Goddess of Dev Mogra
Bhil · deity · perennial · Recorded classification
The prompt's 'Mogra Dev'. Female ancestral/harvest goddess centred on the Dev Mogra shrine in the Satpuras (Tapi/Narmada region), shared with Vasava and Kokni communities.
Domains
- harvest and fertility
- ancestry
Powers
- grants the harvest and is given first-fruits
- protects the lineage as an ancestral mother-goddess
Sources
- Mogra Dev (Dev Mogra) is a major Bhil mother-and-harvest goddess of the Satpura range, an ancestral protective deity who receives first-fruits at the pilgrimage shrine of Dev Mogra.: Naik, T.B. (1956). The Bhils: A Study. Delhi: Bharatiya Adimjati Sevak Sangh. (scholarship); Koppers, W. & Jungblut, L. (1976). Bowmen of Mid-India. Wien. (scholarship)