thanonchai story is divided into episodes that each tell a particular story.
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Sri Thanonchai tells her husband about her dream, and her husband tells the Brahman about the dream.
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Sri Thanonchai is the only child in the family, but later his mother bears another son.
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Sri Thanonchai's brother receives a lot of attention from his family, and Sri Thanonchai becomes jealous.
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Sri Thanonchai is scared that the monk will get mad at him so he reconstructs the roof himself.
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Sri Thanonchai came out of the water graciously, pleased with the wit of Sri Thanonchai.
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Suddenly Sri Thanonchai appears and volunteers to guess the number of seeds.
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Sri Thanonchai pretends to do complicated calculations but gives the correct number of seeds in the watermelon as he has seen it before.
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Sri Thanonchai is a trickster who can talk his way out of any situation, and he is good at twisting words and making people believe him.
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Sri Thanonchai embarks on many ventures, such as merchant trading and ordination as a novice monk.
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Sri Thanonchai stories are further featured in temple murals at Wat Phrathum Wanaram in Bangkok.
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