Courtesy Crocker Family/PBS. American soldier with his siblings before leaving for Vietnam. “Ong Dia” (the spirit of the earth) is a very important character in Vietnam’s classical opera and in the Unicorn dances during TET. 1965. Shincheonji, translating as “New Heaven and Earth,” claims Jesus is a spirit entity that entered the body of Lee, who now claims unique understanding of the Bible and apocalypse. Another even more frightening account was relayed to me personally, from a vet who says he had an experience out in the jungles of Vietnam that has always haunted him. Another idea of why Spirits visit while we sleep is that Spirits … Vietnamese mythology (Vietnamese: Thần thoại Việt Nam) comprises national myths of the Vietnamese people together with popular aspects of folk religion in Vietnam.. Ancestor worship was introduced into Vietnam by the Chinese during their long occupation of the country that began 200 years before the birth of Christ.Since then, it has been fully absorbed into the Vietnamese consciousness and, with Confucianism, underpins the country’s religion and social fabric.. Ancestor worship is not only the adhesive that binds the Vietnamese together, but … ... Closeness to the spirit world In European mythology, the ‘Gods’ are usually powerful figures who sit in judgement or intervene in human affairs from a distance, and evil often comes in distorted human form (ogres, trolls, goblins, and so on). Hungry ghost is a concept in Chinese Buddhism, Chinese traditional religion, Vietnamese Buddhism and Vietnamese traditional religion representing beings who are driven by intense emotional needs in an animalistic way. You can easily recognise this mythical creature with his moonlike face mask, his broad smile and his big belly. Although the supposed "mythology" of the ethnically Vietnamese people (the Kinh) is not widely known or well documented, the story of Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ has been cited as a creation myth. Was it ghosts, spirits, or what? The terms 餓鬼 èguǐ and quỷ đói, literally "hungry ghost", are the Chinese and Vietnamese translation of the term preta in Buddhism. One of my hypotheses for why Spirit visits while sleeping is that relaxation, meditation, and rest before bed increases our vibration, so it's easier to connect. I still have no idea. He does not speak and makes people laugh with his gestures. Vietnam has an enormous treasury of myths and legends, both ancient and recent. Creation myths. Known as Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony, this cult was founded in 1984 by ex-evangelical Lee Man-hee. Vietnam : spirits of the earth / photographs by Mary Cross ; text by Frances FitzGerald. 1 review This volume is the result of an unusual collaboration between noted author Frances Fitzgerald and photojournalist Mary Cross. Both have travelled repeatedly to Vietnam … Spirits can visit us in our dreams or awaken us at night. Still, many claim that the Hampton Court grounds are haunted by her spirit, including 12-year-old Holly Hampsheir, who took this photo of her cousin …