Thành Hoàng làng

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Thành Hoàng làng are village tutelary deities in Vietnamese folk belief, regarded as protective spirits who safeguard and oversee the community’s welfare and moral order.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Thành Hoàng làng canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Vietnamese folk religious concept ⓘ
protective spirit ⓘ
tutelary deity ⓘ
village deity ⓘ
associatedWith local territory ⓘ
village boundaries ⓘ
village community ⓘ
category Vietnamese deities ⓘ
protective deities ⓘ
village religion in Vietnam ⓘ
country Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
cultCenter Northern Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: northern Vietnam

Red River Delta ⓘ
function bless villagers with prosperity ⓘ
maintain social harmony ⓘ
oversee villagers’ moral conduct ⓘ
protect village from disasters ⓘ
hasAspect historical figure deified ⓘ
mythical being ⓘ
nature spirit ⓘ
warrior hero ⓘ
hasRole guardian of moral order ⓘ
protector of community welfare ⓘ
protector of village ⓘ
influencedBy Chinese tutelary deity cults ⓘ
indigenous Vietnamese beliefs ⓘ
languageOfName Vietnamese ⓘ
linkedConcept communal solidarity ⓘ
local identity ⓘ
village autonomy ⓘ
literalMeaning village citadel lord ⓘ
recognizedBy village hương ước (customary code) ⓘ
religiousTradition Vietnamese ancestor veneration ⓘ
Vietnamese folk religion ⓘ
Vietnamese village cults ⓘ
ritual animal sacrifice (historically) ⓘ
annual village festival ⓘ
offering of incense ⓘ
procession ⓘ
timePeriodOfFormation pre-modern Vietnam ⓘ
typeOfDeity local deity ⓘ
territorial deity ⓘ
veneratedBy Vietnamese peasants ⓘ
Vietnamese rural communities ⓘ
village elders ⓘ
worshipedAt village communal house ⓘ
đình làng ⓘ
worshipedIn Vietnamese villages ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vietnamese folk religion → worships → Thành Hoàng làng ⓘ