A Comparative Study of Ghost Names and Naming Ghosts in Thai and Chinese Beliefs and Culture

Abstract

The purposes of this thesis was 1) to research the comparative study of the ghost names and naming ghosts in Thai and Chinese 2) to study shost beliefs in Thai and Chinese culture. The data used in the research were Thai books, magazine and Chinese books. The researcher used the document research and presented in descriptive data.

           The research found that 1) an analysis of the origin and meaning of the Thai ghost names can be classified into 9 categories viz; appearance, location, cause, death, belief, legend or story, descent and ethnicity, foreign language, vocal and place with shape appearance. The finding of this objective found most from the legend or story and location respectively. The strategy of naming ghosts, the researcher found basic words, compound words and borrowing words 2) analysis of the source and meaning of the Chinese ghost can be classified into 5 categories viz; appearance, place, cause, death, belief, myth or story. From the study found the similarity of appearance, legend or story. The strategy of naming ghosts, the researcher found basic words, compound words 3) the analysis of ghost beliefs in Thai culture found 8 points of belief viz; ghosts have power over people, ghosts can give benefit or punish people, ghosts must have housing, ghosts must worship, ghosts must have food, ghosts that control behavior of people, and ghosts look ugly, ghosts with classes, and ghosts that people can touch. 4) the analysis of ghost beliefs in Chinese culture found 8 points viz; ghosts have power over people, ghosts can give benefit or punish people, ghosts must have housing, ghosts must worship, ghosts must have food, ghosts that control behavior of people, and ghosts look ugly, ghosts with classes, and ghosts that people can touch.