Vietnamese · deity · reign of the 18th Hùng king — mythic age · deity
Spirit-class mountain deity, classed as deity. English title leads; native Tản Viên Sơn Thánh (傘圓山聖) and the alias Sơn Tinh in alt. His mortal name in some tellings is Nguyễn Tuấn.
Domains
mountains and highlands
flood defence
Powers
Raises the mountains ever higher to repel the rising floodwaters
Commands the beasts and forces of the forested heights
Epithets
傘圓山聖
山精
Sources
Lĩnh Nam chích quái, 'Sơn Tinh Thủy Tinh', 14th–15th c.
Maurice Durand & Nguyễn Trần Huân, An Introduction to Vietnamese Literature, Columbia University Press, 1985