DETAILS, FICTION AND NAGA 26

An important poem from this period San Leupphasun (Lao: ສານລຶພສູນ) discusses relations concerning Laos and Thailand in a very veiled way, using the Nāga and also the Garuḍa to depict the Lao as well as the Thai, respectively.[56] The Nāga is incorporated extensively into Lao iconography, and options prominently in Lao lifestyl