Pig in folklore

Authors

  • Huu Thuc Nguyen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51453/2354-1431/2019/263

Keywords:

Pig; pig in culture.

Abstract

The pig, also known as the pig (called by the Southern people), Pig, according to the Sino-Vietnamese sound. Pigs are wild animals in the nature, about 10,000 years ago, people have domesticated wild pigs into domestic pigs. Pigs become pets that play a particularly important role in terms of economics, while also being an animal that appears quite a lot in folklore activities. It appears mostly at large cultural events in the family and community of farmers. In addition, the image of the pig is artisticized in art literature, creating a cultural flow of pigs.

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References

1. Vũ Dương Minh (Chủ biên) (2012), Lịch sử văn minh thế giới, Nxb Giáo dục Việt Nam;

2. Trần Quốc Vượng (2007), Chuyện vãn về con lợn trong nền văn hóa Việt Nam, Tạp chí Xưa và Nay, số 275-276.

Published

2020-12-08

How to Cite

Nguyễn, H. T. (2020). Pig in folklore. SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL OF TAN TRAO UNIVERSITY, 5(11), 28–31. https://doi.org/10.51453/2354-1431/2019/263

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Section

Humanities and Social Sciences