Tam Phủ

E199590

Tam Phủ is a major cult within Vietnamese folk religion that venerates a trinity of Mother Goddesses associated with the heavens, waters, and forests, forming a core part of the Đạo Mẫu (Mother Goddess) tradition.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tam Phủ canonical 1
Tứ Phủ 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mother Goddess worship system ⓘ
Vietnamese folk religious tradition ⓘ
religious cult ⓘ
associatedWith lên đồng rituals ⓘ
spirit mediumship ⓘ
temple worship ⓘ
Đạo Mẫu Mother Goddess religion ⓘ
coreComponentOf Đạo Mẫu tradition ⓘ
cosmologicalStructure threefold division of the universe ⓘ
country Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
devoteePractice offerings of flowers, fruits, and votive papers ⓘ
pilgrimage to Mother Goddess temples ⓘ
etymology Vietnamese term meaning "Three Palaces" or "Three Realms" ⓘ
hasConcept harmonization of natural realms ⓘ
sacred feminine power ⓘ
hasCultType Mother Goddess cult ⓘ
hasDeityDomain forests ⓘ
heavens ⓘ
waters ⓘ
hasNumberOfRealms 3 ⓘ
hasPantheonLevel high-ranking female deities ⓘ
hasRitualSpace phủ (palace-temple) shrines ⓘ
hasTheologicalConcept trinity of Mother Goddesses ⓘ
influencedBy Buddhist concepts ⓘ
Taoist cosmology ⓘ
indigenous Vietnamese beliefs ⓘ
language Vietnamese ⓘ
partOf Đạo Mẫu ⓘ
practicedBy Vietnamese people ⓘ
linked to: Viet
recognizedAs important strand of Vietnamese indigenous religion ⓘ
religiousFunction healing and prosperity seeking ⓘ
protection and blessing of devotees ⓘ
religiousTradition Vietnamese folk religion ⓘ
sharesTraditionWith Tứ Phủ ⓘ
linked to: Tam Phủ
socialRole community cohesion through shared rituals ⓘ
expression of Vietnamese cultural identity ⓘ
timePeriod pre-modern Vietnamese history (exact origins unclear) ⓘ
transmission oral tradition ⓘ
venerates Forest Mother Goddess ⓘ
linked to: Mother Goddess

Heaven Mother Goddess ⓘ
linked to: Mother Goddess

Mother Goddesses ⓘ
linked to: Mother Goddess

Water Mother Goddess ⓘ
linked to: Mother Goddess
worshipStyle colorful ritual performances ⓘ
music and dance ceremonies ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Tam Phủ → sharesTraditionWith → Tứ Phủ ⓘ
linked to: Tam Phủ