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    Vietnamese mythology - Wikipedia

    • Vietnamese mythology (Vietnamese: Thần thoại Việt Nam) comprises folklore, national myths, legends, or fairy tales from the Vietnamese people with aspects of folk religion in Vietnam. Vietnamese folklore and oral traditions may have also been influenced by historical contact with neighbouring Tai-speaking populations, other Austroasiatic-speaking people… See more

    Myth of national origin

    The mythology of the ethnic Vietnamese people (the Việt,) has been transferred through oral traditions and in writing. … See more

    Creation myths

    The myth of Thần Trụ Trời tells that when the world was just a dark and chaotic area, a god with extraordinary appearance and strength appeared. God raised his head to the sky, dug the earth himself, and smashed r… See more

    Popular heroes and gods

    Figures in Vietnamese mythology include The Four Immortals: the giant boy Thánh Gióng, mountain god Tản Viên Sơn Thánh, Chử Đồng Tử marsh boy, princess Liễu Hạnh.
    One of the … See more

    Popular myths, legends and stories

    A list of some popular fairy tales or Vietnamese myths and legends includes but is not limited to:
    • Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ (The Vietnamese creation origin myth)
    • The legend of S… See more

    King of the gods

    The king of the gods in Vietnamese mythology is Ông Trời ( "God of heaven"), then due to the influence of China, he was identified with Jade Emperor so he was also called Ngọc Hoàng Thượng Đế, commonly referred to … See more

    Further reading

    • Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan | Alex Wade (Reviewing editor) (2020). "Vietnamese religion, folklore and literature: Archetypal journeys from folktales to medieval fantasy short stories". In: Cogent Arts & Humanities… See more