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단군 신화 영상 이미지 Mrs. S. Kim September, 2003
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But he loved human beings most of all. He saw the people were poor and didn’t know how to use the nature. Whenever he looked at the earth, Hwanung felt sorry for the human’s hard lives.
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So Hwanin called his son and granted him his wish to go down to the earth and help the people.
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Hwanung then went down to the earth with his men.
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Shinjang (Unsa) governed the cloud.
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Usa controlled the rain and thunder.
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Pungbaek controlled the wind.
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Not Far from Shinshi, the village where Hwanung lived, there was a big cave
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In that cave lived a big tiger and a bear.
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“I wish I could be a human being,” said the tiger. Then the bear answered beating his chest with his own paws, “Bo, I would do anything to be a human being.”
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“Well, couldn’t we find a way to become human beings?” the two beasts thought together
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“Shall we go to Hwanung who has heavenly powers and ask a favor of him?” thought the bear.
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So the two animals agreed to go to the Shindansu tree everyday to pray for their wish.
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Then, one day, Hwanung was so moved by their sincerity that he asked them in a low voice, “Do you really want to become human beings?”
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“I see. Then I will give you two a task,” Hwanung said, handing a handful of heavenly wormwoods and twenty cloves of garlic to each animal.
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Hwanung continued, “Both of you will stay in a cave for one hundred days, eating only the wormwoods and garlic.”
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However, the wormwood and garlic were too bitter and hot for them to eat. The two animals also wanted very much to go out of the dark cave and play in the sunshine.
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After a while, the tiger finally began to feel stuffy and almost went crazy. “Ah! I can’t stand this any longer!” exclaimed the tiger as he ran out of the cave. “I am hungry and I want to see the sunshine before I become a human.”
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Meanwhile, the bear endured the hard life for one hundred days, eating only wormwood and garlic. On the one hundredth day, a flower bloomed on her knee.
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The bear went down to the pond and bowed to the tree before bathing. As soon as she did this, the hair on her body disappeared and smooth human skin appeared in its place!
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Her face became beautiful. Seeing her new face in the pond, the bear was so happy that tears of joy ran down her face .“Oh, how beautiful!” she exclaimed.
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This bear-turned woman was called Ungnyo by the people. Ungnyo began her new life in a small hut on the silent mountain with a beautiful view.
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Although it was nice, Ungnyo was very lonely living by herself. “I wish I could have a husband to live with,” said Ungnyo.
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She went to the Shindansu tree and prayed to Hwanung, “Dear Hwanung, please send me a man to be my husband.”
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Hwanung decided to answer her prayer once again. He turned himself into a strudy, handsome young man and appeared before Ungnyo. “Ungnyo, I will be your husband.”
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Hwanung married Ungnyo and they lived together in the small hut on the mountain. Soon, Ungnyo gave birth to a son, who later became King Tangun, the founding father of Korea.
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Tangun grew up to be a good man and founded a nation according to his mother Ungnyo’s teachings and his father Hwanung’s wishes.
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In 2333 B.C. he chose Pyongyang to be the capital of the nation and began to rule the nation
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After ruling the nation and doing many good things for the people, Tangun is said to have become a mountain god.
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Today, Koreans observe Kaechonjol, the National Foundation Day on the 3rd of October to commemorate King Tangun’s founding of the nation.
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Devotion to the welfare of mankind
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The End Directed by Mrs. Sung Kim October, 2003
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