I just added an entry on the Eight Diamond Generals (that’s why the “Jedi Knights in ancient Vietnam” remark) as well as on the Earth goddess Hau Tho. Plus I Continue reading
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JANUARY 30TH UPDATE OF MY VIETNAMESE MYTHOLOGY PAGE
I just updated the page with the final chapter of the saga of the god Thach Sanh and with two new entries – one on Song Truong, the god of the tides and one on Ba Set, the goddess of lightning.
IX. THACH SANH’S DESTINY – The soldiers returned with the trusting Thach Sanh and the stolen crown jewels. At the king’s command they stripped him of his axe, bow and arrow and lute and ignored his pleas of innocence. They had him thrown into a cell to await the king’s judgement.
The sinister Ly Thong was encouraging the king to have Thach Sanh executed before his upcoming marriage to Princess Quynh Nga. The magic lute that Long Vuong had given to Continue reading
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JANUARY 23RD UPDATE OF VIETNAMESE MYTHOLOGY PAGE
I just updated the page with another chapter in the saga of the god Thach Sanh plus I added 2 all-new entries: one on Chua Con Ho, the tiger-god and one on Ah Nhi, the Vietnamese god of fire. Click here: https://glitternight.com/vietnamese-myth/
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VIETNAMESE MYTHOLOGY PAGE UPDATED – JANUARY 10TH
I updated my Vietnamese Myth page once again. This time I expanded my entry on the sun goddess, added another chapter to the saga of the god Thach Sanh and placed an all-new entry- this time on Cong San, the god of northern Vietnam’s Red River. Here is the link: https://glitternight.com/vietnamese-myth/
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VIETNAMESE MYTHOLOGY PAGE UPDATED- DEC 20TH
I added an entry on the Trung Sisters, who led an uprising against the Chinese around 40 C.E. and were worshipped as deities after their deaths. For more Vietnamese gods and goddesses here is the link: https://glitternight.com/vietnamese-myth-new/
THE TRUNG SISTERS – Trung Trac and her sister Trung Nhi occupy a special place in Vietnamese mythology. If you want a glib or simplistic comparison to approach their story with think of them as an ancient Vietnamese version of Lakshmibai of Jhansi in the history of India or Joan of Arc in Western lore. In the early 40’s C.E. Trung Trac led an uprising against the latest Chinese occupiers with Continue reading
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CHRISTMAS SEASON DIVERSION – MY REVIEW OF SANTA AND THE ICE CREAM BUNNY (1972)
We are now just 12 days from Christmas so I figured what better time to update my Bad Movie page with a review of the atrocious attempt at entertainment called Santa And The Ice Cream Bunny, a live-action clunker from the famous Barry Mahon. For more Bad Movies: https://glitternight.com/bad-movies/
SANTA AND THE ICE CREAM BUNNY – (1972) – Category: Bad enough and with a classically weird premise but not fun-bad enough for my highest rating This thoroughly bizarre little holiday-themed movie will redefine the term “low-budget” for you. Normally I cut some slack to films that are clearly targeted at children but this bomb doesn’t seem targeted at children as much as it seems targeted at morons.
The opening scene of this odd movie is set in a very cramped set that is supposed to be Santa’s North Pole workshop. Some very tall children are dressed as elves and are awkwardly pretending to be working on toys that are quite obviously already completed, lending the scene a joyously inept “grade-school Christmas play” kind of feel.
The opening credits inform us that these children/elves are players from “Ruth Foreman’s Pied Piper Playhouse” as they sing a song that has been so poorly-recorded we can only make out an occassional few words. The gist of the song seems to be that the elves are wondering where Santa is since it’s only a few days until Christmas. Continue reading
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VIETNAMESE MYTHOLOGY PAGE UPDATED
I updated the page with an entry on Thien Loi, the Vietnamese thunder god plus I expanded my entries on the hearth god Ong Lo and on the god Ngoc Hoang, the Zeus/Odin/Ruhanga/Kane/Brahma of the Vietnamese pantheon. Click here: https://glitternight.com/vietnamese-myth-new/
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VIETNAMESE MYTH PAGE UPDATED
I updated my Vietnamese Myth page by expanding my Ngoc Hoang entry with 4 new mythic tales about him. Plus I added the pre-Iron Age version of the story of the war god Than Giong to his entry. I also added another adventure of the god Lac Long Quan to his entry. Just click here: https://glitternight.com/vietnamese-myth-new/
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XENOGENOCIDE: NAVAJO MYTH PAGE UPDATED AGAIN
At last it’s the apocalyptic finale of the epic story of the Navajo war god Nayanazgeni battling the Anaye! I just had to title the chapter “Xenogenocide” Plus in the individual entry section I added a listing for the joint Navajo deity Tgaei.
12. XENOGENOCIDE – Nayanazgeni, Tsohanoai and Tobadzistsini looked on as, according to some myths “every drop of Yeitso’s spilled blood” was growing into either another Yeitso or another Anaye, or Brown Giants depending on the Continue reading
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