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The faith of Joryeong is the deification of one's ancestors. The earliest mention of the faith is in the Samguk Sagi, a Medieval Korean history book, which mentions the 'golden chest' of Kim Alji, the first member of the Gyeongju Kim clan. This bears resemblance to modern ancestor worship.
Korean mythology (Korean: 한국 신화; Hanja: 韓國神話; MR: Han'guk sinhwa) is the group of myths [a] told by historical and modern Koreans.There are two types: the written, literary mythology in traditional histories, mostly about the founding monarchs of various historical kingdoms, and the much larger and more diverse oral mythology, mostly narratives sung by shamans or priestesses ...
Locations of all known Korean creation narratives. Korean creation narratives are Korean shamanic narratives which recount the mythological beginnings of the universe.They are grouped into two categories: the eight narratives of mainland Korea, which were transcribed by scholars between the 1920s and 1980s, and the Cheonji-wang bon-puri narrative of southern Jeju Island, which exists in ...
Besides the crown and girdle, the chamber also held gold bracelets and gold rings for every finger of the buried king. [5] The tomb also contained a chest full of burial goods which including the aforementioned painted saddle flap, and also iron kettles, pottery, bronze vessels, lacquerware, saddles, and a 98 centimeter long sword.
According to Korean mythology, the Yeowoo guseul, provides life essence to the Kumiho. The method of absorbing energy with the "yeowoo guseul" resembles the action of kissing. The kumiho transfers the yeowoo guseul from their mouth into the humans' mouths and then retakes it after a period of time when enough life essence is collected.
By the 19th century, the Korean woman's upper garment was 25 centimeters (10 inches) long on average and could not fully cover the breasts. [58] The goddesses' upper garments in the Naewat-dang paintings are about as long as those in 17th-century paintings of Korean women, and are far longer than 18th- or 19th-century equivalents. [59]
Teojushin (Korean: 터주신; Hanja: 터主神) is the patron of the ground on which the house is built in the Gashin cult of Korea. She is also known as Jishin (地神), or 'earth goddess'. In Honam, there is no entity that resembles Teojushin. However, there is a deity called Cheollyungshin, the patron of Jangdok, or sauce containers.
King Gyeongmun's ear tale is a tale about the ear of King Gyeongmun of Silla. "Samguk Yusa" tells two stories related to King Gyeongmun. One is that King Gyeongmun slept comfortably only when snakes stuck out their tongues and covered his chest whenever he slept, the other is that the king's ears are donkey ears.