Vietnam: one day at a time

Random photos taken in Vietnam

4.11.06

Water and mountains

These are the two main components of Vietnamese legend, which isn't surprising when you're passing through a landscape like this. In the beginning there was a mountain fairy and a water dragon who married and produced 100 sons who, in turn, spawned the Vietnamese people. I dunno, but I suppose they made the women up out of their spare ribs or something. It always bemuses me that Vietnamese family trees never have any women in them.

1 Comments:

At 5:42 am, Anonymous Anonymous said...

actually, the water dragon female and the mountain fairy male produced 100 children - 50 males, 50 females. Due to their differences, the children were separated, 50 went down to the ocean, and 50 went up to the mountains...from there the history began.

*so really females do date back in this legend

 

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