Friday, February 22, 2019

Image: Hanuman Kills Longka's Guardians

Thai Rubbing from the East Wall of the Temple of Wat Po, Bangkok: Hanuman Fighting the Giants at the Gates of Lanka





Hanuman Kills Longka's Guardians

(Wat Pho in Bangkok)

More information from the Thai Temple Rubbings website:
But no sooner has he put paid to the last of the watchmen than the guardian spirit of Longka, a monster with four faces, each uniquely horrible, and eight club-bearing arms leans out of the clouds and picks Hanuman up, sniffing him over.

"What have we got here," the demon mumbles to himself peering closely at the monkey.  "Some new kind of rabbit, maybe."  He suffers from myopia.

"Rabbit !" yells Hanuman furiously.  "Know that I'm the invincible Hanuman, and meet your end."  He wrenches himself free of the monster's grip and sets about him with his sword.  In no time at all, Longka is without a guardian spirit.  Wasting no ceremony on the matter, Hanuman picks up the body and throws it into the ocean.

"Rabbit !" he mutters.