Muang Thaeng or Mường Thèn is a legendary
Tai locality believed to be associated with modern-day
Mường Thanh Valley
The Mường Thanh Valley is a valley located in the Điện Biên Province of Northwestern Vietnam. The valley is approximately 20 km long by 5 km wide. A heart-shaped basin, the valley is surrounded by a region filled with jungles, rice paddies, ...
in Điện Biên province of Vietnam.
In legend, it is the initial settlement of Tai people migrating southward from
Yunnan around the time of the
Kingdom of Nanzhao under their leader
Khun Borom
Khun Borom ( th, ขุนบรม, ) or Khoun Bourôm ( lo, ຂຸນບູຣົມ, ) is a legendary progenitor of the Southwestern Tai-speaking peoples, considered by the Lao to be the father of their race.
Mythology
According to the myth ...
, who is associated
with
Piluoge
Piluoge (; Classical Yi script: ; Nisu: ; 697–748), posthumous name King Guiyi (), was the founder of the Nanzhao kingdom in what is now Yunnan, China. He reigned from 728 or 738 through 748.
Issue and Ancestry
Piluoge was the son of Sheng ...
(ruler of Nanzhao from 728 to 748).
References
Tai history
Mythological places
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