Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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Batara Guru (Bhatara Guru), the supreme god of Javanese and Balinese mythology — the king of the gods and the Javanese form of the Hindu Shiva, lord of
Discover Liễu Hạnh, the Holy Mother and great Mother Goddess of Vietnam — a daughter of the Jade Emperor who lived among mortals, supreme deity of the Đạo
Discover Chử Đồng Tử, the “poor man’s immortal” of Vietnamese legend — a penniless fisherman whose piety won him a princess and immortality, ascending
Discover Thánh Gióng, the Hero of Phù Đổng — the silent child who grew into a giant warrior on a fire-breathing iron horse to drive out invaders, then
Discover Tản Viên Sơn Thánh, the Holy Lord of Mount Tản Viên and chief of Vietnam’s Four Immortals — the venerated cult-form of the mountain-god Sơn Tinh,
Discover Sơn Tinh, the great Vietnamese mountain-god and one of the Four Immortals — who won the princess Mị Nương and defeated the Water God Thủy Tinh,
Discover Âu Cơ, the immortal mountain-fairy and ancestral mother of the Vietnamese — who married the dragon-lord Lạc Long Quân, bore a hundred sons, and
Discover Lạc Long Quân, the Dragon Lord of Lạc and ancestral father of the Vietnamese — the sea-dragon who slew the land’s monsters, married the fairy Âu
Discover the Būta (būta kála), the elemental demon-spirits of Balinese tradition — chaotic lower beings of the wild who must be propitiated through daily
Discover Calon Arang, the legendary witch-widow of Javanese and Balinese tradition — a sorceress whose vengeance brought plague upon a kingdom, defeated
