Dewi Sri, also called Shridevi, is the Javanese, Sundanese and Balinese Hindu goddess of rice and fertility, still widely worshipped on the islands of Java, Bali and Lombok in Indonesia.
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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. Dewi Sri, Structured Record (Wikidata Q)
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