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  2. Soohorang and Bandabi - Wikipedia

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    Soohorang (Korean: 수호랑) is the official mascot of the 2018 Winter Olympics, and Bandabi (Korean: 반다비) is the official mascot of the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Both events were held in Pyeongchang, Gangwon, South Korea. [1] [2] Soohorang is a white tiger and Bandabi is an Asiatic black bear. [3]

  3. Cultural depictions of tigers - Wikipedia

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    The tiger's tail appears in stories from countries including China and Korea, it being generally inadvisable to grasp a tiger by the tail. [3] [4] In Korean mythology and culture, the tiger is regarded as a guardian that drives away evil spirits and a sacred creature that brings good luck – the symbol of courage and absolute power. For the ...

  4. Minhwa - Wikipedia

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    Kkachi horangi (까치호랑이) is a prominent genre of minhwa that depicts magpies and tigers. In kkachi horangi paintings, the tiger, which is intentionally given a ridiculous and stupid appearance (hence its nickname "idiot tiger" 바보호랑이), represents authority and the aristocratic yangban, while the dignified magpie represents the common man.

  5. 100 Cultural Symbols of Korea - Wikipedia

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    The 100 Cultural Symbols of Korea [1] [2] (Korean: 백대 민족문화상징; Hanja: 百大 民族文化象徵; RR: Baekdae Minjongmunhwasangjing; MR: Paektae Minjongmunhwasangjing) were selected by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (at the time of selection, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism) of South Korea on 26 July 2006, judging that the Korean people are representative among ...

  6. Korean painting - Wikipedia

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    Tiger: The tiger was among the most popular motifs in Korea folk painting. [4] Likely originating from the mythical "White tiger" guardian spirit of the east, a notable characteristic about the tiger as featured in Korea folk traditions is how it is seldom portrayed as a ferocious beast but as a friendly and sometimes even funny and stupid ...

  7. Brother and sister who became the Sun and Moon - Wikipedia

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    The existence of a mother being eaten by a tiger is one of the characteristics of Korean folktales. Therefore, it is judged that at the depth of Brother and Sister Who Became the Sun and Moon , there is a myth of the origin of the sun and moon in which the older brother chases the sister, and on top of that, the motif of a tiger representing ...

  8. Ungnyeo - Wikipedia

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    sky god) and the mother line as the Jisin (Korean: 지신; Hanja: 地神; lit. land god). As a result, Ungnyeo is regarded as a type of totem deified by Dangun's mother lineage. On the other hand, the bear itself has religious implications. The bear is the god of the land and symbolizes the uterus that produces products in farming culture.

  9. List of mammals of Korea - Wikipedia

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    The Siberian tiger is the national animal of South Korea. Korean Peninsula and surrounding islands Once common throughout Korea, the red fox is now extremely rare. The Amur leopard was one of the most abundant large carnivores in the Korean peninsula. However, they are extremely rare in North Korea.