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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Lady Penh canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legendary figure
noblewoman
associatedWith Buddha statues
Mekong River
Phnom Penh
Tonlé Sap River
Wat Phnom
commemoratedBy statue at Wat Phnom
countryOfCitizenship Cambodia
culture Khmer culture
ethnicGroup Khmer people
etymology Hill of Penh
fieldOfWork religious merit-making (legendary context)
gender female
hasCanonicalSite Wat Phnom historical site
hasDepiction illustrations in Cambodian schoolbooks
murals in Cambodian temples
sculptures at Wat Phnom
hasGivenName Penh
linked to: Phnom Penh
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
hasSacredPlace artificial hill (phnom) at Wat Phnom
hasTitle Lady
influencedBy Theravada Buddhist beliefs
languageOfLegend Khmer
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Cambodia
Phnom Penh
motivation veneration of Buddha statues
namedAfter Lady Penh
nameGivesRiseTo Phnom Penh
narrativeLocation Chaktomuk (confluence of four rivers)
Mekong River
Tonlé Sap River
narrativeTime reign of King Ponhea Yat
notableFor founding Phnom Penh
partOf Cambodian folklore
founding myths of Phnom Penh
placeOfBirth Koh Penh
religion Buddhism
residence Koh Penh
timePeriod late 14th century

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Wat Phnom associatedWith Lady Penh
Phnom Penh namedAfter Lady Penh
subject linked to: Lady Penh