This paper examines the process of building kinship relations between Thai spirit devotees and violent spirits. I examine three spirit shrines on the outskirts of Bangkok: a shrine to the ghost of a woman killed in childbirth, a shrine to a cobra spirit that causes accidents along a busy highway, and a household shrine to an aborted fetus. The devotees to which I spoke actively sought out such places known for death in order to “adopt” or “become adopted by” such spirits, and, I argue here, this action allows for a re-negotiation of their position vis-àvis accident and trauma. I suggest that becoming a spirit’s “child” forms a mutually dependent relationship, and through this relationship allows for the domestication of forces from outside the social.

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鬼母：泰国精神崇拜中的亲属关系

本文考察了在泰国精神奉献者和暴力精神之间建立亲属关系的过程。我考察了曼谷郊区的三座神龛：一座祭祀在分娩中丧生的妇女的鬼魂的祭坛，一座祭祀在繁忙的高速公路上引发事故的眼镜蛇神灵的祭坛，以及一座供流产胎儿的家庭祭坛。我与之交谈的奉献者积极寻找这些以死亡闻名的地方，以便“收养”或“被收养”这样的精神，我在这里争辩说，这一行动允许重新谈判他们对事故的立场和创伤。我建议成为精神的“孩子”形成一种相互依赖的关系，并通过这种关系允许来自社会之外的力量的驯化。