Phi Pakam

Phi Pakam, more fully Phi Pakam Ajing, is venerated by the Kui people as the supreme god of the forests. Elephant keepers hold Phi Pakam in particular regard, since Kui communities have long specialized in capturing and training wild elephants, work understood to depend on the forest deity's protection and favor. The god's authority over the forest ties Kui religious life directly to the elephant-keeping tradition for which the Kui are most widely known.