What Is Đạo Mẫu (Đạo Mẫu), Vietnam's Mother Goddess Worship?
Đạo Mẫu is an indigenous Vietnamese folk belief. It worships Holy Mothers and female deities who govern the universe through the Four Palaces system.
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- Đạo Mẫu is an indigenous folk belief of the Vietnamese people, worshipping Holy Mothers and female deities who govern the realms of the universe according to the Three Palaces or Four Palaces system.
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Is Đạo Mẫu a religion?
According to Law No. 02/2016/QH14 on Beliefs and Religions, belief and religion are two distinct legal concepts, and current legal documents use the phrase the belief of Mother Goddess worship. Among researchers, some authors such as Ngô Đức Thịnh and Nguyễn Quốc Tuấn argue that Mother Goddess worship should be seen as a national religion, but this is a viewpoint within a debate that has not reached consensus.
From the article “Is Mother Goddess Worship a Folk Belief or a Religion? The Debate Among Researchers and the Definition in Vietnam's 2016 Law on Belief and Religion”
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Hoàng Đạo Thúy
Teacher, scholar of Hanoi studies, a person associated with the Vietnamese Scouting movement