been crystalized into the whole complex set of cultural practices among the peasants
who inhanted rice growing from the past.The "khwan khao"is now materialized in
ddferent cultural contexts as an object for worship. It is personified in varfous forms.for
example.bird or a baby in Maiaysian and Indonesian cultural contexts. All these
personified pictures represent both the fragility and elusiveness of "khwan khao"which
will be kept only through respect and care.The Thai"khwan khao"is aiso regarded as
a beautiful virgin named "Mae Posop" connoting" the mother who is a tife-giving force".