Rice Goddess

Sundanese counterpart of the Balinese/Javanese Dewi Sri, given a distinct entry per the brief (the Balinese Dewi Sri is balinese_dewi_sri). The 'dying-and-transforming maiden' motif is the classic Hainuwele-type origin-of-staple-crops myth.

Domains

• rice and agriculture
• fertility of the soil

Powers

• transforms in death into the first rice and food-crops

Epithets

• Nyi Pohaci Sanghyang Asri
• Nyai Pohaci Sanghyang Asri

Relations

• ally: Prince Hero of Pajajaran
• equated with: Rice Goddess

Sources

• Hidding, K.A.H. (1929). Nji Pohatji Sangjang Sri. Leiden: Dubbeldeman.
• Wessing, Robert (1990). 'Sri and Sedana and the Spirits in the House,' Asian Folklore Studies 49(2): 235-258.