Nang Tanya (Thai. นาง ตานี), also Nang Phai (Thai. นาง ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย ราย นางฟ้า นางฟ้า ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ผี ผี ผี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ผี ผี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ผี ผี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ผี ผี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี แม่ แม่ พ ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี), sau pur și simplu thani (ตานี), este un spirit feminin din folclorul thailandez . Potrivit folclorului, acest spirit apare ca o tânără fantomă feminină printre desișurile de banane sălbatice ( Balbisa banana ), care în thailandeză se numește „Kluai Thani” (thailandez. กล้วย ตานี) [1] .
Nang Thani aparține categoriei de spirite feminine sau zâne asociate cu copacii, purtând numele „Nang Mai” (thailandeză: นาง ไม้) în folclorul thailandez [2] .
Spiritul, conform legendei, trăiește la rădăcinile desișurilor de banane sălbatice. În credințele populare, el este reprezentat ca fantoma unei tinere frumoase, îmbrăcată în haine tradiționale thailandeze verzi [3] . De cele mai multe ori, Phi Tang rămâne ascuns, iese din desiș și devenind clar vizibil în timpul lunii pline. Fantoma are pielea verzuie, amestecându-se în copaci. De regulă, apare în poziție în picioare, fără să atingă solul cu picioarele, dar parcă ar pluti deasupra lui. În unele repovestiri moderne de legende, partea inferioară a corpului ei pare intangibilă, haina purtată la talie dedesubt are aspectul de ceață care iese dintr-un trunchi de copac. Nang Thani, conform legendelor, este în general prietenos cu oamenii, poate oferi mâncare călugărilor budiști rătăcitori [4] .
Tăierea desișurilor de banane cu rădăcini presupuse locuite de Tani este considerată un semn rău. I se oferă dulciuri, tămâie și flori. Adesea oamenii leagă și bucăți de halate colorate din satin de copacul în care cred că locuiește Tani [5] . Bananele numite „kluai tani” nu sunt soiuri cultivate. Din cauza legăturii lor cu spiritul, oamenii nu vor să crească lângă casele lor și practic nu se găsesc în sate. Cu toate acestea, grupurile de desișuri ale acestora se găsesc departe de zonele de locuit umană, adesea la marginea unui sat sau de-a lungul marginilor câmpurilor cultivate, pe marginea drumurilor. Arată ca niște banane obișnuite, dar fructele lor sunt necomestibile [6] . Cu toate acestea, frunzele lor sunt adesea folosite în Thailanda pentru a împacheta dulciurile produse pentru piața internă, iar buchețelele sunt folosite în medicina populară pentru tratarea ulcerelor [7] .
Există dovezi în folclorul oral thailandez că o fantomă poate dăuna oamenilor, în special celor cu „femei greșite”, deși este în general considerată binevoitoare [8] . Sunt populare amuletele cu imaginea lui Nang Thani, având diferite forme și dimensiuni [9] . Unii oameni consideră că bucățile de mătase colorată din jurul trunchiurilor sunt semne ale activității Nang Thani la aceste plante de banane [10] .
Nang Thani este o fantomă populară populară; ea apare în mai multe filme thailandeze, inclusiv Nang Phrai Thani (นาง พ ราย ตานี), un film din 1967 considerat un clasic [11] [12] . „Nang Tanya” (นาง ตานี ตานี ตานี ตานี) , „tahi thi cancer” (ตานี รัก รัก รัก รัก รัก รัก รัก รัก รัก รัก รัก รัก รัก รัก รัก รัก รัก รัก รัก รัก รัก รัก) , „ Monrakh Nang Prai v . [16] sunt picturi mai puțin semnificative în care spiritului de banană i se acordă rolul principal. Spiritul apare și în alte filme precum filmul de groază Nang Phrai Khanong Raka (นาง พ ราย คะนอง รัก) și altele [17] .
Fantoma este venerată în cultura populară thailandeză [18] [19] . Imagini și povești cunoscute cu participarea ei, uneori comice [20] ; ea apare adesea în benzi desenate thailandeze [21] și cărți [22] .