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Mermaid in Songkhla

Posted on February 20, 2009

The most well-known symbol of Songkhla Province is this image of the Golden Mermaid at Laem Samila. It is similar to The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen, however, this Thai one is not a character from the book of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen. The Golden Mermaid is in fact a character from Phra Aphai Mani, a popular book in Thai literature by Sunthon Phu. In this folk…

Written by: Richard Barrow

Read more: Mermaid in Songkhla at Richard Barrow’s Life in Thailand

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