Myths of the World

The Iu Mien ( Iu Mienh  勉) Iu Mien people are a subgroup of the Pan Yao branch of the  Yao nationality , which is the largest of the three major Yao groups according to the Nationalities Affairs Commission of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China. The  Iu Mien language  is categorized as belonging to the  Hmong–Mien  language family. Iu Mien populations can be found in Southern China (Hunan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Guangdong, Yunnan), Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Burma, the United States, France, and other Western nations.  The origin word is derived from the Chinese language as 瑤人. Iu Mien is sounded out or pronounced according to the Iu Mien ethnic minority language pronunciation. In China, the Chinese pronunciation is Yao. In Vietnam, the Vietnamese language pronounces or sounds out the term as Dao. In Laos and Thailand in the past, speakers copied from China and called the Iu Mien ethnic minority as Yao.  But the recent Thai and Lao governments in the early 21st century call the people

The  Zanniat   tribe  are people of western  Myanmar (Burma)  who are a sub-group of the  Chin peoples . The Zanniat tribe has fifty-seven sub-groupings and clans. The group's existence was recorded (along with three of its many sub-groups) in Burma's 1931 census after being absent in the Chin Hills gazette of 1896.  In 1943, the Zanniat tribal groups of eastern  Falam Township  were recorded by Henry Stevenson (b. 1903, British colonial service in Burma).  The Zanniat may also be known by similar sounding names such as  Zahnyiet ,  Zanniet ,  Zanngiat  and  Zannaing .  The capital city or myo (IPA: mjó) of the Zanniat is  Webula . The Zanniat tribal lands stretch from the hilly regions around the eastern part of the  Manipur river  to the plains of the  Sagaing region  and fall within  Falam Township . The Manipuri river, flowing in a south-easterly direction within the Falam township, makes a clear natural boundary of Zanniat lands. The Zanniat tribal land abuts  Ngawn  triba