Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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Lono, the great god of peace, agriculture, rain, fertility, and the harvest in Hawaii, one of the four supreme gods — the benevolent lord of the rains and
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
The Taniwha, the great water-monsters and guardian-beings of Māori legend — powerful supernatural creatures of the deep rivers, lakes, and dangerous
The Ponaturi, the malevolent sea-goblins of Māori legend — hostile, pale supernatural beings who dwell in the sea by day and come ashore by night, who are
