VIETNAMESE FAIRY TALES

VIETNAMESE FAIRY TALES

Legend of Son Tinh and Thuy Tinh

At that time, the eighteenth King Hung Vuong had a daughter named My Nuong, who was extremely beautiful. My Nuong was deeply loved by her father, the king. The king wanted to choose for her a worthy husband who was both gentle and talented, so he ordered a festival to choose a son-in-law.

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Young men from all over eagerly flocked to the capital to compete. Over the past few days, many handsome and talented martial arts men have come out to show off their talents, but the king has not yet chosen them. The king was a bit disappointed when suddenly two people came in at the same time to ask for talent, one was named Son Tinh, and the other was named Thuy Tinh. A man in the Ba Vi mountains, exceptionally handsome and talented: pointed to the east, the east turned into green rice fields, pointed to the west, high mountains rose to the west. People in the area called him Son Tinh. There is a person far away in the East Sea who is equally talented: calling the wind and wind to come, calling for the rain to come - This guy's name is Thuy Tinh.

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One is the lord of the highlands, the other is the lord of the deep waters, both are very worthy of being King Hung's son-in-law. King Hung Vuong was now wondering who to accept and who to refuse. The king invited his servants to the table but still could not find a good plan. Finally, King Hung Vuong said:

– Both of you please me, but I only have one daughter, I don't know who to marry? Tomorrow, if anyone brings the bride's gifts here first: one hundred rounds of sticky rice, two hundred rounds of banh chung, an elephant with nine tusks, a chicken with nine spurs, and a horse with nine red feathers, he will be able to bring the bride home.

Early the next morning, Son Tinh brought all the gifts first and was allowed to take the bride back to the mountain. Thuy Tinh arrived later, and when he couldn't get a wife, he became angry and led his army to chase her, one or two demanding to take back My Nuong.

Thuy Tinh called for rain, called for wind, creating a thunderstorm that shook the sky and earth, raising the river's water and rushing to attack Son Tinh. The water flooded the rice fields, flooded the fields, then flooded the houses and doors.

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At that time, Son Tinh did not flinch, using magic to lift each hill and move each mountain range to block the flood water. The higher the water rises, the higher Son Tinh makes the hills and mountains grow. The two sides fought for several months, and in the end, Thuy Tinh was exhausted and had to withdraw his troops.

From then on, the resentment became more and more severe, the hatred became deeper and deeper, there was not a year when Thuy Tinh did not create a storm, raise water to attack Son Tinh and every time Thuy Tinh lost and had to run away.

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Son Tinh has since then been revered by the people as one of the four immortals of the nation.