Representations of
narok, the Buddhist hell. On the
left, scenes displayed at
Wat Phumin
in Nan; below, cruelty displayed in the temple garden of
Wat Sri Kohm Kam in
Phayao. The monk floating in the air is
Phra Malai.
One punishment
for the wicked in the underworld is that they are forced
to climb up the thorny trunk of a
ton ngiw (fig.),
naked. Other sinful people
are boiled alive in a large copper kettle called
kratha thong daeng.
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