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Hanuman meets mermaid son in battle (Thai Ramayana mural)

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Margery H. Freeman
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Bangkok, Thailand
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  • The Ramayana: The Hindu epic The Ramayana is retold through the mural, painting, and dance of Southeast Asia. (Page 5.12)

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Hanuman meets mermaid son in battle (Thai Ramayana mural at Emerald Buddha Temple)

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Hanuman faces his mermaid son in battle, as seen on a mural detail at the Emerald Buddha Temple.

On the right side, Hanuman, in his wide-legged stance, holds a sword in his left hand while he points his right index finger at his enemy. A fish-tailed creature, who looks like a smaller Hanuman from the waist up, aims a lance back in Hanuman’s direction.

During one of the many battles with Ravana’s armies, Hanuman encounters a particularly powerful enemy with the tail of a fish. Initially, Hanuman does not recognize that this demon creature is his own son by the mermaid daughter of Ravana.