Huyen Thien Tran Vu

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Huyen Thien Tran Vu is a Taoist deity venerated in Vietnamese folk religion, often associated with protection, martial power, and the northern direction.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Huyen Thien Tran Vu canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Taoist deity ⓘ
Vietnamese folk deity ⓘ
associatedWith martial power ⓘ
military protection of the state ⓘ
northern direction ⓘ
protection ⓘ
snake ⓘ
tortoise ⓘ
water element ⓘ
winter season ⓘ
belongsToTradition Chinese Taoist pantheon (as Xuanwu) ⓘ
cosmologicalAssociation guardian of the northern heavens ⓘ
north of the cosmos ⓘ
culture Vietnamese culture ⓘ
direction north ⓘ
equivalentTo Xuanwu ⓘ
Zhenwu Dadi ⓘ
linked to: Zhenwu
gender male ⓘ
hasAttribute ability to ward off evil ⓘ
exorcistic power ⓘ
martial strength ⓘ
hasRole guardian deity ⓘ
protector of the north ⓘ
hasTitle Chan Vu ⓘ
linked to: Tran Vu Quan

Huyen Thien Tran Vu ⓘ
Tran Vu De Quan ⓘ
linked to: Tran Vu Quan
iconography armed warrior figure ⓘ
often standing on a tortoise and snake ⓘ
influencedBy Chinese Taoism ⓘ
linked to: Taoism
partOf Four directional deities tradition ⓘ
religion Taoism ⓘ
Vietnamese folk religion ⓘ
veneratedIn Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam

Vietnamese folk temples ⓘ
worshippedFor protection from disasters ⓘ
protection of communities ⓘ
safety in warfare ⓘ
worshipPractice offerings at temples and shrines ⓘ
rituals for protection and exorcism ⓘ
worshipType local folk cult ⓘ
state cult (historically in Vietnam) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Quan Thanh Temple → dedicatedTo → Huyen Thien Tran Vu ⓘ
Huyen Thien Tran Vu → hasTitle → Huyen Thien Tran Vu ⓘ
Den Quan Thanh → dedicatedTo → Huyen Thien Tran Vu ⓘ