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There is no Thai who does not know Mae
Naak. While mentioning her can make young children run and scream
hysterically in the "Nang Naak game", mothers invoke
Mae Naak's name to quiet their crying infants; otherwise, the
ghost might break their necks and eat their heads with chilly
sauce. The gothic tale of Mae Naak Phra Khanong has been
filmed more than twenty times; moreover, every one of them is
a box-office hit. Thai youths grow up watching her ghostly tale
on television.....
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The Mae Naak shrine, which is supposedly
her burial place, is located at the edge of the Wat Mahabute
compound in On Nut, Sukhumwit Soi 77, Bangkok. Her famed shrine
attracts visitors from far and near, and the close by monastery
as well as the neighborhood peddlers all benefit from her great
popularity......
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