Rice Goddess

Thai Lao · deity · pre Buddhist Tai agrarian folk religion; living cult · deity

Deity. English title leads; native Mae Phosop (แม่โพสพ) and the Lao Nang Khosop in alt/transliterations.

Domains

rice and harvest
fertility and abundance

Powers

Embodies and safeguards the life-soul (khwan) of the rice crop
Flees the fields when humans waste or disrespect the grain

Epithets

แม่โพสพ

Sources

Phya Anuman Rajadhon, 'Me Posop, the Rice Mother', Journal of the Siam Society, 1955
Phya Anuman Rajadhon, Life and Ritual in Old Siam, HRAF Press, 1961

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