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Image of a Lạc bird at Tao Đàn Park, Ho Chi Minh City. Lạc bird (Vietnamese: chim Lạc, Lạc điểu, Chinese: 雒鳥) [1] is a mythical creature in Vietnamese culture and a national bird of Vietnam. [2] [3] [4]
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Gagana – a miraculous bird with an iron beak and copper claws; Gandabherunda – two-headed magical bird; Garuda – known as the primordial bird and the progenitor of all birds; vehicle of Lord Vishnu; Hakawai – bird that was sometimes heard but not usually seen; Hudhud – messenger to prophets
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The phoenix is a legendary immortal bird that cyclically regenerates or is otherwise born again. Originating in Greek mythology, it has analogs in many cultures, such as Egyptian and Persian mythology. Associated with the sun, a phoenix obtains new life by rising from the ashes of its predecessor.
[1]: 102 In the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the luan is described as being one of the three five-coloured birds, along with huang and feng bird. [4]: 44 The luan would sing while the feng would dance to accompany it. [4]: 44 The Shuowen Jiezi defines the bird as born from the sperm of Chìdì. It is red in colour with five-coloured markings.
The mythology of the ethnic Vietnamese people (the Việt,) has been transferred through oral traditions and in writing.The story of Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ has been cited as the common creation myth of the Vietnamese people.
The first account contrasts the giant Peng bird with a small tiao (蜩 "cicada") and jiu (鳩 "pigeon; turtledove") and the third with a yan (鴳 or 鷃 "quail"). The Peng fish-bird transformation is not only the beginning myth in Zhuangzi, but Robert Allinson claims, "the central myth". [1] In the northern darkness there is a fish and his name ...