Akemi - Collection

Japanese: 閼英 - あつえい
Akemi - Collection

…Hyeonggeoseogeoseogan means the shining king, and Alji, often used in folklore, means the grain spirit. Heonggeose descends from the heavens, but it is only with the addition of Queen Alyeong, the water god, that the agricultural myth that combines the weather and the land, i.e. the founding myth, is completed. The village chiefs of the six villages of Silla descended on the famous mountains around the royal capital, and Heonggeose descended near Najeong at the foot of the mountain. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Akane" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…赫居世居西干は,光かがやく王の意味で,民間伝承に多く用いられる閼智は穀霊を意味する。赫居世は天から降臨するが,水神の王后閼英(あつえい)をえて,はじめて天候と土地との結合する農耕神話=建国神話が完成する。新羅六村の村長は王都周辺の名山に,赫居世は山麓の蘿井付近に降臨した。…

※「閼英」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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