The Phenomenon of Presenting and Worshipping Buddha(s) at the Mother Goddess Worship’s Điện thờ Tư gia in Contemporary Vietnam

The Mother Goddess Worship’s (MGW) private shrine—Điện thờ Mẫu tư gia—has been a prominent worshipping place of a Vietnamese folk religion; however, it is rarely documented in scholarship in both Vietnamese and English. This paper is based mainly on in-depth interviews and numerous follow-up convers...

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Authors: Nguyen, Thu Huu (Author) ; Nguyen, Linh Thi Thuy (Author)
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Published: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 6
Further subjects:B Điện thờ Mẫu tư gia
B Mother Goddess Worship Private Shrines
B Mother Goddess Worship Private Temples
B Đạo Mẫu và Đạo Phật
B Vietnamese Mother Goddess Worship and Buddhism
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