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  2. Vietnamese dragon - Wikipedia

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    Vietnamese dragons (Vietnamese: Rồng; chữ Nôm: 蠬/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.

  3. Hạ Long Bay - Wikipedia

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    Hạ Long Bay is located in northeastern Vietnam, from E106°55' to E107°37' and from N20°43' to N21°09'. The bay stretches from Quang Yen town, past Hạ Long city, Cẩm Phả city to Vân Đồn District, is bordered on the

  4. Vietnamese mythology - Wikipedia

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    Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ (The Vietnamese creation origin myth) [11] The legend of Son Tinh and Thuy Tinh (Mountain God and Water God) [12] The betrayal of An Dương Vương [13] Hoan Kiem Lake – Le Loi and the Magical Sword [citation needed] Ông Táo – the Kitchen Gods [14] The origins of bánh chưng-the story of Lang Lieu [15]

  5. List of water deities - Wikipedia

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    Long Vương, the Long Vương is a common name for the gods who rule over the sea and ocean. Tô Lịch Giang Thần, god of Tô Lịch River. Hà Bá, the god who manages the rivers (note that each river has its own governing god, and each person's power may be less or more powerful than Hà Bá). Bà Thủy, goddess has the same function as ...

  6. Ha (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Ha (Ancient Egyptian: ḥꜣ), in ancient Egyptian religion, was a god of the Western Desert & the fertile oasis of Western Desert of Egypt. He was associated with the Duat (the underworld) and pictured as a man wearing the hieroglyph symbol for desert hills on his head. Ha was said to protect Egypt from enemies such as invading ancient Libyans ...

  7. Four Immortals - Wikipedia

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    Full development of the mythology and honouring of the Four Immortals took place in the Lê dynasty. [2] Each of the four immortals has association with helping historical national figures. For example, Thánh Gióng in legend helped the sixth Hùng King to repulse foreign invaders.

  8. Âu Cơ - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. List of Asian mythologies - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of mythologies native to Asia: . Buddhist mythology; Chinese mythology; Christian mythology (in Western Asia); Georgian mythology; Greek mythology (see Greco-Buddhism) ...