Jông
Mnong · mortal · Mnong traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
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.
Domains
- beauty desire
Powers
- enchants suitors with her beauty
Relations
- companion: BingĐỗ Hồng Kỳ, Sử thi thần thoại Mnông (1996): Bing and Jông as paired heroines (secondary)
Sources
- Jông is a heroine of the Ot Ndrong, paired in the tradition with the beauty Bing.: Đỗ Hồng Kỳ, Sử thi thần thoại Mnông (Hà Nội: NXB Khoa học Xã hội, 1996) (secondary); Ngô Đức Thịnh (ed.), Sử thi Mnông (Ot Ndrong) (primary)