MAE NAK IS ALSO KNOWN as Mae Nak Phra Khanong, which translates to Mother Nak of Phra Khanong.
She is connected with a woman from 1899 named Amdaeng Nak, who had a son and died while pregnant with her second child. Many believe pregnant women who die during childbirth are susceptible to becoming a disruptive ghost.
Amdaeng Nak’s son did not want his father to remarry. He fabricated his mother’s ghost story, dressed as a ghost, and threw rocks at people.
Those who don’t accept this explanation believe her ghost is contained in a waistband owned by the royal family.
A shrine to Mae Nak at Wat Mahabut temple is a popular attraction. Originally, people offered dresses, pictures, and toys for her unborn child with the hope their loved one’s may not to be drafted into Thailand’s military. No
