Vietnamese mythology
Vietnamese mythology ( 神話越南) comprises national myths, legends or fairy tales from the Vietnamese people with aspects of folk religion in Vietnam. Vietnamese folklore and oral traditions may have also been influenced by historical contact with neighbouring Tai-speaking populations, other Austroasiatic-speaking peoples, as well as with people from the region now known as Greater China. Myth of national origin. The mythology of the ethnic Vietnamese people (the "Việt" 越) has been transferred through oral traditions and in writing. The story of Lạc Long Quân (雒龍君) and Âu Cơ (嫗姬) has been cited as the common creation myth  of the Vietnamese people. The story details how two progenitors, the man known as the "Dragon Lord of Lạc" and the woman known as the "Fairy Lady of Âu", gave birth to a "hundred eggs, fifty of which hatched, settled on land and eventually became the Vietnamese people". However, the story, dubbed "Con rồng cháu tiên" (昆 蠬𡥙仙 "Descendants of the Dragon and the Fairy"), is labeled as a "truyền thuyết" ("legend" 傳說), a "type of folkloric tale about historical characters and events, usually embellished with fantastical elements," and is more akin to other fantastical legends, such as the story  of Lê Lợi 黎利 discovering a mythical sword from a magical turtle. "Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư" (大越史記全書, "Complete Annals of Đại Việt") proposed more details on the origins of the two progenitors in Chinese mythology, for example on how Lạc Long Quân was the son of Kinh Dương Vương (涇陽王), who was in turn descended from the or Yan Emperor (炎帝)/ or Shennong (神農). Additionally, Ngô Sĩ Liên (吳士連), the author of the text, cited elements of Chinese mythology (although the details weren't told as if they were mythological fiction, but as fact about events that had  actually happened), on Pangu, Shennong and their descendants leading to Kinh Dương Vương, Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ, and even commented on the potential familial bond between this couple (Lạc's father Kinh Dương Vương and Âu's grandfather Đế Nghi were brothers, both of descent). Creation myths. The world was created by a primordial god called "Thần Trụ trời" (神 柱𡗶 "heaven-pillar god"). This god, supposedly, built a stone pillar to separate heaven and earth from a chaotic mess where neither the world or humanity had existed, and once he was finished, he destroyed the pillar, which  resulted in the creation of landforms such as mountains and islands. After the division of the Thần Trụ trời divided the world into Heaven and Earth, other gods appeared to follow in the work of building this world. There are many such gods, such as Thần Sao, Thần Sông, Thần Núi, Thần Biển... and other giant gods. Folks have credited these gods in the verse handed down from generation to generation: Popular heroes and gods. Figures in Vietnamese mythology include The Four Immortals: the giant boy Thánh Gióng, mountain god Tản Viên Sơn Thánh, Chử Đồng Tử marsh boy, princess  Liễu Hạnh. One of the Four Immortals also reemerges in the fighting between Sơn Tinh and Thủy Tinh "the god of the mountain and the god of the Water." Historical legend occurs in the story of the Thuận Thiên "Heaven's Will" magical sword of King Lê Lợi. Folk mythology includes figures such as the mười hai bà mụ "Twelve Midwives", twelve fairies who teach one-month-old babies skills such as sucking and smiling. Popular myths, legends and stories. A list of some popular fairy tales or Vietnamese myths and legends includes but is not limited to: King of  the gods. The king of the gods in Vietnamese mythology is Ông Trời (翁𡗶 "God of heaven"), then due to the influence of China, he was identified with Jade Emperor so he was also called "Ngọc Hoàng Thượng Đế" (玉皇上帝), commonly referred to as "Ngọc Hoàng" (玉皇). See also. East Asia Southeast Asia/East Asia