Have you ever watched a movie where a single wizard or sorcerer fight off a huge force of invaders, or perhaps a kingdom of spirits with nothing but a crooked wand? Standing alone, on top of a knoll, with his arms raised up to the heavens, he mutters strange incantations and waves his wand around,... Continue Reading →
(This is the 3rd, in the series of Haunted Trees in Vietnam.) By now, you must think that every old tree I come across, I point to it and say, "That tree is haunted." After all, didn't I say all old trees are haunted in one of my posts? (shrug) My answer to that is,... Continue Reading →
"Thần cây đa, ma cây gạo, cú cáo cây đề". Ancient Vietnamese saying: There are gods in the banyan trees, ghosts in the cotton trees, and spirits of owls and foxes in the fig trees. Haunted Trees Sometimes, a tree doesn't just witness huge numbers of death. Oh no. Sometimes, it is USED as part... Continue Reading →
There is an ancient saying in Vietnamese: "Thần cây đa, ma cây gạo, cú cáo cây đề". This is literally translated as: (There are) gods in the banyan trees, ghosts in the cotton trees, (and spirits of) owls and foxes in the fig trees. Obviously, the commonalities within this ancient saying are (1) otherworldly beings,... Continue Reading →
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