Sang Thong

Sang Thong (Thai: สังข์ทอง, 'golden conch') or The Prince of the Golden Conch Shell is a Southeast Asian folktale inspired from the Paññāsa Jātaka, a non-canonical collection of stories of the Buddha's past lives. In its Thai version, it tells the story of a prince who acquires a golden countenance, dons a disguise, marries a princess and saves the kingdom of his father-in-law. It is an "archetypal story of an abducted maiden and the struggle to regain her, in this case, against her wishes", which has many equivalents in countries influenced by Theravada Buddhism. rdf:langString