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Reamker: mortals, a mermaid and a lintel at Phimai

Variant

Cambodia's Rama is a mortal, not a god.

Cambodia's Reamker survives from the 16th century (earlier in a 7th-century Veal Kantel inscription recording Ramayana readings). Mermaids steal the bridge stones while the standard text has Rama force Samudra. Hanuman and Sovanna Maccha have a son, Mudchanu. Rama and others are portrayed as mortals. A lintel at Phimai shows the causeway destroyed and rebuilt.

Who: Preah Ream, Hanuman, Sovanna Maccha, Mudchanu

Bound to

Suvannamaccha: Hanuman falls in love with a mermaid same-story-other-version

Places: Cambodia, Phimai, Thailand, Veal Kantel

Where this comes from

• regional-literary · Wikipedia: Reamker

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