The story details how two progenitors, the man known as the Lạc Long Quân and the woman known as the Âu Cơ, gave birth to a "hundred eggs, fifty of which hatched, settled on land and eventually became the Vietnamese people".
However, the story, dubbed Con rồng cháu tiên ("Descendants of the Dragon and the Immortal"), is labeled as a truyền thuyết ("legend"), a "type of folkloric tale about historical characters and events, usually embellished with fantastical elements,"[7] and is more akin to other fantastical legends, such as the story of Lê Lợi discovering a mythical sword from a magical turtle.
Additionally, Ngô Sĩ Liên, the author of the text, cited elements from Lĩnh Nam chích quái.
Thần Nông and their descendants leading to Kinh Dương Vương, Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ, and even commented on the potential familial bond between this couple (Lạc's father Kinh Dương Vương and Âu's grandfather Đế Nghi were brothers, both of Thần Nông descent).
[9][10] A list of some popular fairy tales or Vietnamese myths and legends includes but is not limited to: The king of the gods in Vietnamese mythology is Ông Trời ( "God of heaven"), then due to the influence of China, he was identified with Jade Emperor so he was also called Ngọc Hoàng Thượng Đế, commonly referred to as Ngọc Hoàng.