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Culture or Region: Vietnamese traditions

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Hồ Ly Tinh

Hồ Ly Tinh is a Vietnamese fox spirit associated especially with the legendary Hồ Ly Tinh defeated by Lạc Long…

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Cô Hồn

Cô Hồn are Vietnamese wandering and forsaken spirits who lack descendants, proper burial, remembrance or secure incorporation into ancestral ritual.

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Ma Da

Ma Da is a Vietnamese water ghost associated with drowning, dangerous currents and the dead who remain trapped beneath rivers,…

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Ma

Ma is a broad Vietnamese term for ghosts and supernatural dead presences, ranging from family apparitions to dangerous wandering spirits.

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Mộc Tinh

Mộc Tinh is a Vietnamese tree or wood spirit associated with ancient trees, forest danger, transformation and the consequences of…

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Thuồng Luồng

Thuồng Luồng is a Vietnamese aquatic being associated with rivers, deep pools, floods, serpentine bodies and the dangerous sovereignty of…

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