Legends of Thai clans

Once upon a time, in a Thai village, there was a couple who went to work in the fields. The wife was pregnant and about to give birth. On the way home, they saw a beautiful piece of copper on the road, so the husband picked it up. That night, the wife gave birth to a son, and they named him Tong (copper).

The block of copper could not be cut and was left in a corner of the house. Two years later, the husband remembered it and took it out to cast (Lo) to see how it would turn out. At that time, the wife gave birth to their second child, and they named him Lo. The block of copper was cast into a very beautiful block, but it was still useless and was left behind. Two years later, the husband took the block of copper out to be heated and saw that the copper had turned a beautiful golden color.

That time the wife gave birth to their third child, they immediately named him Luong (gold). The block of copper cooled down, still useless, and was thrown away. Two years later, the husband remembered the block of copper again, and immediately burned it on a pile of firewood. The copper was stacked tightly on the firewood, but the fire could not burn it, so they had to arrange it diagonally (khoang). That time the wife gave birth to their fourth child, they immediately named him Khoang. The firewood went out, the copper cooled down, and was put away again.

Two years later, the husband took the bronze block out to burn again. This time, he used a fan (vi) to fan the fire to make it burn stronger. The wife gave birth to their fifth child, and they named him Vi. The bronze melted and poured it into molds, into knives, hoes, etc. They used those tools to work in the fields, but the bronze was too soft and often chipped. The next rice season, the husband took the bronze out to forge knives and hoes again. This time, he used water to temper the bronze (ca) to make it harder. The wife gave birth to their sixth child, and they named him Ca.

Their six children later developed into Thai clans. Lo became Lo: Lo Lac, Lo Xa, Lo Keo, Lo Kham. Lo Kham divided into Hoang, Cam, Bac, Sam... Luong became Luong, Luong... Khoang became Quang, Quang, Quang Phum Tech, Khoang Bu, Hu Mo...; Vi became Hun Vi, Lang Vi, Quan Vi...; The whole became Ca, Kha, Ha. The Ha clan was divided into Ha Coc, Ha Pai... There was also the Lap (Mai) clan, divided into Lom, Lem, Me... In addition, the Thai people have many other clans such as Lu, Lu, Lu, Xa, Vieng, Nan, Tong, Kim, Kem...

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