Dan Gun Myth Story

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This story is about a Korean myth, the name of this story is "Dan-Gun Myth". It is the very first story of Korea. The story starts like this: God's son whose name is Hae-Mo-Su comes doen from sky with many subjects and three spirits. Each of the spirits can handle rain, wind, and the sun. There were no rules, just animals, no humans before those guys came down, so they became the first Koreans. After that, they started to farm, build houses and make some laws. It seems like a balanced and ideal society, especially to animals. So a tiger and a bear visited Hae-Mo-Su. They hoped to be a human, so they asked to him how they can be a human. Hae-Mo-Su says, they will be human if they stay in a cave 100days and just eat garlic and mugwort, so the tiger and bear decided to stay in a cave with just galic and mugwort. After three weeks, the tiger wanted to get out and eat some meat. So he left for the rest of the days. But the bear stayed alone. On the 100th day, Hae-Mo-Su visited the cave and was impressed. So hw made the bear into a woman. The bear woman's name is "Bear-Woman", the bear is a symbol of the ideal Korean woman. Tenacity, gentle and plump personality liken the bear to a woman. At last, Hae-Mo-Su and Bear-Woman married and had a baby whose name is Dan-Gun, the first king of Korea.