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MOTIFS OF SACRED STONE/ PETRIFACTION AND STONE-WORSHIPPING THROUGH FOLK TALES OF MALAYO-POLYNESIAN ETHNIC PEOPLES IN VIETNAM

Vien Xuan Phan 1, *
  1. Unisersity of Social Science of Humanities, VNU-HCM
Correspondence to: Vien Xuan Phan, Unisersity of Social Science of Humanities, VNU-HCM. Email: pvphuc@hcmuns.edu.vn.
Volume & Issue: Vol. 14 No. 2 (2011) | Page No.: 10-21 | DOI: 10.32508/stdj.v14i2.1951
Published: 2011-06-30

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Abstract

This writing is about motifs of sacred stone / petrifaction as well as their abundant variants / forms such as mountain god, sacred stone, stone ogre, magical birth from stone, human-shape stone, human-shape stone turning into humans, humans turning into stone, crying stone, lithopone, litho-gongs etc. in folk tales of Malayo-Polynesian ethnic peoples in Vietnam in comparison with the Kinh who are the main people. When surveying and comparing variants / forms of motifs, the paper gives, to some extent, expressions of stone worshipping which are mentioned in the tales, in the spiritual life of Malayo-Polynesian and Kinh people since the old days.

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