Rice Goddess
Bodo · deity · mythic / agricultural cycle · deity
Bodo rice/fertility goddess, classed as deity, second in importance after Bathoubwrai. parentIds links to Bathoubwrai per the most common account (daughter), but sources conflict — some make her his consort — and this tension is recorded in the figure-level sources. Among household gods she ranks with Songraja and Bura Bagh Raja.
Parentage
Domains
- rice and harvest
- prosperity and fertility
Powers
- protect the paddy from germination to harvest
Relations
- syncretism: Lakshmi
Sources
- 'Bathouism', Wikipedia, accessed June 2026
- 'Ag lainai: The Ritual of Cutting the First Fruits of Paddy', Humanities Across Borders, accessed June 2026
- 'Bathouism', Wikipedia: 'Mainao, the daughter of Bathoubwrai'
- Bodo religion surveys: Mainao described as consort of Bathoubwrai worshipped alongside Songraja