Sky Lord
Thai Lao · deity · Lao Isan cosmology; living folk cult · deity
Deity (the supreme sky-power of the Lao/Isan phi cosmology, overlapping the phi fa sky-spirit). English title leads; native Phaya Thaen (ພະຍາແຖນ / พญาแถน) in alt/transliterations.
Children
Domains
- sky and heaven
- rain and monsoon
Powers
- Grants or withholds the life-giving rains from heaven
- Sends the first lords and the gourd-born peoples down to earth
Epithets
- พญาแถน
Relations
- rival: Lord Serpent of the Mekong