Phra Mae Thorani

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Everyone heard and prayed to Phra Mae Thorani. What the Goddess able to help?My understanding she help her believer from danger, backstubbing and good luck.

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Mae Thorani (Thai: แม่ธรณี Pali: Dharaṇī) is a Thai and Laotian Buddhist goddess; Phra (พระ) is a title or prefix word used with the name of a most revered person, place, or object. She is recognized as the Goddess of the Earth. She is often shown wringing the cool waters of detachment out of her hair. The water drowns the forces of temptation sent by Mara to distract the Buddha as he meditated under the Bodhi tree.
The Burmese equivalent is the goddess Vasudhara (ဝသုန္ဒရာ), to whom the water from the traditional Buddhist water libation ceremony is offered.

When the evil Mara sent his three daughters Trsna, Rati, and Raga (thirst, desire, and delight), to seduce the Buddha and then his army to stop Buddha from attaining enlightenment, the latter touched the ground (depicted as the 'calling the earth to witness' pose in statues) and Mae Thorani appeared. The water (representing the good merit accumulated by Buddha) she wrung from her hair caused a flood that drowned Mara's daughters and army.
A statue of Mae Thorani protecting Buddha will be found in every Thai and Lao temple, sometimes beside or in front of the main Buddha image on the altar, or outside the viharn. She is also called upon as a witness during kruat nam กรวดน้ำ (pour water), when people pour water into a container while chanting and then empty it onto the ground, to share the merit they have made with the deceased (during ceremonies for weddings, dead ancestors, ordinations, house blessings, and so forth.)