Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Guardian Giants of Thailand Part 4: Aska-Marasoon


Description on Askan-Marasoon: he is a bright green skinned demon with 7 purple faces, 2 hands. His faces divided into two ranks as a general face and 3 small faces at the occiput. The second rank is 3 small faces with grounded mouth and eyes are wide open, wears Chai Crown.
 
As ruler of Duram City, he entreated Tosakirivan and Tosakirithorn to be his adopted children. Later, when Askan-Marasoon heard that his sons died during Longka war, he gathered the army to attack rama's army to avenge his sons. Arrows passed through his body easily, and he can multiply his body many times. Pipek told Rama  that the only way to defeat him to shoot arrows into Askan-Marasoon’s head to prevent him from reforming. The great giant was then killed along the Ganges River.