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Vietnamese folk religion (Tín ngưỡng dân gian) is the most widespread religion of Vietnam with the majority of the total population considering themselves to be irreligious but associating themselves with Tín ngưỡng dân gian.

Nature Worship

According to Vietnamese folk religion, spirits (thần linh) inhabit natural objects like trees, rivers and mountains, national deities (representing the well-being of the Vietnamese people as a whole) or an ancestral god specific to a family. Some spirits are considered to be kind, while others (like wandering ghosts) are feared given satisfaction so they don't cause misfortune or something else harmful.

Female-oriented

Đạo Mẫu is a tradition inside the broader folk religion that worships various female deities. Historically, particularly during ancient times, various Vietnamese societies were to an extent matriarchal (society dominated by women) and predates the Confucian idea that society should be dominated by men. Historically, women led various rituals and this persisted even during Confucianism's growing popularity in Vietnam.

Blend

Vietnamese folk religion, especially during the 1000 year Chinese rule over Vietnam, saw itself mix with Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism as the three ways of life were brought over. Philosophers like Nguyễn Trãi (1380-1442) for example took the Confucian Mandate of Heaven (Thiên mệnh) which gave divine rule to only benelovent rulers and fused it with Vietnamese ideas of personal, natural spirits where he in his writing made Heaven act like a personal, sentient force in Vietnamese reinterpretation.