About this deity
Âu Cơ (Vietnamese: 嫗姬) was an immortal mountain fairy in Vietnamese folk religion. She was said to have played an important role in birthing the first Vietnamese people.
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Parent belief system
Kinh Religion · Polytheistic · 1 mythKinh folk religion refers to the spiritual beliefs and customs of some people from present-day Vietnam, in southeast Asia.
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Mythological stories including Au Co
- Au Co Genesis Creation myth
Nuthsell
An immortal mountain fairy named Âu Cơ married a mythical king named Lạc Long Quân ("Dragon Lord of Lạc"; lit.). She bore an egg sac that hatched a hundred children who would become the first people of Vietnam. The people thereafter honored Âu Cơ as the mother deity of the original Vietnamese people.
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OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Au Co." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 25 Jun. 2020, omnika.org/stable/733. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
OMNIKA (2020, June 25). Au Co. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/733
OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Au Co." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created June 25, 2020. Accessed January 21, 2025. https://omnika.org/stable/733.
