Chàng Hồ Liêu
Muong · mortal · Muong traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Chàng Hồ Liêu, son of a Mường lord, is the hero of the narrative poem Út Lót – Hồ Liêu. On a long journey he is accompanied by Út Lót, who travels in the guise of a man in her father's stead, and he comes to love her. Barred by difference of rank and by the circumstances of their meeting, their love ends unhappily. Hồ Liêu's name survives paired with Út Lót's as one of the celebrated couples of Mường folk literature.
Domains
- love
Powers
- loves his disguised companion
Epithets
- chàng Hồ Liêu — the youth Hồ LiêuTruyện thơ Mường (NXB Văn hóa dân tộc) (secondary)
Relations
- lover: Nàng Út LótLovers of the Mường narrative poem, parted by fate.Út Lót – Hồ Liêu (truyện thơ Mường) (primary)
Sources
- Chàng Hồ Liêu is the lord's son of the Mường poem Út Lót – Hồ Liêu who falls in love with Út Lót during their shared journey.: Út Lót – Hồ Liêu (truyện thơ Mường), in Truyện thơ Mường (Hà Nội: NXB Văn hóa dân tộc) (primary); Hoàng Anh Nhân – Vương Anh, Tuyển tập truyện thơ Mường (Thanh Hóa) (secondary)