Tam Phủ
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Tam Phủ is a major cult within Vietnamese folk religion that venerates a trinity of Mother Goddesses associated with the heavens, waters, and forests, forming a core part of the Đạo Mẫu (Mother Goddess) tradition.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1765254 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tam Phủ Context triple: [Vietnamese folk religion, relatedConcept, Tam Phủ]
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A.
Nam Kỳ
Nam Kỳ is the Vietnamese name for Cochinchina, the historical southern region of Vietnam that was colonized by France and later became part of the modern Vietnamese state.
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B.
Xuan Thuy
Xuan Thuy was a North Vietnamese diplomat and politician best known as Hanoi’s chief negotiator at the Paris Peace Talks during the Vietnam War.
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C.
Do Muoi
Do Muoi was a Vietnamese communist politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam in the early 1990s, playing a key role in the country’s post-war economic reforms.
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D.
Hà Tiên
Hà Tiên is a coastal town in southwestern Vietnam near the Cambodian border, known historically as a trading port and cultural crossroads in the Mekong Delta region.
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E.
Phan Rang
Phan Rang is a coastal city in south-central Vietnam, known historically as a Cham cultural center and now as the capital of Ninh Thuận Province.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tam Phủ Target entity description: Tam Phủ is a major cult within Vietnamese folk religion that venerates a trinity of Mother Goddesses associated with the heavens, waters, and forests, forming a core part of the Đạo Mẫu (Mother Goddess) tradition.
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A.
Nam Kỳ
Nam Kỳ is the Vietnamese name for Cochinchina, the historical southern region of Vietnam that was colonized by France and later became part of the modern Vietnamese state.
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B.
Xuan Thuy
Xuan Thuy was a North Vietnamese diplomat and politician best known as Hanoi’s chief negotiator at the Paris Peace Talks during the Vietnam War.
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C.
Do Muoi
Do Muoi was a Vietnamese communist politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam in the early 1990s, playing a key role in the country’s post-war economic reforms.
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D.
Hà Tiên
Hà Tiên is a coastal town in southwestern Vietnam near the Cambodian border, known historically as a trading port and cultural crossroads in the Mekong Delta region.
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E.
Phan Rang
Phan Rang is a coastal city in south-central Vietnam, known historically as a Cham cultural center and now as the capital of Ninh Thuận Province.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mother Goddess worship system
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Vietnamese folk religious tradition ⓘ religious cult ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
lên đồng rituals
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spirit mediumship ⓘ temple worship ⓘ Đạo Mẫu Mother Goddess religion ⓘ |
| coreComponentOf | Đạo Mẫu tradition ⓘ |
| cosmologicalStructure | threefold division of the universe ⓘ |
| country |
Viet Nam
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surface form:
Vietnam
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| devoteePractice |
offerings of flowers, fruits, and votive papers
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pilgrimage to Mother Goddess temples ⓘ |
| etymology |
Vietnamese folk religion
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surface form:
Vietnamese term meaning "Three Palaces" or "Three Realms"
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| hasConcept |
harmonization of natural realms
ⓘ
sacred feminine power ⓘ |
| hasCultType | Mother Goddess cult ⓘ |
| hasDeityDomain |
forests
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heavens ⓘ waters ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfRealms | 3 ⓘ |
| hasPantheonLevel | high-ranking female deities ⓘ |
| hasRitualSpace | phủ (palace-temple) shrines ⓘ |
| hasTheologicalConcept | trinity of Mother Goddesses ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Buddhist concepts
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Taoist cosmology ⓘ indigenous Vietnamese beliefs ⓘ |
| language | Vietnamese ⓘ |
| partOf | Đạo Mẫu ⓘ |
| practicedBy |
Viet
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surface form:
Vietnamese people
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| recognizedAs | important strand of Vietnamese indigenous religion ⓘ |
| religiousFunction |
healing and prosperity seeking
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protection and blessing of devotees ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Vietnamese folk religion ⓘ |
| sharesTraditionWith |
Tam Phủ
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Tứ Phủ
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| socialRole |
community cohesion through shared rituals
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expression of Vietnamese cultural identity ⓘ |
| timePeriod | pre-modern Vietnamese history (exact origins unclear) ⓘ |
| transmission | oral tradition ⓘ |
| venerates |
Mother Goddess
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surface form:
Forest Mother Goddess
Mother Goddess ⓘ
surface form:
Heaven Mother Goddess
Mother Goddess ⓘ
surface form:
Mother Goddesses
Mother Goddess ⓘ
surface form:
Water Mother Goddess
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| worshipStyle |
colorful ritual performances
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music and dance ceremonies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tam Phủ Description of subject: Tam Phủ is a major cult within Vietnamese folk religion that venerates a trinity of Mother Goddesses associated with the heavens, waters, and forests, forming a core part of the Đạo Mẫu (Mother Goddess) tradition.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tứ Phủ