Legends from the Age of the Hung Kings
A sac of one hundred eggs, a square cake for the earth, a silent boy who becomes a giant on an iron horse: these are the tales Vietnamese grandparents still tell, and they start here.
Five Vietnamese legends set in the age of the Hung Kings: the Dragon father and Fairy mother, the first banh chung and banh day, Saint Giong and his iron horse, the Mountain God and the Water God, and the betel and areca of every wedding.
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Children of the Dragon and Fairy
Lạc Long Quân of the sea and Âu Cơ of the mountains, a sac that holds one hundred eggs, and the root of đồng bào, the warm word Vietnamese people use for one another.
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