Hwanin, ruler of the Heavens, had a song named Hwanung. After receiving his father’s permission, Hwanung descended to the earth with three thousand followers and various nature gods.

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 ...

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 bl.