RE: [Vie^.t Nam] Tha'p Ba` Ponagar va` mo^.t truye^`n thuye^'t dde.p

[hduc@airmoon.epa.nsw.gov.au]

On Sun, 13 Jul 1997, Tuan Pham wrote:

> Hello
> 
> .....
> 
> Ba` Thie^n Y Ana co`n ddu+o+.c tho+` o+? Ddie^.n Ho`n Che'n o+? Hue^'
> va` nhie^`u no+i kha'c va` ddu+o+.c ma^'y vua nha` Nguye^~n coi la` 
> "nu+~ tha^`n chi'nh thu+'c" cu?a VN (mie^`n Ba('c thi` tho+` ba` Lie^~u
> Ha.nh - kho^ng bie^'t hai ba` dda~ dda^'u phe'p vo+'i nhau la^`n na`o
> chu+a). 
> Hi`nh nhu+ ba` Thie^n Mu. o+? Hue^' cu~ng chi'nh la` Thie^n Y Ana.
> 

Hello anh Tuan et al,

Yes, you are right. Ddie^.n Ho`n Che'n venerated the same goddess  
Y Ana of Yan Po Negara (Champa). The Cham society is a matriarchal one 
which had the mother goddess as the protector of Po Negara. This goddess 
was adopted by the earlier Vietnamese and became Thie^n Mu. (sky mother). 
It is the same goddess curently worshipped in tha'p Cha`m Po Nagar at Nha 
Trang. Remember Thu+`a Thie^n, Hue^' and Quan?g Nam was the heartland 
(tha'nh ddi.a) of the Cham Kingdom.

A recent good article on the story of the goddess is by Tra^`n Quo^'c 
Vu+o+.g "Ddie^`n gia~ tu+` Quan?ng Tri. qua xu+' Hue^' xu+' Quan?g dde^'n 
Nha Trang dde^? tu+` su+. tho+` phu.ng Thie^n Yana tro+? ve^` nguo^`n 
co^.i su+. ti'ch Po Ino Nagar" in Theo do`ng Li.ch su+?, Nxb Va(n Ho'a, 
Hanoi, 1996.

Cheers,

Hiep