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Sơn Tinh – Thủy Tinh (the Mountain God vs. Lord of the Waters) is a Vietnamese myth. This myth explains the practice of tidal irrigation and devastating floods in Vietnam as a result of monsoon—a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon), or from the northeast between ...
Vietnamese mythology. Vietnamese mythology ( Vietnamese: Thần thoại Việt Nam 神話越南) comprises folklore, national myths, legends, or fairy tales from the Vietnamese people with aspects of folk religion in Vietnam. [1] [2] [3] Vietnamese folklore and oral traditions may have also been influenced by historical contact with ...
Ông Trời ( lit. 'old man sky/heaven' ), commonly referred to as Trời ("sky, heaven" lit. 'sky, heaven' ), is one of the most important gods in traditional Vietnamese folk religion. Later, due to the influence of Taoism, he was merged and identified with the Jade Emperor, so he was called the Ngọc Hoàng Thượng Đế, often referred to ...
Kim Quy. Kim Quy ( Chữ Hán: 金龜) (“Gold Turtle”, also spelled Kim Qui) or Thanh Giang sứ giả ( Chữ Hán: 清江使者) is a mythical golden turtle god appearing in several Vietnamese legends. In one legend, he appears to the early Vietnamese ruler An Dương Vương (d. 179 BC) and gives him one of his golden claws as a trigger ...
In the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops II, a fire-elemental staff known as "Kagutsuchi's Blood" can be obtained on the Zombies map "Origins". In the mobile phone game Puzzle and Dragons, developed by Gung-ho, Hino Kagutsuchi is a collectible fire monster. In the card game Yu-Gi-Oh!, alongside Susanoo, Amaterasu, and Tsukuyomi, Kagutsuchi is ...
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 Assemblies of God in Vietnam ( AGVN) is a Pentecostal Christian denomination in Vietnam affiliated with the World Assemblies of God Fellowship. [1] In 2009, there were an estimated 40,000 adherents. [2] The general superintendent of the AGVN as of 2009, Duong Thanh Lam, was elected in 2001. [3]
Kang Haifeng's neglected concubine-born daughter, by his unfavored concubine, Lady Su. With little power or influence, Zhao is forced by her legal mother Lady Kang to go on a suicide mission to first become a concubine of Gu Tingye and then cause a scandal by killing herself to discredit the Gu family.