Elephants of Thailand: Myth, Art, and Reality
Rita Ringis
206 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 9676530689
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Language: English
Publish: August 15, 1996
This beautifully illustrated book surveys a wide range of elephant lore in Thailand, past and present. It looks at the religious, artistic, and literary background to Thai attitudes toward the elephant and assesses the role of the elephant in present-day Thai life.