THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN CULTURAL BEHAVIOUR THOUGH FAIRY TALES OF VIETNAM - JAPAN

Abstract

In Vietnam, as well as in Japan, the “behavioural culture” always is paid attention in the daily communicate activity, this also is expressed clearly in the treasure of folk tales of both countries. And in the “behavioural culture”, beside the similarities, the Japanese fairy tales also bring to the readers, audiences the new and unique things. Through the fairy tales, we can see the culture, spirit, character, and people of Japan, along with the Japanese cultural and spiritual life, their own way in the communicate behaviour. Contributing to study the aspect of this subject, in this article, initially, we focus to research, analyse the meaning and the content of some Japanese fairy tales related to the behaviour of Japanese in the family as well as in the society in comparable with the Vietnamese fairy tales.