Bing

Bing is one of the principal women of the Ot Ndrong, a beauty whose hand the young heroes strive to win. She belongs to the recurring theme of the maiden-quest, in which Lêng and his kin undertake long journeys, contests and negotiations for a bride, imagery the epic gilds with figures of the silver flower and the bronze flower. She is remembered alongside the heroine Jông as one of the paired beauties of the cycle.

Domains

• beauty desire

Powers

• enchants suitors with her beauty

Relations

• lover: Lêng
• companion: Jông

Sources

• Đỗ Hồng Kỳ, Văn học dân gian Ê Đê – Mnông (NXB Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội)
• Ngô Đức Thịnh (ed.), Sử thi Mnông (Ot Ndrong)