Mythical Creatures are found all around Thailand but in many cases foreigners to the country simply walk right past them in their sheer excitement as they gingerly make their way through the vast crowds at all the most popular places. Hopefully you are not one of them. Below is a list of all the most important ones. It may be of tremendous interest to you to pause for a while before entering any of the Thai temples to observe these beautifully crafted creatures. Many of the exceptionally fine examples found here, represent fearsome beasts which act as temple guardians. Most of these beings originate from the legendary Himaphan forest, a kind of Buddhist Shangri-La somewhere in the Himalayan mountains.
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