Suwanlert S
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 1976 Mar;10(1A):119-23.
In Thailand, the term "Phii" refers to spirits and ghosts to which are generally attributed power over human beings. In the present, spirit possession is usually found in rural areas. However among several spirits, there is one particularly interesting spirit selected for this presentation, the phii pob. The "Phii Pob" is a common spirit in the Northeast, North and some provinces in the Central part of Thailand (Suwanlert, 1972). Thai believers consider that the phii pob differs from other spirits. It originates in a living person, then conceals itself in the body of that person, who is called th originating host; it is believed that the phii pob hiding within a person can leave the body of that person to possess another, who is called the possessed host. The victims almost always are females.
在泰国，“菲”一词指的是通常被认为对人类拥有权力的神灵和鬼魂。目前，附体现象通常出现在农村地区。然而，在众多神灵中，有一个特别有趣的神灵被选用于本次介绍，即“菲·波布”。“菲·波布”是泰国东北部、北部以及中部一些省份常见的神灵（苏万勒特，1972年）。泰国信徒认为“菲·波布”与其他神灵不同。它起源于一个活人，然后潜藏在那个人的体内，这个人被称为原宿主；人们相信藏在人体内的“菲·波布”可以离开那个人的身体去附在另一个人身上，这个人被称为附体宿主。受害者几乎总是女性。
