Chàng Bồng Hương
Muong · mortal · Muong traditional religion; continuing · mortal
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
Relations
- lover: Nàng Ờm
Sources
- Nàng Ờm – chàng Bồng Hương (truyện thơ Mường), Minh Hiệu sưu tầm và biên dịch (Hà Nội: NXB Văn hóa dân tộc)
- Hoàng Anh Nhân, Văn học dân gian Mường (Thanh Hóa)