Nang Tani (Lady of Tani) or may be known as Phi Tani or Phrai Tani (Nymph of Tani) is a female spirit in Thai folklore that is a young woman who haunts banana trees (Kluai Tani in Thai). She belongs to a type of Thai lore of fairies or ghosts known as Nang Mai (Lady of the Wood). She will typically be found inhabitinh clumps of wild banana trees. Most times she is hidden, but she does come out of the trees and especially on full moon nights she is visible. It's said that she could come out of the trees from men peeing on the tree or rubbing their manhood on it.
She appears as a woman with a greenish complexion allowing her to blend in with the tree, red lips like the color of ripe ivy gourd, and her hair and black, abundant and is down. She is typically seen with a green traditional Thai costume. She's generally in a standing position hovering from the ground. Sometimes she's seen with her lower part of her body in a spirit like form with her waist cloth ending in a kind of wisp from the tree.
She is considered a benevolent spirit, but she may harm men especially those who've wronged women. She is typically seen as gentle offering food to passing Buddhist Monks. It's considered a bad omen to cut from the clumps of banana trees and offerings are made to her with sweets, incense sticks, and flowers and a silk cloth that will be wrapped around trees believed to be inhabited by her. It's said that she brings good luck to those who do this.
It's said that if a man sleeps with a Nang Tani she's to be with him. It's said that sleeping with her will take a man's vitality. Also if you sleep with a Nang Tani You'd never be able to sleep with anyone else.
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