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Vietnamese dragons (Vietnamese: Rồng; chữ Nôm: 蠪; Sino-Vietnamese: Long; chữ Hán: 龍) are symbolic creatures in Vietnamese folklore and mythology. According to an ancient origin myth, the Vietnamese people are descended from a dragon and an Immortal. The dragon was symbolic of bringing rain, essential for agriculture.
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 ...
Gonggong, red-haired dragon with the head of a man and water god who, together with his associate Xiang Yao, is responsible for the great floods. Hebo, god of the Yellow River. Longmu, goddess of the Xijiang River in the Lingnan area. Mazu, goddess of the sea and protector of seafarers. Shuimu, goddess of the water. Shui Wei Niang, goddess of ...
Aztec mythology. Huitzilopochtli, god of the Sun and war. Nanahuatzin, god of the Sun. Teoyaomicqui, god of lost souls, the Sun, and the sixth hour of the day. Tonatiuh, god of the Sun and ruler of the heavens. Brazilian mythology. Guaraci, god of the Sun (Guarani mythology) Meri, folk hero and god of the Sun.
Âu Cơ (chữ Hán: 甌姬; IPA: [əu˧ kəː˧]) was, according to the creation myth of the Vietnamese people, an immortal mountain snow goddess who married Lạc Long Quân (lit. ' Dragon Lord of Lạc'), and bore an egg sac that hatched a hundred children known collectively as Bách Việt, ancestors to the Vietnamese people. Âu Cơ is ...
Vietnamese dragons: Rồng or Long: A dragon that is represented with a spiral tail and a long fiery sword-fin. Dragons were personified as a caring mother with her children or a pair of dragons. Much like the Chinese Dragon, The Vietnamese Dragon is a water deity responsible for bringing rain during times of drought. Images of the Dragon King ...
Oya (goddess of hurricanes, storms, death and rebirth, consort of Shango in Yoruba religion) Set (Egyptian mythology) Nzazi (god of thunder and lightning; master of thunder dogs in Kongo mythology) Azaka-Tonnerre (West African Vodun / Haitian Vodou) Mulungu. Xevioso (alternately: Xewioso, Heviosso. Thunder god of the So region)
Vietnamese goddesses (2 C, 12 P) Vietnamese gods (26 P) Pages in category "Vietnamese deities" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.