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Vietnamese Mythology:     more books (24)

A Glimpse of Vietnamese Oral Literature: Mythology, Tales, Folklore by Loc Dinh Pham, 2002-04 Vietnamese Mythology: Vietnamese Dragon, Thun Thiên, Âu C, Lc Long Quân, Four Saint Beasts, Kinh Dng Vng Vietnamese Legends by Le Thai Bach Lan, 2008-02-21 Brother Cat and Brother Rat/Vietnamese English Version (Chung-Kuo Hai Tzu Ti Ku Shih. 41 Tse.) by Wonder Kids Publications Group, 1992-06 To Swim in Our Own Pond: Ta Ve Ta Tam Ao Ta : A Book of Vietnamese Proverbs Vietnamese Legends by George F. Schultz, 1964 Vietnamese Legends by Le Ti Bach Lan, 2008-08-02 Vietnamese Fables of Frogs and Toads (Asian Folktales Retold) by Masao Sakairi, 2006-12-01 How The Fox Got His Color Bilingual Vietnamese-English by Adele Marie Crouch, 2010-08-28 The Blind Man and the Cripple / Orchard Village: Vietnamese-English (Chinese Children's Stories Series) by Wonder Kids Publications Group, 1992-06 Look What We'Ve Brought You from Vietnam: Crafts, Games, Recipes, Stories, and Other Cultural Activities from Vietnamese Americans (Look What We've Brought You From...) by Phyllis Shalant, 1998-10 Vietnamese Tales of Rabbits and Watermelons (Asian Folktales Retold) by Masao Sakairi, 2006-11-01 Co Tich Nhi Dong/Folk Tales for Children: Story of the Bird Named Bim Bip and Other Stories (Vietnamese and English Edition) by Tran Van Dien, 1976-06 Celebrating New Year - Miss Yuan-Shiau/Vietnamese English Version (Chinese Children's Stories) by Wonder Kids Publications Group, 1992-06

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1. Vietnamese Myths
   The Vietnamese myth of origin then, is a matter of belief, of faith, According to vietnamese mythology, the person living in the moon is named Cuoi,  
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   Extractions: 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.

2. Vietnamese Myths
   According to vietnamese mythology, the person living in the moon is named Cuoi, a buffalo boy who lost his father at a tender age.  
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3. Readings: The Power And Relevance Of Vietnamese Myths
   According to vietnamese mythology, the person living in the moon is named Cuoi, For one, the recording of Vietnamese myths began rather late,  
   http://www.askasia.org/teachers/Instructional_Resources/Materials/Readings/Vietn
   
   Extractions: 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.

4. Vietnamese Poetry The Classical Tradition
   or rediscovery) of Vietnamese identity. The first systematic recording of vietnamese mythology occurs at this time; the first Vietnamese  
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5. The Dragon Of Vietnam
   the tarasque, is very much a part of vietnamese mythology. The grottoes were formed, according to the myth, when the dragon moved over the land,  
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6. THE DRAGON
   winged, powerful and fire spitting animal is also regarded as a key element of the vietnamese mythology. All Vietnamese firmly believe they are  
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7. A Tiger, A Worm, A Snail - Vietnamese Folktales
   done excerpts of Vietnamese folktales here. The Power and Relevance of Vietnamese Myths A lengthy yet fascinating article on vietnamese mythology.  
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   Extractions: zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About Urban Legends and Folklore Urban Legends Essentials ... Help w(' ');zau(256,140,140,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/C.htm','');w(xb+xb+' ');zau(256,140,140,'von','http://z.about.com/0/ip/496/7.htm','');w(xb+xb); Sign Up Now for the Urban Legends and Folklore newsletter! See Online Courses Search Urban Legends and Folklore A Tiger, a Worm, a Snail A Pocket Tale by Peter Kohler T he various peoples of Vietnam value faithfulness, virtue and intelligence, and this is reflected in the folktales of the land. Family loyalty and duty take precedence over individual concerns, ideally. We'll take a look at two tales from different parts of the country that illustrate these values in quite different ways. In one of the better-known folktales it is told about a fisherman who cared for his aging mother. Every evening he would cast his nets into the river, and every morning he would collect the fish that had been caught in them, and this is how they lived. One morning he discovered that one of his nets had been torn open and was empty of fish. That day he repaired the net and in the evening cast his several nets into the river as usual. The next morning he was alarmed to discover that

8. Vietnamese Dragon Mythology
   The Dragon ("Long") in vietnamese mythology is represented with the head of a camel, horns of a deer, eyes of a fish, ears of a buffalo  
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9. Dinh Pham Loc A Glimpse Of Vietnamese Oral Literature Mythology
   Dinh Pham Loc A Glimpse of Vietnamese Oral Literature Mythology Tales Folklore  
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10. Www.vietventures.com
    The Dragon ( Long ) is a fabulous beast which the vietnamese mythology represents with the head of a camel, horns of a deer, eyes of a fish,  
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    Extractions: The traditional Coat of Arms consisted of a shield or banner or varied forms, having the stylistic representation of a dragon , a legendary and totemic animal of multiple symbolic significance. Also included on the Coat of Arms were the unicorn, tortoise and phoenix. Together, they make up the quartet of the traditional motifs and emblems of Viet Nam. The Dragon. The Dragon ("Long") is a fabulous beast which the Vietnamese mythology represents with the head of a camel, horns of a deer, eyes of a fish, ears of a buffalo, body and neck of a snake, scales of a carp, claws of an eagle, and feet of a tiger. A long barb hangs on each side of its mouth, and a precious stone shines brilliantly on its tongue. The summit of its head is decorated with a protuberance which is a sign of great intelligence. Finally, it has a crest of 81 scales running the entire length of its backbone. A dragon is said to breathe a kind of smoke which can be transformed at will into fire or water. It lives with equal ease in the sky, in the water, or underground. It is immortal and does not reproduce, because the number of dragons always increases with the metamorphosis of the ."Giao Long", which are fabulous reptiles half lizard and half snake that automatically become dragons after ten centuries of existence. Despite its awesome appearance, the dragon does not incarnate the spirit of evil, and the Vietnamese have always considered the dragon as a symbol of power and nobility. That is why the dragon was chosen as the special symbol of the emperors. The emperor was considered to be the son of Heaven. The dragon having five claws was found on the official dress of the emperor, and the dragon having four claws decorated the official dress of high dignitaries of the Royal Court.

11. A Glimpse Of Vietnamese Oral Literature Mythology, Tales
    , CommentsA Glimpse of Vietnamese Oral Literature Mythology, Tales, Folklore Edifying  
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12. Www.vietventures.com
    The first systematic recording of vietnamese mythology occurs at this time; the first Vietnamese history (by Le Van Huu) is written; the Vietnamese chu nom  
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    Extractions: Vietnamese recently celebrated the 1,000th anniversary of their country's first recorded poem. Vietnam is thus in the company of major European civilizations such as France or Germany, which also developed a voice of their own at about the same time or a little bit earlier. But the first recorded Vietnamese poem, composed in the year 987, had a Chinese midwife. It can be called Vietnamese only to the extent that it was partly composed by a Vietnamese, Do Phap Thuan (915-991), a Buddhist priest. There: wild geese, swimming side by side, Staring up at the sky. Realizing that the two lines merely made a couplet and that Li's intention was to invite or challenge him to complete the quatrain, Do Phap Thuan immediately rejoined: White feathers against a deep blue, Red feet burning in green waves. (translated with Burton Raffel) Thus was born the first recorded poem of Vietnamese literature. But, as has been pointed out by various authors, it was not too original a poem since a similar quatrain already had been penned by a T'ang dynasty poet, the Prince of Lo Pin. Although born under these unimpressive circumstances, Vietnamese poetry soon flourished with a very distinctive voice of its own for the next four centuries, under the Ly and the Tran dynasties.

13. Vietnam: An Historical Perspective
    Au Lac kingdom of vietnamese mythology which was probably a Dong Son society According to Vietnamese origin myths, people originated from a marriage  
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14. BookFinder.com A Glimpse Of Vietnamese Oral Literature
    A Glimpse of Vietnamese Oral Literature Mythology, Tales, Folklore  
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15. Vietnam EARLY HISTORY - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resour
    Hung Vuong, in vietnamese mythology, was the oldest son of Lac Long Quan (Lac Dragon Lord), who came to the Red River Delta from his home in the sea,  
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    Extractions: Source: The Library of Congress Country Studies 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

16. A Glimpse Of Vietnamese Oral Literature Mythology, Tales
    A Glimpse of Vietnamese Oral Literature Mythology, Tales, Folklore Pop Culture Lists  
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17. The Vietnamese - Module B
    2. In vietnamese mythology, what exotic creatures do the Vietnamese trace their origins?  
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18. Vietnam - EARLY HISTORY
    The Vietnamese people represent a fusion of races, languages, and cultures Hung Vuong, in vietnamese mythology, was the oldest son of Lac Long Quan (Lac  
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    Extractions: EARLY HISTORY Vietnam Table of Contents 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. 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 Hung kings ruled Van Lang in feudal fashion with the aid of the Lac lords, who controlled the communal settlements around each irrigated area, organized construction and maintenance of the dikes, and regulated the supply of water. Besides cultivating rice, the people of Van Lang grew other grains and beans and raised stock, mainly buffaloes, chickens, and pigs. Potterymaking and bamboo-working were highly developed crafts, as were basketry, leather-working, and the weaving of hemp, jute, and silk. Both transport and communication were provided by dugout canoes, which plied the network of rivers and canals.

19. THE VIETNAMESE DRAGON
    in it a supernatural power and blessings. This winged, powerful and fire spitting animal is also regarded as a key element of the vietnamese mythology.  
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    Extractions: The Vietnamese dragon T here are neither Vietnamese tales nor legends without this fabulous and mythical animal that is commonly called Con Rồng or more literary Con Long (or the Dragon in English). It makes part of the four animals with supernatural power ( Tứ Linh) and occupies the top place. It is frequently used in Vietnamese art. It is not only seen in pagodas, but also on the ridges of roofs, the beams of frames, furnitures, the pieces of dishes and fabrics. It is also the emblematic animal traditionally chosen by the emperor for his clothes. Properly speaking, the Vietnamese people do not adore it but they see in it a supernatural power and blessings. This winged, powerful and fire spitting animal is also regarded as a key element of the Vietnamese mythology. All Vietnamese firmly believe they are descendents of the Dragon king Lạc Long Qu¢n coming from the Waters and of the fairy ‚u CÆ¡ of terrestrial origins. From this union, the fairy laid one hundred eggs that gave birth to one hundred robust sons. Later, at the separation of the couple, fifty of them followed their father Dragon toward the lower coastal regions and founded the first Vietnamese nation named Văn Lang while the other fifty followed their terrestrial mother toward the high plains to give birth later to an ethnic microcosm the most complex in the world ( about fifty groups ). Although this version of the Seven Tribes of Israel is unbridled and poetic, it nevertheless allows the Vietnamese and other minority groups to live together somewhat peacefully in this country of the form of the dragon, and to unite as a sole person to overcome foreign aggressors in difficult moments of their history.

20. Le Monde Des Animaux Dans La Croyance Vietrnamienne
    It appears as a key element of the vietnamese mythology. All Vietnamese strongly believe they are descendents of this fabulous and mythical animal.  
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    Extractions: The animal world in the Vietnamese belief Thế Giới lo i vật trong sá»± t­n ngưỡng của người Việt Nam S ince the beginning of time, the Vietnamese were used to living in an inhospitable environment. Their living conditions were very hard and nature is extremely tough and pitiless. They must learn how to live with wild animals, tricking them and beating them. From that came a number of prejudices and superstitions. It is found in popular songs not only a kind of experience lived by the Vietnamese in the animal reign but also a certain philosoply sometimes just and simple. Based on observations and behavior found in the animal world, they succeeded in enriching their popular songs giving them a more invigorating, humorous, attractive and moralizing characteristic. Without referring to these wild and familiar creatures, popular songs would probably have lost their attractiveness they have kept so far. The following example indisputably illustrates this agreement borrowed from the animal reign: Chim kh´n tiếc l´ng Người kh´n tiếc lời An intelligent bird keeps it feathers

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