Chàng Bồng Hương
Muong · mortal · Muong traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Chàng Bồng Hương is the hero of the Mường narrative poem that bears his and Nàng Ờm's names. A poor young man of humble family, he loves the lang's daughter but is rejected by her kin because of his poverty. When the lovers can find no place to be together they flee to Mount Làn Ai and die there side by side. In the enduring memory of the Mường his name is inseparable from Nàng Ờm's as the model of constancy in love.
Domains
- love
Powers
- dies faithful to his love
Epithets
- chàng Bồng Hương — the youth Bồng HươngMinh Hiệu, Truyện thơ Mường (NXB Văn hóa dân tộc) (secondary)
Relations
- lover: Nàng ỜmIll-fated lovers who die together on núi Làn Ai.Nàng Ờm – chàng Bồng Hương (truyện thơ Mường), Minh Hiệu sưu tầm (primary)
Sources
- Chàng Bồng Hương is the poor youth of the Mường poem Nàng Ờm – chàng Bồng Hương who loves the lang's daughter Nàng Ờm and dies with her on Mount Làn Ai.: Nàng Ờm – chàng Bồng Hương (truyện thơ Mường), Minh Hiệu sưu tầm và biên dịch (Hà Nội: NXB Văn hóa dân tộc) (primary); Hoàng Anh Nhân, Văn học dân gian Mường (Thanh Hóa) (secondary)