The Children of Mon and Man
Author | Bùi Viêt Hoa |
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Original title | Con cháu Mon Mân |
Country | Finland, Vietnam |
Language | Vietnamese |
Genre | Epic poetry |
Publisher | Juminkeko |
Publication date | 2008 |
Pages | 564pp. |
The Children of Mon and Man (
The Children of Mon and Man is based in part on the Finnish epic poem, Kalevala.[3] It is a joint publication of the Kaunokirjallisuus-kustantamo (Van Hoc) and the Kalevala and Karelian Cultural Information Center Juminkeko, which has also been funded by the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.[3][2] The work is written mainly in Finland.[4]
History
After defending her doctorate at the University of Budapest on the differences and similarities between Kalevala meter poetry and mythology of Muong people, Hoa began to create her own epic for Vietnam, using the process of the birth of the Kalevala as a model. Hoa spent seven years doing this, and The Children of Mon and Man were published in 2008.[1] Kuhmo's Juminkeko Foundation, which was involved in the project, launched a website about The Children of Mon and Man on the 2009 Kalevala Day in Finnish, English and Vietnamese.[3]
The Children of Mon and Man are based in part on Vietnamese folk poetry previously recorded in traditional archives, in part on a tradition and mythical stories that are still alive today.
Subject matter
The epic is divided into two entities, the first or mythical part of which tells of the
The mythical part tells the story of the ancestors of all people, the primordial gods Mon and Man. Its scenes include the birth of the world, the birth of man from the egg, the flood, the mythical pumpkin, the myth of the world tree, the request of fire from the gods, and the creation of mythical heroes, many of which have a counterpart in the Kalevala. In the second part, people are at the center of events, and the gods are left behind. The hero part tells the story of three peoples who end up in a common battle against an outside enemy and then live in harmony.[2]
See also
Sources
References
- ^ a b "Bui Viet Hoa". The Kalevala Society (Kalevalaseura). Retrieved April 11, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Vietnamin eepos: Monin ja Manin lapset" (in Finnish). Juminkeko. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
- ^ YLE(in Finnish). March 1, 2009. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
- ^ "Vietnamin eepos: Tausta" (in Finnish). Juminkeko. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
- ^ "Vietnamin eepos" (in Finnish). Juminkeko. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
- ^ "Bùi Viêt Hoa 1994". Kalevala maailmalla (in Finnish). The Kalevala Society (Kalevalaseura). Retrieved April 11, 2021.
External links
- The Children of Mon and Man (PDF) (in Vietnamese)