Phra Mahachai Phraisop, also called Phra Mahachai or Phra Phraiprasop, is the Thai god of rice, credited with the same duties and characteristics attributed to the rice goddess Mae Phosop but in male form. As protector of the rice crop, Phra Mahachai Phraisop belongs to the same layer of Thai agricultural folk religion that reveres Phosop, reflecting the central place rice cultivation holds in Thai rural life and belief.
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Attestation
Veneration TodayActively venerated in a living tradition 1 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Function
Domain / FunctionAgriculture and harvest 1 Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
2. Phra Mahachai Phraisop (Wikipedia)
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Phra Mahachai Phraisop (Thai: พระมหาไชไพรสภ), also known as Phra Mahachai (Thai: พระมหาไชย) or Phra Phraiprasop (Thai: พระไพรประสบ), is the god of rice or the deity who protects rice according to Thai beliefs and has the same characteristics and duties as Mae Phosop, the goddess of rice.
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