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Đạo Mẫu (Vietnamese: [ɗâːwˀ mə̌wˀ], 道母) is the worship of mother goddesses which was established in Vietnam in the 16th century. [1] This worship is a branch of Vietnamese folk religion but is more shamanic in nature. Đạo is a Sino-Vietnamese word for "religion," similar to the Chinese term dao meaning "path," while Mẫu ...
Bà Chúa Xứ's ethnicity has been identified by some as the same as the Cham goddess Po Inu Nagar (Vietnamese people have Vietnameseized this goddess into Thiên Y A Na), the Chinese goddess Mazu, a Khmer Black Lady or even as Quan Âm. Despite the adoption of Chinese, Khmer, and Cham ethnic traits, she is an example of a being who accepts ...
The Thiên Mụ Temple (meaning Temple of the Celestial Lady, Vietnamese: Chùa Thiên Mụ; also called Linh Mụ Temple) is a historic temple in the city of Huế in Vietnam. Its iconic seven-story Phước Duyên pagoda is regarded as the unofficial symbol of the city, [1] and the temple has often been the subject of folk rhymes and ca dao ...
Empress Gi was born in Haengju (행주, 幸州; modern Goyang), Goryeo to a lower-ranked aristocratic family of bureaucrats. [1] Her father was Gi Ja-oh.Lady Gi's maternal side was also related to the noble Jangheung Im clan, one of the prominent clans in Goryeo Kingdom. from her maternal great-grandmother Princess Consort Im of the Jangheung Im clan.
Faro Ladies is a term for aristocratic female gamblers in the late eighteenth century. Gaming in public was not acceptable for aristocratic women as it was for aristocratic men in 18th century England, who played at social clubs such as the Tory -affiliated White's or the Whig -affiliated Brooks's. Thus, women gambled in private houses at ...
Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon (Vietnamese: Vương cung thánh đường Chính tòa Đức Bà Sài Gòn or Nhà thờ Đức Bà Sài Gòn; French: Basilique-Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Saïgon), officially Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of The Immaculate Conception (Vietnamese: Vương cung thánh đường Chính tòa Đức Mẹ Vô nhiễm Nguyên tội; French: Basilique ...
Black Virgin Mountain (Vietnamese: Núi Bà Đen, lit. 'Mountain of Black Lady') is a mountain in Tây Ninh City, Vietnam. The mountain is the center of a Vietnamese myth about Bà Đen. During the Vietnam War the area around the mountain was a hot zone as the Ho Chi Minh Trail ended a few kilometers west across the Cambodian border.
An element in this investigation was a video presented by Andrea Tornielli, [13] in an article published in the newspaper La Stampa, [8] [14] which showed several members of the Heralds of the Gospel listening to a description of an "exorcism". "In the video, a priest standing next to the founder read several claims made by a demon during an ...