Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Hoàn Kiếm Lake is not one of Thăng Long's four guardian temples, yet the returned sword legend sits at the old capital's spiritual center.
Updated 22 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Tarot Explore the Suit of Swords in Tarot through the lens of the Air element: intellect, thought, communication, and conflict.
Updated 20 Jul 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Western › Tarot Explore the symbolism and in-depth meaning of the King of Swords tarot card: wisdom, power, truth, and lessons on clear thinking.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Western › Tarot Explore the detailed symbolism and in-depth meaning of the Four of Swords Tarot card: stillness, recovery, and the power of pausing to heal.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Western › Tarot Explore the deep symbolism and meaning of the Knight of Swords Tarot card, from its imagery and personality to the advice it offers when it appears.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Buddhism Bodhidharma is honoured as the first patriarch of Chan, but that image formed over many layers of texts, and many familiar details are legend.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures An Dương Vương, the state of Âu Lạc and Cổ Loa citadel in the old histories and the legend of the magic crossbow: the Thục house, dates and site.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Explore the sacred forest beliefs of the Pu Péo, an ethnic minority in Hà Giang, to understand their culture, customs, and unique relationship with nature.
Updated 7 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief The Huong Pagoda Festival is Northern Vietnam's largest Buddhist festival, tied to the legend of Quan Âm Thị Kính at Hương Tích Cave.
Updated 24 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures The legend of Linh Sơn Thánh Mẫu centers on Lý Thị Thiên Hương, canonized under the Nguyen dynasty, and the festivals at Bà Đen Mountain.
Updated 25 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures Saint Giong, or Phù Đổng Thiên Vương, is one of the Four Immortals in Vietnamese folk belief, and the Giong Festival was recognized by UNESCO in 2010.
Updated 14 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional crafts Mỹ Nghiệp village in Ninh Thuận keeps the Cham brocade weaving craft alive, tied to the legend of Goddess Pô Nagar and its heritage today.
Updated 29 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Ông Tơ bà Nguyệt comes from the Tang tale Định Hôn Điếm, reprinted in Thái Bình Quảng Ký: an old man reading by moonlight and red cords that bind couples.
Updated 17 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures The legend of Chử Đồng Tử and Tiên Dung, a poor man and a princess whose love story ends in deification among Vietnam's Four Immortals.
Updated 5 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customs The legend of bánh chưng and bánh giầy: Lang Liêu, son of a Hùng king, offers cakes of glutinous rice. Where the tale is recorded and what it explains.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Dinh Thầy Thím Festival runs from the 14th to the 16th of the Ninth Lunar Month with spirit welcoming, cộ bánh offerings, Thỉnh sanh, and Tiền hiền rites.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures Tản Viên Sơn Thánh, or Sơn Tinh, leads the Four Immortals and symbolizes the conquest of nature and floods, with over 100 relics around Ba Vì mountain.
Updated 31 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures Đinh Bộ Lĩnh put down the twelve warlords, reunified the country and founded Đại Cồ Việt in 968, after more than twenty years of division.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Tarot Explore the symbolism and in-depth meaning of the Page of Swords Tarot card: curiosity, truth, communication, and practical advice.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Western › Tarot The Ace of Swords Tarot card: its sword and crown symbols, plus meanings of truth, breakthroughs, and intellectual power.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures How old histories record the eighteen Hùng kings and the state of Văn Lang, and which parts are legend: the sources, the fifteen bộ and the Hùng cult.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Tarot Explore the meaning of The Fool in Tarot and the concept of the Fool's Journey, how the 22 Major Arcana cards narrate the stages of human growth and life.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Western › Tarot Explore the in-depth meaning of the Three of Swords Tarot card: the pierced heart symbolism, pain, harsh truths, and the healing journey.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Western › Tarot The Six of Swords symbolizes transition: leaving turbulent seas for calmer waters, a journey through difficulty and healing after the storm.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Western › Tarot Explore the symbolism and in-depth meaning of the 7 of Swords Tarot card: strategy, deception, solitary action, and advice for overcoming adversity.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Western › Tarot Explore the in-depth meaning of the Two of Swords Tarot card: its symbolism, psychological state, love, career, and how to interpret it when it appears.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Buddhism The Buddhist revival in Vietnam from the 1920s: three regional associations, their journals, and the books of Trần Trọng Kim and Phan Văn Hùm.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites The Cold Food Festival on the 3rd day of the 3rd lunar month became a Vietnamese day for offering bánh trôi and bánh chay to ancestors.
Updated 9 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Tarot Tarot 8 of Swords: its symbolism, mental self-bondage, and advice for upright and reversed positions in readings, showing how perception creates barriers.
Updated 12 Sept 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Western › Tarot Placing The Sun beside The Moon contrasts the light and dark poles of the Major Arcana. What Waite wrote, how the pair is read today, and its limits.
Updated 1 Oct 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Western › Tarot Explore the symbolism and in-depth meaning of the Five of Swords Tarot card: conflict, defeat, hollow victory, and the path to healing.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Western › Tarot The Nine of Swords Tarot card symbolizes anxiety, insomnia and inner torment, and its meaning is a call to face fears for healing.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Western › Tarot Explore the symbolism and in-depth meaning of the 10 of Swords card in Tarot: endings, pain, and the opportunity for rebirth after crisis.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Western › Tarot Explore the symbolism and in-depth meaning of the Queen of Swords Tarot card: intellect, truth, independence, and lessons on personal boundaries.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures The story of Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ, the sack of one hundred eggs, as recorded in Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư and Đại Nam quốc sử diễn ca, and what is myth.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Katê Festival in Ninh Thuận centers on the ceremony of receiving Goddess Pô Nưgar's attire, kept by the Raglai and brought down to the Chăm.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Vietnamese cultural history appears through village spirit worship, Thành hoàng veneration, the Mother Goddess religion and the Hán Nôm archive.
Updated 3 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam Thức Tam Thức covers Thái Ất, Lục Nhâm and Kỳ Môn. This piece traces how it reached Vietnam and asks what is history and what is legend around Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui The 1010 Edict on the Relocation of the Capital describes Đại La as the center of heaven and earth, with the posture of a coiling dragon and crouching tiger.
Updated 26 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Tarot The Two of Cups card signals love, harmony, and equal partnership. Its Rider-Waite imagery points to mutual understanding and healing union in readings.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Western › Tarot Explore the detailed symbolism and in-depth meaning of the 10 of Cups Tarot card, a symbol of fulfillment, family harmony, and emotional completion.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Modern system
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