Jông

Mnong · mortal · Mnong traditional religion; continuing · mortal

Jông is one of the beautiful women of the Ot Ndrong, named in the tradition alongside Bing as a pair of heroines whom the young men of the epic seek to marry. She figures within the cycle's courtship narratives rather than its battles, embodying the prize of the maiden-quest. Sources give differing accounts of which hero each of the paired women finally weds across the many recorded episodes.