The myth of Kisi

Japanese: 箕子神話 - きししんわ
The myth of Kisi


[Two myths about opening up the country]
The founding myth of Korea is a good example of the period when Korean culture reached its full potential, when cultural elements were fused with "grand" culture and local culture. Korea has two founding myths, the Tangun myth and the Gija myth, which were established during the Goryeo period, the former based on folk beliefs and the latter on Confucianism. The Tangun myth is about Tangun, born to the son of a heavenly god and an incarnation of a bear, who founded the country in Pyongyang Castle in the 50th year of the reign of Emperor Yao of China (2333 BC is the beginning of the Tangun era), but 1,500 years later, Gija was appointed as a fief to Korea and became a mountain god.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Kishi Myth" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[二つの開国神話]
 朝鮮文化の完成した時期,その文化要素に〈大〉文化と地域文化との融合がはかられたことを示す好個の事例として,朝鮮の開国神話をあげることができる。朝鮮には檀君神話と箕子神話との二つの開国神話があるが,これらは高麗時代に成立したもので,前者は民間信仰を,後者は儒教を背景にしたものである。檀君神話は中国尭帝即位50年に,天神の子と熊の化身とのあいだに生まれた檀君が平壌城で建国するが(前2333年が檀君紀元),1500年後,箕子が朝鮮に封ぜられたので,山神になったという。…

※「箕子神話」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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