This article is written by a student writer from the Spoon University at Rutgers chapter. On October 3rd, South Koreans celebrate Gaecheonjeol. Known in English as National Foundation Day, this ...

It celebrates the foundation of Gojoseon by Dangun in 2333 BC. The legend says that the father of Dangun Wanggeom, Hwanung, came down from heaven and told a tiger and a bear to eat twenty cloves of ...

Hwanung, the son of Hwanin who was the Lord of the Heavens, looked down longingly at the Earth below. How beautiful it seemed with mountains and valleys hued blue and green! He observed the humans ...

ED. Dangun ― The Legendary founder of Korea The Lord of Heaven had a son called Hwanung, who wanted to live on Earth. His father allowed him to leave Heaven, and sent with him some 3,000 followe ...

The legend begins as a tiger and a bear living in what is now the Korean Peninsula, ask Hwanung ― the son of Hwanin, the lord of heaven ― to transform them into humans. Hwanung tells them ...

The key components of the founding myth are the descent of Hwanung, who is the son of heaven, a bear and a tiger, the challenge to eat only garlic and mugwort, the transformation of the bear into a ...

As told in the popular Korean TV drama “The Legend,” the story starts with Hwanung descending from heaven and founding Sinsi, or “City of the Gods” with the noble aim of Hongik Ingan ...

Hwanung, the son of Hwanin (God of the Heavens) gives mugwort and garlic bulbs to both animals, telling them to eat those only and avoid sunlight for 100 days. The tiger gives up midway but the bear ...

The legend begins as a tiger and a bear living in what is now the Korean Peninsula, ask Hwanung ― the son of Hwanin, the lord of heaven ― to transform them into humans. Hwanung tells them ...