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Mitmor amulets, or sacred knives
have been created in Thailand
for hundreds of years and
is the most feared of all
Talismans ever made.
Although it is not known who
first created them it is
believed that they originated in
the Ayutthaya dynasty (1350-1767
AD), when it was recorded that
the sacred warrior Khun Paen
created such a weapon to
protect himself from danger,
ghosts and other malevolent
forces, which it is thought
could absorb and neutralize.
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Khun Paen did not call his
sacred knife as Mitmor, but
“Darb Fa Fuen”, or sacred lightning sword, which
was one of many sacred
possessions he owned including
Guman Thong, Hongprai (sacred
lady) and Marsimok (sacred
horse). This sword is now housed
in the National Museum.
At that time it was also recorded that Khun Paen used several kinds
of auspicious materials to
create his sacred sword:
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Steel from top of
ancient chedi. |
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Steel from the top of
ancient castles. |
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Steel from coffins |
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Steel formerly used to
pull corpses during
cremation. |
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Broken swords and lances |
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Leklai |
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Lek Namphi (special
steel only mined in
Namphi Uttaradit) |
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Gold, Copper and Silver |
Moreover he also used Chaiyapurk wood to make the handle of his
sacred knife into which he
inserted the hair of Hongprai to
increase the power further
still. The handle of the knife
was then engraved with sacred
yant.
(Note: Hongprai was Khun Paen’s wife killed during pregnancy to
create the Golden Boy known as
Guman Thong)
Nowadays of course it is illegal
to carry such weapons in public,
and hence the mitmor has become
popular as it can be easily
concealed. (Some mitmor are only
a few inches long.)
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