TTLV: Legends of Goddesses and Holy Mothers in Ha Nam

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MASTER'S THESIS

1. Student's full name:Tran Thi Bong             

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: January 28, 1989

4. Place of birth: Chau Son - Phu Ly - Ha Nam

5. Decision No. 2998/2013/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 30, 2013, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, recognizing the student.

6. Changes in the training process: None

7. Thesis title:Legends of Goddesses and Holy Mothers in Henan

8. Major: Folklore Literature Code: 60.22.01.25

9. Scientific supervisor:Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi NguyetLecturer in Vietnamese Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

10. Summary of the thesis results

- The thesis has explored the folk legends of Ha Nam province, focusing on the characters, characteristic imagery, motifs used to portray them, and the structural form of the stories.

- Examine the relationship between the image of the Goddess and Holy Mother in Ha Nam and the local deity worship practices.

- To compile a comprehensive collection of materials on goddesses and holy mothers in particular, and the folk literature of Ha Nam in general.

- Researching the imagery of goddesses and holy mothers will provide a complete and comprehensive understanding of this concept.

11. Practical applications:

Applications in teaching folklore literature in secondary schools.

Applications in the study of the worship of goddesses and holy mothers in Ha Nam.

12. Future research directions:

Continue researching and exploring the imagery of goddesses and holy mothers in Vietnamese folk legends from other localities to contribute to a clearer understanding of the Mother Goddess worship and the Mother Goddess religion of the Vietnamese people.

13. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION ON MASETER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Tran Thi Bong 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: January 28, 1989 4. Place of birth: Chau son - Phu Ly - Ha Nam

5. Admission decision number 2998/2013/QD-XHNV-SĐH Dated December 30, 2013 of the Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title: Legend of Mother Goddesses in Ha Nam.

8. Major: Folk Literature Code: 60.22.01.25

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

10. Summary of findings of the thesis:

- The thesis intensively studied characters, featured images, motifs of characters and story's structures in Ha Nam's folk legends.

- Researching the relationship between images of Mother Goddesses; and the worship in Ha Nam.

- Recapitulating some extensive documents on Mother Goddesses in particular and Ha Nam's folk literature in general.

- Studying images of Mother Goddesses to get sufficient and comprehensive review of them.

11. Practical applicability:

- Applicability in teaching of folk literature at High schools.

- Applicability in research of the worship of Goddesses in Ha Nam.

12. Further research directions:

Continue researching and studying the images of Mother Goddesses from Vietnam folk legend storage in other provinces so as to clarify the systematic mother goddess cult and Dao Mau in Vietnam.

13. Thesis-related publications: None