Thai Lao · deity · Lao Isan Buddhist folk cosmology; living cult of the Mekong · deity
Deity (a serpent-class divinity / nak). English title leads; native Phaya Nak (พญานาค / ພະຍານາກ) in alt/transliterations. Naga belief predates and was absorbed into Buddhism along the Mekong.
Domains
rivers and waterways
guardianship of the dharma
Powers
Exhales glowing fireballs from the river at the end of the rains-retreat
Coils beneath and hoods the meditating Buddha against the storm