Phra Mahachai Phraisop
Phra Mahachai Phraisop, also known as Phra Mahachai or Phra Phraiprasop, 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.
Characteristics
Phra Mahachai Phraisop appears in the textbook of images of idols. It is a Thai book written during the reign of King Mongkut and appears in Narai Narai Yisip Pang. The deity resembles a male holding a mature rice sheaf in one hand and holding a dagger.It is believed that Phra Mahachai Phraisop developed from Mae Phosop, who was originally a female. Due to the social dynamics at the time that believed that males were greater than females, it was transformed into a male. Like the Tai Khong people in Yunnan, there was a male deity of rice called Pu Khwan Khao, which Siraphon Na Thalang assumed that this belief may have been influenced by Chinese patriarchal culture.There is a painting of Phra Mahachai Phraisop in front of the Chai Chumphon Throne Hall in the Grand Palace.