The origin of the Vietnamese:The Myth of Con Ro^`ng Cha'u Tie^n

The Vietnamese believe that they are the result of the union of a dragon and a fairy( Con Ro^`ng Cha'u Tie^n). This year is the year of the dragon, Canh-Thi`nh; it is quite appropriate to examine the myth of their origin.

This myth is so powerful that despite its unscientific nature, it is still held strongly by most Vietnamese. It is found in the Vietnamese language, as in the term "Ddo^`ng-Ba`o" which means "born of the same womb", term Vietnamese use to call their compatriots. http://www.probe.net/~evad19/dragoncarvi...

King Minh was a third generation offspring of Shen Nong of the Yen Ti clan in China. He had a son King Nghi by an early marriage. One day as he traveled South, in the area of the Five Range Mountain he met a beautiful woman and took her in as his second wife She was really the daughter of a fairy (Immortal Lady Wu).

From this marriage, came LuXu (Lo^.c Tu.c), a very intelligent and handsome young man. King Minh was delighted and wanted Lo^c Tu.c to be his successor . Lo^c Tu.c asked that his brother inherit his father's throne. King Minh therefore gave the northern territory to King Nghi and the South to Lo^c Tuc who became King Du+o+ng Vu+o+ng or the King of the South of the country of Xich Quyt also known as the country of the Red Demons.

http://www.probe.net/~evad19/dragoncarvi... This king also had the gift of going underwater. He married the daughter of the Dragon King under Dongting Lake, begot Sung Lam. He then left his throne to his son whom he named the Dragon Lord of the La.c.. Sung Lam was a very able lord who taught his people agriculture and sericulture He also taught them the ways of parents and children, husbands and wives. Like his father, he established his kingdom both on land and underwater and was known to his people as a very able and wise ruler He then inherited the title of Dragon King, La.c Long Qua^n

One day he met the princess Au Co who was the descendant of the immortal fairy. She was married at the time to a certain King Lai in the Northern territory.

The Dragon King hid her and she herself willingly followed him to the South and bore him a bag full of eggs. He thought this to be a bad sign so had the bag thrown away in the field. After six or seven days, however, out of the bag hatched one hundred eggs and out of each egg was a boy ;

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