{"id":178,"date":"2009-12-31T14:01:59","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T18:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=178"},"modified":"2009-12-31T14:01:59","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T18:01:59","slug":"korean-mythology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/korean-mythology\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean Mythology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we’ll look at some Korean mythology. The first story has to do with the\u00a0beginnings\u00a0of mankind.\u00a0A long time ago, a man named \uc9c0\uc218<\/strong>\u00a0was starving from a famine that raged the entire countryside.\u00a0To relieve his hunger,\u00a0\uc9c0\uc218<\/strong> decided to\u00a0climb a tall cliff to jump off of it and die. Before he was about to jump off, he noticed some grapes near the cliff. \uc9c0\uc218<\/strong> told his fellow countrymen about the grapes. In the mist of such hunger, several of the men ate a live animal near the grapes. One of the guardian gods saw this and punished everyone in anger. To this day, no human has immortality.<\/p>\n

The next myth has to do with the birth of the Korean peninsula. One of the guardian gods named \ud669\uad81<\/strong> took about three thousand men and traveled north to a place called \ucc9c\uc0b0\uc8fc<\/strong>. In Korean \ucc9c\uc0b0\uc8fc <\/strong>means, “land of the heavenly mountains”. \ud669\uad81<\/strong> had a grandson named \ud55c\uc778<\/strong>. \ud55c\uc778<\/strong> received a heavenly heirloom that contained knowledge. With the heirloom \ud55c\uc778<\/strong> taught people how to build a fire, how to farm, and how to domesticate certain animals. As the people became civilized, \ud55c\uc778 <\/strong>decided to return to the heavens. \ud55c\uc778<\/strong> was the last of the heavenly gods and the people named the country \ud55c\uad6d<\/strong> after \ud55c\uc778<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This next myth has to do with the creation of the sun and moon. Once upon a time, there was an older brother named \ud574\uc2dd<\/strong> and a younger sister named \ub2ec\uc2dd<\/strong>. \ud574\uc2dd<\/strong> and \ub2ec\uc2dd<\/strong>‘s mother was a rice cake seller. On her way to selling rice cakes, she came upon a tiger. She pleaded her life to the tiger, and mentioned her children, in hopes that the tiger would pity her. Instead of pitying the woman the tiger ate the mother and used her clothes to disguise himself as the mother. When the tiger found the children, he used the powder from the rice cakes and stuck his hand under the door.<\/p>\n

The tiger’s paw looked white and the children opened the door.\u00a0As the children realized in horror that it was not their mother, they raced to the top of a tall tree. In an effort to eat the children, the tiger got an axe and tried to chop the tree. Then the children prayed to the gods and asked for deliverance. The gods felt pity for the children and let down a strong rope, which the children climbed. As the children climbed up to the sky, \ud574\uc2dd<\/strong> became the sun, and \ub2ec\uc2dd<\/strong> became the moon. (\ud574<\/strong> = sun and \ub2ec<\/strong> = moon in Korean).<\/p>\n

All these myths introduced here are the condensed versions. For a more thorough version, try Amazon.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today we’ll look at some Korean mythology. The first story has to do with the\u00a0beginnings\u00a0of mankind.\u00a0A long time ago, a man named \uc9c0\uc218\u00a0was starving from a famine that raged the entire countryside.\u00a0To relieve his hunger,\u00a0\uc9c0\uc218 decided to\u00a0climb a tall cliff to jump off of it and die. Before he was about to jump off, he…<\/p>\n

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