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Download as PDF; Printable version ... History portal; Goddesses from Vietnamese mythology. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 ...
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 story details how two progenitors, the man known as the Lạc Long Quân and the woman known as the Âu Cơ ...
In Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư Âu Cơ is the daughter of Đế Lai (also known as Đế Ai 帝哀, or Emperor Ai, who was a descendant of Shennong), [6] while in Lĩnh Nam chích quái, Âu Cơ was Đế Lai's concubine [7] before she married off to Lạc Long Quân.
Đạo is a Sino-Vietnamese word for "religion," similar to the Chinese term dao meaning "path," while Mẫu means "mother" and is loaned from Middle Chinese /məuX/. While scholars like Ngô Đức Thịnh propose that it represents a systematic worship of mother goddesses, Đạo Mẫu draws together fairly disparate beliefs and practices.
Famous Vietnamese fairy tales include The Hundred-knot Bamboo Tree and The Story of Tấm and Cám. [1] Various tales have been translated into English, [2] [3] as well as folk tales containing some elements of fairy tales. [4]
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Once Avalokiteśvara learned of his predicament, she gave Shancai all her money and sent her disciple to buy him from the market and set him free. Because the carp was still alive hours after it was caught, this drew a large crowd and soon a bidding war started due to people believing that eating this fish would grant them immortality .