Tản Viên Sơn Thánh (
Chữ Hán
( , ) are the Chinese characters that were used to write Literary Chinese in Vietnam, Literary Chinese (; ) and Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary in Vietnamese language, Vietnamese. They were officially used in Vietnam after the Red River Delta region ...
: 傘圓山聖, 304 BCE - ?), or Sơn Tinh (山精) is one of
The Four Immortals
The Four Immortals (, chữ Hán: 四不死) refers to the four chief figures in the pantheon of genii worshiped by the Vietnamese people of the Red River Delta region in legend and mythology. They are Tản Viên Sơn Thánh (chữ Hán: 傘圓 ...
in traditional
Vietnamese mythology
Vietnamese mythology () comprises folklore, 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 conta ...
. He is the god of the
Ba Vì mountain range and figures also in the romance of
Sơn Tinh - Thủy Tinh ("the God of the Mountain and the God of the Water").
Temples are dedicated to him in most towns, for example the Và Temple in
Sơn Tây
''Toxicodendron succedaneum'', the wax tree, Japanese Hazenoki tree (Sumac or wax tree), sơn in Vietnamese or charão in Portuguese, is a flowering plant species in the genus '' Toxicodendron'' found in Asia, although it has been planted else ...
, Hanoi.
Mythology
Tản Viên Sơn Thánh was one of the 50 children who followed
Lạc Long Quân
Lạc Long Quân (Chữ Hán: 貉龍君; "Dragon King of Lạc"), also known as Sùng Lãm (崇纜), is an ancient king of the Hồng Bàng dynasty of ancient Vietnam. Quân was the son of Kinh Dương Vương, the king of Xích Quỷ. He is ...
to the sea, and later returned to the mainland. He sailed from Thần Phù sea gate (Nam Định) along the
Red River to
Long Biên
Long Biên (Vietnamese), also known as Longbian ( < : *''lioŋ-pian/pen'';[Schuessler, ...]
citadel, but then he criticized this place for being too bustling and left for Phúc Lộc river, then settled in
Tản Viên mountain.
References
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Vietnamese mythology
Vietnamese gods
Vietnamese culture heroes
Vietnamese deities
Mountain gods