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Khun Borom ((タイ語:ขุนบรมราชาธิราช), ''Khun Borom Rachathirath'', (:kʰǔn bɔːrom)) or Khun Bulom ((ラーオ語:ຂຸນບູຮົມ) or , (:kʰǔn bǔːlóm)) is a legendary progenitor of the Tai-speaking peoples, considered by the Lao to be the father of their race. ==Mythology== According to the myth of Khun Borom, commonly related among Tai-speaking peoples, people in ancient times were wicked and crude. A great deity destroyed them with a flood, leaving only three worthy chiefs who were preserved in heaven to be the founders and guides for a new race of people. The deity sent the three chiefs back to the earth with a buffalo to help them till the land. The chiefs and the buffalo arrived in the legendary land of Muang Then, located at today's Điện Biên Phủ, Vietnam. Once the land had been prepared for rice cultivation, the buffalo died and a bitter gourd vine grew from his nostril. From the gourds on the vine, the new human race emerged—relatively dark-skinned aboriginal peoples emerging from gourds cut open with a hot poker, and the lighter skinned Tai speakers emerging from cuts made with a chisel. The gods then taught the Tai peoples how to build houses and cultivate rice. They were instructed in proper rituals and behaviour, and grew prosperous. As their population grew, they needed aid in governing their relations and resolving disputes. Indra, the king of the gods, sent his son, Khun Borom, to be the ruler of the Tai people. Khun Borom ruled the Tai people for 25 years, teaching them to use new tools and other arts. After this quarter-century span, Khun Borom divided the kingdom among his seven sons, giving each one of them a portion of the kingdom to rule. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Khun Borom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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