1. Category:Vietnamese Mythology - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Pages in category Vietnamese mythology The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Vietnamese_mythology

Category:Vietnamese mythology From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Pages in category "Vietnamese mythology" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes ( learn more A Âu Cơ D Dao Mau F The Four Immortals Four Saintly Beasts (Vietnam) G Ghosts in Vietnamese culture K Kinh Dương Vương L Lạc Long Quân Lieu Hanh T Thuận Thiên (sword) V Vietnamese dragon Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Vietnamese_mythology Categories Asian mythology Vietnamese culture Personal tools New features Log in / create account Namespaces Category Discussion Variants Views Read Edit View history Actions Search Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events ... Donate Interaction Help About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes ... Contact Wikipedia Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages ... Permanent link Print/export Create a book Download as PDF Printable version Languages This page was last modified on 17 December 2009 at 23:02. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. See

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4. Vietnamese Mythology: Information From Answers.com Vietnamese mythology is particularly rich in colorful tales, some of them influenced by Chinese mythology (see Chinese Mythology ). According to the Vietnamese, there was http://www.answers.com/topic/vietnamese-mythology

var isReferenceAnswers = true; BodyLoad('s'); On this page Library Animal Life Health History, Politics, Society ... Technology Vietnamese Mythology Asian Mythology: Vietnamese Mythology Home Library Asian Mythology Vietnamese mythology is particularly rich in colorful tales, some of them influenced by Chinese mythology (see Chinese Mythology ). According to the Vietnamese, there was chaos in the beginning until Kung Lo, a great giant, appeared and separated the sky and the earth (see also Inzanagi and Izanami ) with his head before creating a pillar to maintain the separation. At first the giant was creation itself (see also Purusa Other stories tell how it was the Ngoc Hoang—the Vietnamese version of the Chinese Jade Emperor (see Chinese Deities Chinese Emperors )—who, after the separation of Heaven and Earth, created animals out of rough pieces of the sky and earth and humans out of the original chaos. To create the humans he had the help of the twelve heavenly Midwives. The Sun and Moon, daughters of the creator, were assigned to give light and warmth to the world. At first there was a perfect golden age when people were immortal and rice was plentiful. But when the people became lazy and forgot the commands of the creator, it became necessary to work for shelter and sustenance . As for immortality, it was denied humans only because a messenger who was sent by the creator to tell humans they could live forever by shedding their skins when they became old, was convinced by snakes to allow them rather than the humans that privilege.

5. Www.advite.com The dragon is a totem in Vietnamese mythology and the Vietnamese think of themselves as descendants of the dragon (Con Rong Chau Tien, children of the Dragon and grand children http://www.advite.com/artoftatoo.htm

Marco Polo, Vietnam in the thirteen-century and the art of tattoo. Marco Polo (1254-1334), the famous Venetian adventurer, started to travel to the East in1271, went through Asia via Mongolia and came back to Europe via Sumatra after spending thirteen years in the service of Kublai Khan (1216-1294). In Vietnamese Kubai Khan is known as Hot Tat Liet . He was the founder of the Mongol dynasty in China ( Dai Nguyen ). His grandfather Genghis Khan is known in Vietnamese as Thanh Cat Tu Han Marco Polo’s book Description of the World Il Milione in Italian or also translated as The Travels of Marco Polo) told of his adventures to the East. At the time of Marco Polo’s departure from Europe in 1271, Vietnam was under the reign of King Tran Thanh Tong (1256-1278). Most of what constitutes modern central Vietnam belonged then to the Kingdom of Champa under King Indravarman. Champa’s capital Indrapura would be ransacked by the Vietnamese in the 15 th century and Champa annexed to Vietnam. That same year of 1271, Kublai Khan conquered China from the Sung dynasty, and sent emissaries to request the Vietnamese King to go to China to attend the Chinese imperial court as a sign of submission. Tran Thanh Tong declined the invitation under the pretext of poor health. War erupted between the two countries in 1284 under King Tran Nhan Ton; Vietnamese forces were under the command of the famous general Hung Dao Vuong Tran Quoc Tuan. The Chinese offensive was under the command of General Thoat Hoan; another front against Champa was under General

6. Vietnamese Myths Compared to the brilliant drama of Cuoi's tale, most stories regarding other characters in Vietnamese mythology are less welldeveloped. There are stories about minor deities http://www.vietspring.org/legend/VietnameseMyths.html

The Power and Relevance of Vietnamese Myths Article written by Nguyen Ngoc Binh for the Asia Society's Vietnam: Essays on History, Culture, and Society, 1985, pp. 61-77. Ask any Vietnamese about the origin of his people, and most likely he will tell you that they were born of a dragon and a fairy ("con rong chau tien"). Certainly this is an unscientific explanation, and one that can hardly be sustained or demonstrated hi storically, yet the power of that myth is such that no Vietnamese, no matter how much scientific training he has received, would ever deny believing in it at least to a certain extent. The Vietnamese myth of origin then, is a matter of belief, of faith, that mountains of evidence to the contrary cannot change. Historically, Vietnam has served as a fertile ground for all kinds of beliefs and religions. Yet regardless of religious belief, whether Buddhism, Catholicism, Protestantism, Taoism, or animism, Vietnamese share the conviction that they came from the sam e source, originating from the same womb hence, they call one another dong-bao ("born of the same womb"). It is this power of myths that sustains the Vietnamese throughout their history, that keeps them together despite their other differences. Let us then travel backwards in time to when these myths originated, a time predating recorded history by centuries if not millennia, when the Vietnamese all shared a common set of beliefs, later on taken down as "the mythology" of Vietnam.

7. Vietnamese Mythology - Lac Long Quang And Au Co, A War Between The Gods - Tinh, Vietnamese mythology Lac Long Quang and Au Co, A War between the Gods Tinh, King, Vuong, Thuy, Lac, Who, Vietnamese, and Long http://www.jrank.org/cultures/pages/6479/Vietnamese-mythology.html

8. Vietnam Culture: Myths And Legends In Vietnamese mythology, spirits and ‘fairies’ are everywhere and are much closer, often living among human beings. http://www.haivenu-vietnam.com/vietnam-culture-myths.htm

Myths and Legends A land of fantasy and imagination Vietnam has an enormous treasury of myths and legends, both ancient and recent. As the language developed, it often used poetic imagery to describe and narrate through metaphor and allegory. The country’s strong animist tradition produced a wealth of anthropomorphic symbols. Where legends don’t exist, the Vietnamese feel an urge to invent them. In the caves of Ha Long Bay, for example, local guides narrate many ‘legends’ related to stalagmites and stalactites that vaguely resemble animals or people. Charming and imaginative they may be, but nearly all have been composed in the last decade. The legend of the Lake Other legends have a more respectable record. The name of Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake means ‘Lake of the Returned Sword’, a reference to a local legend. It is said that Le Loi, who became the great Emperor Le Thai To, was awarded a magical sword by the spirit of the Lake to help him drive invaders from the land. Years later, after victory, he sailed out on the Lake to express his gratitude by making a sacrifice to the spirit. Suddenly, a giant turtle appeared and the sword flew from the Emperor’s scabbard. The turtle seized the sword in its mouth and plunged to the depths to return the sword to its rightful owner. Even today, people believe that the lake is inhabited by large turtles, and periodic sightings are claimed as omens of good luck.

9. Vietnam EARLY HISTORY - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resour nation was Hung Vuong, the first ruler of the semilegendary Hung dynasty (2879258 B.C., mythological dates) of the kingdom of Van Lang. Hung Vuong, in Vietnamese mythology, was http://workmall.com/wfb2001/vietnam/vietnam_history_early_history.html

HISTORY INDEX Country Ranks Introduction History ... Feedback Vietnam EARLY HISTORY http://workmall.com/wfb2001/vietnam/vietnam_history_early_history.html Source: The Library of Congress Country Studies < BACK TO HISTORY CONTENTS Unavailable Figure 2. Location of Vietnam in Asia, 1987 Unavailable Figure 3. Nam Viet Before Conquest by China in 111 B.C. The Vietnamese people represent a fusion of races, languages, and cultures, the elements of which are still being sorted out by ethnologists, linguists, and archaeologists. As was true for most areas of Southeast Asia, the Indochina Peninsula was a crossroads for many migrations of peoples, including speakers of Austronesian, Mon-Khmer, and Tai languages (see fig. 2 ). The Vietnamese language provides some clues to the cultural mixture of the Vietnamese people. Although a separate and distinct language, Vietnamese borrows much of its basic vocabulary from Mon-Khmer, tonality from the Tai languages, and some grammatical features from both Mon-Khmer and Tai. Vietnamese also exhibits some influence from Austronesian languages, as well as large infusions of Chinese literary, political, and philosophical terminology of a later period. The area now known as Vietnam has been inhabited since Paleolithic times, with some archaeological sites in Thanh Hoa Province reportedly dating back several thousand years. Archaeologists link the beginnings of Vietnamese civilization to the late Neolithic, early Bronze Age, Phung-nguyen culture, which was centered in Vinh Phu Province of contemporary Vietnam from about 2000 to 1400 B.C. (see

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11. Risen From The Ashes Phoenix And The Struggle Against The Viet iii Abstract Unlike its counterpart in Vietnamese mythology, the Phoenix program of the Vietnam War does not easily rise from the ashes. Because of its important but also http://www.hpu.edu/images/GraduateStudies/MADMS/200820Michael20Wilcheck_a29716.p

12. Vietnamese Mythology | Definition Of Vietnamese Mythology | HighBeam.com: Online Find out what Vietnamese Mythology means A Dictionary of Asian Mythology has the definition of Vietnamese Mythology. Research related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles at http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1O69-VietnameseMythology.html

13. Vidotour Indochina Travel Vietnamese mythology contends the people are descended from a dragon and a fairy. The union of the dragon, King Lac Long Quan, and the enchanting mountain fairy Au Co produced http://vidotour.com/?m=home&a=detail&nation=8&i=1

14. The 22nd Annual UVSA Tet Festival, UCLA International Institute But what was most impressive were the scenes set up to showcase Vietnamese mythology, traditions, and landscape throughout the festival grounds of which people could photograph. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=7222

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16. SECTION Often the way to the Underworld and Hell is through the Water Kingdom—the great womb of Vietnamese mythology from which its many culture heroes issue with their mandate to rule http://www.lewismicropublishing.com/Publications/BoatPeople/BoatPeople2ii.htm

SECTION: 2:ii RIVERS OF LIFE STREAMS OF CULTURE by Hugh M. Lewis Beginning with the small rafts of bamboo or logs of the upriver people in the shallow or the gorges, we find lower down river hollowed out or plank rowboats, then sailboats, motor boats and finally steamers docked at the wharves of the bustling port cities. Technology, agriculture and socio-legal organization also become increasingly complex as we voyage downstream…. (Tweddel and Kimball 1985: 279) In the dry season its level drops to low to be utilizable for irrigation, leading to drought and famine. In the wet season its level rises way over the elevation of the entire plain, threatening to wash away the entire plain if the Vietnamese had not long ago constructed a truly monumental system of dikes and canals and dams with which to harness and temper its violent powers for wet rice cultivation. Vast inundations often recurred, sometimes several times a season, in spite of this elaborate network of flood control, rapidly and without notice, the cause of "perennial death and destruction through severe and sudden floods." After each flood, the relief map of the entire delta would need to be redrawn, the major course altering, "with cones of alluvium indicating the place of rupture of the old river bed. Such cones around Hanoi rise to 7 meters above sea level." (Holmgren 1980: 25) What better prime mover for corporate solidarity than the Promethean struggle against the elemental forces of life and death of the Great River. The singularly noteworthy achievement of the Vietnamese in their early collective efforts of rising from the earth itself an elaborate and massive network of ramparts against ruthless and relentless forces of Mother Nature was born from a collective need for survival in the face of natural adversity and calamity.

17. Ha Long Bay Ha Long Bay Vietnam Landscapes The end of the Vietnam war, and the advent of Doi moi , Vietnam's policy of opening its economy to foreign trade, means that Westerners and http://www.vietscape.com/travel/halong/index.html

Ha Long - Bay of the Descending Dragon The end of the Vietnam war, and the advent of "Doi moi" , Vietnam's policy of opening its economy to foreign trade, means that Westerners and South Vietnamese now have a chance to visit Ha long. Vinh Ha Long or Bay of the Descending Dragon is often touted by proud Vietnamese as the world's Eighth wonder. One of the main attractions of Ha long is the bay's calm water and the thousands of limestone mountains dotting the seascape. The Bay's water is clear during the spring and early summer. Some of the islands are quite large and there are small alcoves with sandy beaches where swimming is possible. Ha Long bay lies in the northeastern part of Vietnam and is 165 Km from Hanoi. Ha Long literally means descending dragon(s) and according to local myth, the story goes as follows: Long ago when their forefathers were fighting foreign invaders from the north, the gods from heaven sent a family of dragons to help defend their land. This family of dragons descended upon what is now Ha Long bay and began spitting out jewels and jade. Upon hitting the sea, these jewels turned into the various islands and islets dotting the seascape and formed a formidable fortress against the invaders. The locals were able to keep their land safe and formed what is now the country of Vietnam. The Dragon family fell so much in love with this area for its calm water and for the reverence of the people of Vietnam that they decided to remain on earth. Mother dragon lies on what is now

18. Photos Of Mekong Delta - Vietnam Album 7 Pictures of Mekong Delta The Dragon is a very powerful symbol in Vietnamese mythology. The dragon eyes on the front of the boat are supposed to protect the vessel from http://www.vietnam-in-pictures.com/mekong7/index.htm

19. SECRETS OF VIETNAMESE KITCHEN, Cooking Lessons Tour Before you eat, there will be a short, informal talk on Vietnamese mythology and how it is presented in different forms of Folk Art. The welcome dinner will be in the restaurant. http://www.hotels-in-vietnam.com/hotels/vietnam_tours/cookinglessons-tour.html

HOME TICKETS TOURS DESTINATIONS ... CONTACT US COK Secrets of Vietnamese Kitchen (8 days / 7 nights - daily departure) Day 1: Arrial Hanoi (D) Upon arrival in Hanoi, you will clear customs and immigration, and be met by our tour operator and head to Sofitel Metropole Hanoi hotel. After relaxing and a brief lunch, you will take a charming cyclo ride around the city. Perhaps the most interesting area you will visit is the Old Quarter. Here many tiny streets join to sell a huge diversity of products. You spend some time visiting several of the most respected galleries, meeting with the owners and artists. After your ride, you will return to the hotel and prepare for dinner. Before you eat, there will be a short, informal talk on Vietnamese mythology and how it is presented in different forms of Folk Art. The welcome dinner will be in the restaurant. Overnight at hotel in Hanoi. Day , L, D) This morning you will have your first cooking lesson. The experience starts with a walk, accompanied by the Chef of the Spices Garden Restaurant at the Sofitel Metrople hotel, to the local market, where you get a chance to learn all about Vietnamese ingredients. A cooking demonstration will follow, which takes place directly in the kitchen and where everyone has the chance to get involved. After the class lunch will be served in the Spices Garden Vietnamese Restaurant to sample all the different dishes prepared during the demonstration.

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skip to main skip to sidebar I Travel's Travel News and Promotions The I travel blog will keep you up-to-date with the latest products and promotions at I travel. If you see something you like, please drop us a line at info@itravel-online.com or visit our site www.itravel-online.com Wednesday, 23 September 2009 Vietnamese Mythology 101: The Legend of the Watermelon Once upon a time, the sixth son of King Hung Vuong - An-Tiem disobeyed the King's order and was exiled to a deserted island The Prince had to build his own shelter, dig a well for water, and fish and hunt animals for food. One day, he found a green fruit shaped like a ball. He split the fruit into halves and found the inside of the fruit red. He dared not eat it because he was afraid it was poisonous. Days passed and the dry and sunny season came. It was so hot that all the plants were dry and the well had no water left. One day An-Tiem was so tired and thirsty that he tasted the fruit. He found out that it tasted delicious and quenched his thirst. He tried to grow the plant around his house then. Soon the island was covered with the green fruit.

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