Korean Folklore

Since its creation, the nation of Korea has used folklore to illuminate the history of Korea. It blends the complex history of the nation, its strong connection with nature and high value of spirituality to form models of morality for its citizens to base their actions on. In fact, the very history of Korea is based on the myth that celestial beings and inhabitants of Earth were brought together to form an ideal kingdom that became Korea. Unfortunately the true history of this nation is not nearly that ideal.
Korea was first inhabited when tribes form Central and Northern Asia stumbled onto the peninsula around 2333 B.C. From this time on the inhabitants of this land have been under constant pressure of war from other lands. After years of constant invasion the tribes living on the peninsula finally banded together to found the kingdom of Korea in the first century of A.D.
During the reign of the Silla Kingdom, around 700 A.D., cultural strides were made by building ...