Khmer mythology is the body or collection of myths of the Khmer people of Cambodia. Serpents are a particularly important sacred animal in Khmer mythological beliefs. According to one origin myth, the name “Cambodia” resulted from the conquest of a serpent princess by a Kambuja lord named Kaundinya: the descendants of their union are the Khmer people. [1] Another notable feature of Khmer mythology is the Dharmasala, or house of fire. Scholars theorize that the houses with fire functioned as a "rest house with fire" for travellers or even chapels for travellers believed to be the house of fire, housing the sacred fire.[2]

References

  1. ^ Chandler, A History of Cambodia, p. 13.
  2. ^ Roveda, Vittorio (2005). Dharmasala+khmer Images of the Gods: Khmer Mythology in Cambodia, Thailand and Laos. River Books. p. 520. ISBN 978-974-9863-03-9.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_mythology
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