Korean Myth

         Heavenly God, Hwan-in, had a son named Hwan-woong who looked upon mortals. God then chose Samwi-Taebaek as a place for the human beings to live in. Hwam-in gave his son seals of king & made him rule the world. Hwan-Woong came down to earth with his subordinates & settled in Shndan-soo which he later called Shin-si. he took care of many human affairs & made them call him Hwan-woong Cheon-wang. 

         There was a bear & a tiger that always wished & asked the king to be humans. he asked them to eat sacred mugworts & 20 cloves of garlic & stay away from the sun if they wanted their wish to come true. After 21 days the bear became a Women but the tiger didn't change because he didnt obey the rules. the woman wanted to get married and have children but didn't find any man to marry. so the king became a man & married this women, then they had a child named Tangun-Wanggeum. his son then became a king himself to a land called Asadal. He ruled for one thousand five hundred years & became the founding father of Korea.