Preah Ko Preah Keo
Another protective divinity called Khuoc, in the Khmer locality of Pisei, had been beheaded by the villagers; in revenge, this neak ta gave the Siamese soldiers a banana log to aid in capturing the Preah Ko, which they wanted since their people did not own any Pali scripts.
The Khmer realized these valuable projectiles had fallen into the bamboo forest nearby, so they decided to cut it down to pick the gold and silver from the ground.
He captured the two statues and split them open them to steal their valuable Pali manuscripts, which explains why the Siamese have dominated the Khmer people ever since.
In 1692, Cambodian king Chey Chettha IV asked his aunt to write down from her own memory the almost forgotten legends of Cambodia.
In the transcription, the narrator, who refers to himself as Kau and describes himself as "an ordinary man of the people" originating from the Prey Kabbas District (Khmer: ស្រុកព្រៃកប្បាស), says he heard the song from a story-teller named Chai who sang it in verse.
[11] In the land of Takkasila during the reign of Preah Bat Reachea Reamathireach lives a man called Meanop, poor but of great virtue.
They meet a fortune-teller who announces that she will give birth to three neak boun (virtuous spirits) but that she has to refrain from eating green mangoes.
While her husband is away hunting, she gives in to temptation and climbs a mango tree from which she falls, causing her death and the premature birth of her two children.
These are an ox, Preah Ko, and a small child still in the placenta, whom Meanop liberates from the umbilical cord and tries to feed.
Seeing these treasures, the villagers decide to capture the ox and tie him to a kandol tree (Careya arborea).
[13] King Preah Bat Reachea Reamathireach has five daughters who go down to Mocharim (Mucalinda) pond to play.
Preah Keo joins them and, having fallen in love with the youngest princess, Neang Peou, seizes and kisses her, sparking jealousy in the other sisters.
After A Rompong Phnom is defeated, Preah Ko transforms into a young black rooster, and a new fight is organized.
Preah Ko transforms into an elephant and faces off against Kompoul Pich (literally "diamond peak") and comes out victorious.
Instead of ordering the bamboo forest to be cut down, the king tells his soldiers to throw silver coins, or Duong, into it.
Finally captured, they are taken to Ayutthaya, where a special palace with seven walls is built to keep them captive in the Siamese capital, where they remain to this day.
