Diskussion:Phra Ruang

König Arthur?

Ich wußte noch gar nicht, dass Igraine, die Mutter von König Arthur, eine Naga-Prinzessin gewesen sein soll? Meine Quellen lautet: "...said to have been hatched from the egg of a naga, or serpent, princess." Na ja, Legenden halt... --Hdamm 10:41, 23. Sep. 2009 (CEST)

Die Legende der Brennöfen

Einer weiteren Legende nach soll es nicht Phra Ruang gewesen sein, der die Brennöfen aus China mitbrachte, sondern Ramkhamhaeng. Zitat aus Betty Goslings Sukhothai, Its History, Culture, And Art:

„This legend must be rejected, however. Although it was once thought that late thirteenth-century Mongol court records listed Sukhothai as a tributary, recent research suggests that that is not the case. Moreover, stylistic studies indicate that Sukhothai's ceramic production probably originated, not with Chinese potters, but with the adoption of Si Satchanalai techniques and designs in the latter part of the fourteenth century. Chinese influence in some of the Sukhothai designs seems to have been introduced from Vietnam, which, in the fourteenth century, supplied pottery to central Thailand.“

– Betty Gosling: Sukhothai, Its History, Culture, And Art

Ebenfalls intersssant in diesem Zusammenhang ist der Artikel "Dating Sukhothai and Sawankhalok Ceramics" von Hiram W. Woddward Jr., der im Journal of the Siam Society (Januar 1978, Vol. 66 Part 1) erschien:

„The notion that there was an influx of Chinese potters or of Chinese influences into Sukhothai in the late thirteenth or fourteenth century is due primarily to the literal interpretation of a Thai legend included in the 1807 anthology Phongsawadan Nüa (and also in the Culayuddhakaravamsa). It says that Phraya Ruang is identified with King Ram Khamhaeng, the the historical eventbehind the legend would have occurred in the late thirteenth or early fourteenth century. Otto Karow has recently sought to preserve the historical value of the legend by suggesting that the Phra Ruang in question is not Ram Khamhaeng but one of his fourteenth-century successors. But it is questionable whether even that degree of accuracy must be accorded a tradition that was evidently long preserved only orally.“

– Hiram W. Woddward Jr.: Dating Sukhothai and Sawankhalok Ceramics

--Hdamm 11:47, 23. Sep. 2009 (CEST)