Vietnamese · demigod · reign of the 6th Hùng king — war against the Ân (Shang) invaders · demigod
Demigod / culture-hero (a deified mortal child of miraculous origin) — classed as demigod per schema. English title leads name.primary; native Thánh Gióng with chữ Nôm 聖揀 and the canonical title Phù Đổng Thiên Vương (扶董天王) in transliterations/alt.
Domains
war and defence of the realm
heaven celestial realm
Powers
Grows overnight from a mute infant into a towering warrior
Routs the invaders then rides his iron horse up into the sky
Epithets
扶董天王
沖天神王
Sources
Lĩnh Nam chích quái, 'Phù Đổng Thiên Vương', 14th–15th c.
Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, outer annals, 1479
UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, 'Giong Festival of Phù Đổng and Sóc temples', inscribed 2010