Rice Goddess (other)
Rice goddess may refer to: *Dewi Sri in Sundanese, Javanese and Balinese culture. *Phosop in Thai culture (Lao ''Khosop'', Khmer ''Po Ino Nogar''). *Inari Ōkami , also called , is the Japanese ''kami'' of Red fox, foxes, Fertility (soil), fertility, rice, tea, sake, agriculture and Industrial sector, industry, and general prosperity and worldly success, and is one of the principal kami of Shinto. The nam ...

Dewi Sri
Dewi Sri or Shridevi ( Javanese: ꦢꦺꦮꦶꦱꦿꦶ, Balinese: , Dewi Sri, Sundanese: , Nyai Pohaci Sanghyang Asri) is the Javanese, Sundanese, and Balinese Hindu Goddess of rice and fertility, still widely worshiped on the islands of Java, Bali and Lombok, Indonesia. She is often associated or equated with the Hindu goddess Lakshmi, the ''shakti'' (consort) of Vishnu. History and origin The cult of the primordial rice goddess has its origin in the prehistoric domestication, development and propagation of rice cultivation in Asia, possibly brought by Austroasiatic or Austronesian population that finally migrated and settled in the archipelago. Similar but slightly different rice spirits and rice deity mythologies are widespread among Indonesian ethnicities and also in neighbouring countries, e.g. in Thailand and Cambodia. The name "Sri" was derived from Sanskrit () which means wealth, prosperity, health, beauty, good fortune and also the other name of the Hindu god ...
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Phosop
Phosop () or Phaisop () is the rice goddess of the Thai people. She is a deity more related to ancient Thai folklore than a goddess of a structured, mainstream religion. She is also known as ''Mae Khwan Khao'' (; "Mother of Rice Prosperity"). Background Ritual offerings are made to propitiate the Rice Goddess during the different steps of rice production. Many of those who are from small towns and rural communities believe that it is Phosop that ensures everyone has enough to eat. In modern Thailand, paying homage to Phosop by rice farmers is more and more rare; however, Queen Mother Sirikit gave royal patronage to this ancient custom of Thai folklore in August 2008. These traditional celebrations related to rice and its cultivation stages have a deep traditional significance in order to ensure that farmers will have good harvests. Every year the Royal Ploughing Ceremony takes place in Thailand. At the end of it people scramble to collect the seeds from the furrows in order ...
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