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Truyện cổ tích VIỆT NAM (SƠN TINH - THỦY TINH)
LEGEND OF SON TINH (MOUNTAIN SPIRIT) AND THUY TINH (SEA SPIRIT)
Once upon a time, Emperor Hung Vuong the Eighteenth had a beautiful daughter, Princess Mi Nuong. Her beauty was so renowned that many suitors from foreign lands came to ask the Emperor for her hand. However, the Emperor did not believe that any one of them was good enough for his beautiful daughter. He wanted Mi Nuong to marry someone really distinguished and powerful. Her mother, the Empress was very much concerned for Mi Nuong's future. The Empress looked at her daughter saying: "It is time you should get married, my darling. I hope your father will find a suitable man for you".
The Princess could not hide her emotion and happiness, her beautiful eyes were blurred with tear. She said "Mother, thank you so much for your thoughtfulness. It is up to you and Father to decide for me. I understand that I have to get married and bear children like other women. I believe Father will choose a suitable person".
One day, at the court there appeared two young men. One of them was Son Tinh, the Mountain Spirit, and the other one was Thuy Tinh, the Sea Spirit. Both of them were equally handsome, distinguished, and powerful. The difference in character between the two men was that while Son Tinh was gentle and quiet, Thuy Tinh had a fiery temper.
Son Tinh bowed his head and respectfully said to the Emperor: "My name is Son Tinh. My kingdom includes all mountains. I reign over all creatures living on the mountains. I own all the riches of the mountains including all the beautiful trees, plants, and flowers. I can summon lions and birds, I can make the mountains grow high to the sky. I want to marry the Princess and promise to bring her happiness and an eternal life".
Thuy Tinh stepped forward, bowed his head and said: "My name is Thuy Tinh. I am the Spirit of the Seas. I reign over all creatures living in the water. I own all coral, pearls, and treasures under the sea. I can raise the level of the sea as high as the mountain top. I can make rain and gather storms. If the Princess marries me, she will become the Queen of the Sea. The most wonderful undersea world and the most magnificent undersea palace will be hers".
The Emperor listened attentively to the suitors. He was reluctant in his choice because both suitors arrived at the same time and were equally handsome and powerful. Then he said to the suitors: "Tomorrow whoever brings the wedding gifts first, will have the hand of the Princess." The suitors left the court and hurried back to their kingdoms in the hope of getting married with the Princess.
Thuy Tinh had all his men collect the best pearls and jewelry, and the most exquisite sea food and delicious seaweed. Son Tinh rushed back to the mountain. He ordered his men to collect the best diamonds and the most precious stones they could find. He also selected the most delicious fruit and most fragrant flowers on earth for the Emperor and the Empress.
The next morning, Son Tinh and a hundred attendants were the first who came to the court. He brought trays full of jewels and baskets full of mango, grapes, strawberries, roses, orchids, etc. The Emperor was delighted with all the gifts. He agreed to let Son Tinh marry his daughter. Mi Nuong bid farewell to the Emperor and the Empress. Then she stepped into the palaquin and followed Son Tinh to his Kingdom on the mountain.
After Son Tinh and Mi Nuong had just left the court, Thuy Tinh came with his men carrying trays of jewels, pearls, and baskets full of sea food. Thuy Tinh was so angry when he heard Mi Nuong had gone with Son Tinh just minutes before. He immediately ordered his men to pursue Son Tinh and to take Mi Nuong away.
Thuy Tinh yelled at his men and flourished his magic sword. Then the creatures in the sea turned into thousands of soldiers. Heavy rains began to fall. Gusty winds began to blow. The water level rose higher and higher. The high waves and the flood washed down thousands of trees and houses.
Son Tinh had his own magic wand, too. He turned the animals on the mountain into thousands of soldiers to fight back. He turned the mountain higher as the water rose. The war between Son Tinh and Thuy Tinh lasted for days. No one won the war. Many lives were lost. Finally, Thuy Tinh and his men ceased and withdrew to the sea.
However, Thuy Tinh could not give up the idea of taking the Princess back for himself. So, every year Thuy Tinh raises the water and gathers storms up to the mountain top where Son Tinh and Mi Nuong are living. However, he never wins the war. Every year, when the war between the two spirits breaks out, people and animals suffer, crops and properties are destroyed.
Sơn Tinh – Thủy Tinh
Hùng Vương thứ mười tám có một người con gái tên gọi là Mỵ Nương, sắc đẹp tuyệt trần. Mỵ Nương được vua cha yêu thương rất mực. Nhà vua muốn kén cho nàng một người chồng thật xứng đáng.
Một hôm có hai chàng trai đến, xin ra mắt nhà vua để cầu hôn. Một người ở vùng núi Ba Vì, tuấn tú và tài giỏi khác thường: chỉ tay về phía đông, phía đông biến thành đồng lúa xanh, chỉ tay về phía tây, phía tây mọc lên hàng dãy núi. Nhân dân trong vùng gọi chàng là Sơn Tinh. Còn một người ở mãi tận miền biển Đông tài giỏi cũng không kém: gọi gió, gió đến, hò mưa, mưa tới - Chàng này tên gọi là Thủy Tinh.
Một người là chúa của miền non cao, một người là chúa của vùng nước thẳm, cả hai đều xứng đáng làm rể vua Hùng cả.
Hùng Vương băn khoăn không biết nhận lời ai, từ chối ai. Nhà vua cho mời các quan lạc hầu vào bàn mà vẫn không tìm được kế hay. Cuối cùng, Hùng Vương phán rằng:
- Hai người đều vừa ý ta cả, nhưng ta chỉ có một người con gái, biết gả cho người nào? Ngày mai, nếu ai đem đồ sính lễ đến đây trước: một trăm ván cơm nếp, hai trăm nệp bánh chưng, voi chín ngà, gà chín cựa, ngựa chín hồng mao, thì được rước dâu về.
Sáng sớm hôm sau, Sơn Tinh đã đem đầy đủ lễ vật đến trước và được phép đưa dâu về núi. Thủy Tinh đến sau, không lấy được vợ, đùng đùng nổi giận, đem quân đuổi theo, một hai đòi cướp lại Mỵ Nương.
Thủy Tinh hô mưa, gọi gió, làm thành dông bão đùng đùng rung chuyển cả đất trời, dâng nước sông lên cuồn cuộn tiến đánh Sơn Tinh. Nước ngập lúa, ngập đồng rồi ngập nhà, ngập cửa.
Sơn Tinh không hề nao núng, dùng phép màu bốc từng quả đồi, di từng dãy núi chặn đứng dòng nước lũ. Nước dâng lên cao bao nhiêu, Sơn Tinh lại làm cho đồi, núi mọc cao lên bấy nhiêu. Hai bên đánh nhau ròng rã mấy tháng trời liền, cuối cùng Thủy Tinh đuối sức phải rút quân về.
Từ đó, oán ngày càng thêm nặng, thù ngày càng thêm sâu, không năm nào Thủy Tinh không làm mưa làm bão, dâng nước lên đánh Sơn Tinh và lần nào Thủy Tinh cũng thua, phải bỏ chạy.
(SƯU TẦM)