Nàng Út Lót
Muong · mortal · Muong traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Nàng Út Lót is the resourceful heroine of the Mường narrative poem Út Lót – Hồ Liêu. To spare her aged father a long and dangerous duty she disguises herself as a man and undertakes the journey in his place; travelling in the company of the lord's son Hồ Liêu she comes to love him, and he, unaware at first of her true sex, is drawn to her. The tale, celebrated among the Mường of Thanh Hóa and Hòa Bình, turns on the tension between duty, disguise and love, and, like the story of Nàng Ờm, ends in separation and grief.
Domains
- devotion
Powers
- conceals her sex to serve in her father's place
Epithets
- nàng Út Lót — the youngest maiden LótTruyện thơ Mường (NXB Văn hóa dân tộc) (secondary)
Relations
- lover: Chàng Hồ LiêuLovers of the Mường narrative poem, parted by fate.Út Lót – Hồ Liêu (truyện thơ Mường) (primary)
Sources
- Nàng Út Lót is the heroine of the Mường narrative poem Út Lót – Hồ Liêu, who disguises herself as a man to fulfil an obligation in her father's stead and falls in love with the lord's son Hồ Liêu.: 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)