The story so far: images not represented on the Sang Thong mural.
These images are screen shots from the epic 20 plus hour series on Thai television.
Banished from the kingdom, and living with an old couple Sang Thong’s mother discovers the secret of the conch shell. Soon after she will break the conch shell and she and her son will end up on a raft adrift in the ocean. They are separated and Sang Thong is rescued by a Naga King. Nagas are mythical beings that live underwater and can transform from human appearance to a snake.
Like a cross between Captain Nemo and the monstrous giant squid in Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the sea the Naga King lives secure beneath the ocean. He will be the first of many foster-parents for Sang Thong.
Back at the court of Sang Thong’s father the king, the sorceress serving king’s jealous second wife uses her occult powers to seek out Sang Thong and his mother to destroy them.
The Naga King looking for a more suitable mother for Sang Thong offers him to a childless orgress. She hides her true identity from Sang Thong by magically transforming her appearance and that of her court to look like normal humans. She cannot help being true to her nature and roams the forests looking for humans to eat.
Deva ex Machina: Whenever Sang Thong gets into real trouble, Indra, king of the gods, sends an angel to make things right.