Lady Penh

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Lady Penh is the legendary noblewoman credited with founding Cambodia’s capital city, Phnom Penh, after discovering sacred Buddha statues on a nearby hill.

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Phnom Penh 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legendary figure
noblewoman
associatedWith Buddha statues
Mekong River NERFINISHED
Phnom Penh NERFINISHED
Tonlé Sap River NERFINISHED
Wat Phnom NERFINISHED
commemoratedBy statue at Wat Phnom
countryOfCitizenship Cambodia NERFINISHED
culture Khmer culture
ethnicGroup Khmer people NERFINISHED
etymology Hill of Penh NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork religious merit-making (legendary context)
gender female
hasCanonicalSite Wat Phnom historical site NERFINISHED
hasDepiction illustrations in Cambodian schoolbooks
murals in Cambodian temples
sculptures at Wat Phnom
hasGivenName Penh NERFINISHED
hasImpactOn Cambodian cultural heritage
urban identity of Phnom Penh
hasLegacy important figure in Cambodian national narrative
symbol of Phnom Penh’s origins
hasLegendEvent building a shrine for Buddha statues
construction of a hill (phnom)
discovery of Buddha statues in a tree trunk
hasLegendRole founder of Phnom Penh
hasLegendStatus semi-legendary
hasMythType foundation myth
hasSacredObject Buddha statues NERFINISHED
hasSacredPlace artificial hill (phnom) at Wat Phnom
hasTitle Lady NERFINISHED
influencedBy Theravada Buddhist beliefs
languageOfLegend Khmer NERFINISHED
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Cambodia NERFINISHED
Phnom Penh NERFINISHED
motivation veneration of Buddha statues
namedAfter Lady Penh NERFINISHED
nameGivesRiseTo Phnom Penh NERFINISHED
narrativeLocation Chaktomuk (confluence of four rivers) NERFINISHED
Mekong River NERFINISHED
Tonlé Sap River NERFINISHED
narrativeTime reign of King Ponhea Yat
notableFor founding Phnom Penh
partOf Cambodian folklore
founding myths of Phnom Penh
placeOfBirth Koh Penh NERFINISHED
religion Buddhism
residence Koh Penh NERFINISHED
timePeriod late 14th century

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Wat Phnom associatedWith Lady Penh