TTLV: Legends of Goddesses, Mother Goddesses and Holy Mothers in the cultural space of Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name:Nguyen Thi Thanh

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: December 19, 1984

4. Place of birth: Hoa Binh Provincial Hospital

5. Decision on recognition of students No. 3215/2014/QD-XHNV-SDH, dated December 31, 2014 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in training process: No

7. Thesis topic name:Legends of Goddesses, Mother Goddesses and Holy Mothers in the cultural space of Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa

8. Major: Folklore Code: 60.22.01.25

9. Scientific instructor:Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Nguyet, Lecturer of Vietnam Studies Department, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

10. Summary of the results of the thesis

- The thesis has exploited the folk legends of Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa in terms of character characteristics, story structure, art of character expression and basic motifs.

- Examine the relationship between legends about Goddesses, Mother Goddesses, and Holy Mothers with beliefs, festivals, relics, and worship rituals in the cultural space of Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa.

- Research on the images of Goddesses, Mother Goddesses and Holy Mothers to have a full and comprehensive view of the images of Goddesses, Mother Goddesses and Holy Mothers in culture and folklore.

11.Ability to apply in practice:

- Applied in teaching literature in high schools and in studying the worship of Goddesses, Mother Goddesses and Holy Mothers in Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa.

12. Further research directions:

Continue to research and study the images of Goddesses, Mother Goddesses and Holy Mothers in Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa in the treasure trove of Vietnamese folk legends in other localities to contribute to clarifying the Mother worship and Mother Religion of the Vietnamese people.

13. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Thanh 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: December 19, 1984 4. Place of birth: Hoa Binh Provincial Hospital

5. Admission Decision Number: 3215/2014/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 31, 2014 of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title: Legends of Goddesses and Mother Goddesses in Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa cultural spaces.

8. Major: Folk literature Code: 60.22.01.25

9. Supervisors: Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Nguyet, Lecturer of Vietnamese Studies Department, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University Hanoi.

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

- The thesis provides the studies on Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa's folk legends in terms of character and image characteristics, story forms and structures, character illustration arts, and basic motifs.

- Take account of the relations among Goddess, Mother Goddess legends, religion, festivals, relics andworshipin cultural spaces of Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa.

- Research the Goddess, Mother Goddess images for complete and comprehensive insight into such images of culture and folk literature.

11. Practical applicability:

- Applicability in the teaching of literature at high schools, and the research on Goddess, Mother Goddess worship religion in Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa.

12. Further research directions:

- Continuously research and study the images of Goddesses and Mother Goddesses in Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa from Vietnamese folk legend treasure in other provinces for the purpose of making contributions to clarify Vietnamese people's Goddess, Mother Goddess worship religion.

13. Thesis-related publications: None