TTLV: Legend of Goddess and Holy Mother in Ha Nam

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

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. Student recognition decision No. 2998/2013/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 30, 2013 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:Legend of Goddess and Holy Mother in Ha Nam

8. Major: Folklore Code: 60.22.01.25

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

10. Summary of the results of the thesis

- The thesis has exploited Ha Nam folk legends about characters, figurative characteristics, motifs expressing characters, and story structure.

- Examine the relationship between the image of the Goddess and the Holy Mother in Ha Nam and the worship of gods here.

- Synthesize a complete amount of documents about Goddesses, Holy Mothers in particular and Ha Nam folk literature in general.

- Research on the image of Goddesses and Holy Mothers to have a full and comprehensive view of the image of Goddesses and Holy Mothers.

11. Practical application:

Application in teaching folk literature in high school.

Application in the study of Goddess and Mother Goddess worship in Ha Nam.

12. Further research directions:

Continue to research and learn about the image of Goddesses and Holy Mothers in Vietnamese folk legends in other localities to contribute to clarifying the Mother Goddess worship and 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