The Myth on The Birth of The First Queen in Shilla Dynasty.
There are common stories in the myth of the Royal Family in Shilla dynasty
There were 3 family names in Shilla dyansty.
As I told in previous posting, the first family name who opened Shilla dynasty was ‘Park’
After the Park, ‘Seok’ family became a King.
Seok family had also similar myth with Park Hyeokgeose, the first king.
Third family was the ‘Kim’
They also had same myth with ‘Park’ and ‘Seok’
In this posting, I’d like to introduce the myth of the first Queen.
The first Queen of Shilla dynasty was believed to be born from the flank of the Dragon near the well.
Her name was ‘Al yeong’
There are complicated interpretation on the record of the birth myth
It is told that there are some allegory when it comes to the animals of the myth of birth
Dragon looked like a political power from the sea. In other hands, White Horse could be interpreted as a political power coming from northern nomad.
In the myth of the First King and Queen’s birth myth, we could estimate the Royal family as a conjunction between Sea power and Northern monad tribes.
One thing you need to keep in mind is there was no interpretation on the characteristics of White Horse found in the myth of First King, Park Hyeokgeose.
But in my opinion, the white horse could be interpreted as a symbol of Northern Nomad.
Anyway one thing marvelous is you can see the well where is believed the birth place of the First Queen as below
At the gate of the building
The well was covered with the stones
There was a pond in front of the well .
It seemed like a kind of monument for the well.
There were 5 Royal tombs.
These Royal tombs were said Park families’
It is believed that 4 king of Park family and the first Queen were buried.
It was a meeting with the myth, I had enjoyed that moment for long time.
There was not a people when I stopped by there.
I was not disturbed by anyone.
I slowly wandered around the Royal tombs.
It seemed like that I had a dialogue with the early Kings of Shilla dynasty.
There was a building for the ceremony for those Kings by their descendants ‘Park’
As leaving the Royal tombs, I took the photos of the portal
If you’d like to be with the world of myth, the 5 Royal tombs are essential place to visit.
Very interesting post and it is nice to visit some place like this and be able to take photos without any people any them!
Come to Korea @violetmed. There is a balance of completely crowded bustling cities and historical places of interest that are relatively absent of tourists.
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Very impressive. Didn't know that there is such history there.
Nice your post
Amazing
I really like to learn new myths. Thank you!
The First Queen's birth myth os more interesting than the one of the King. It seemed like she hold more power than the King. The well side birth place is also well preserved.
Yes, It seemed that Queen had more power than King at that time
Very interesting evidence about the myth.The places are look so beautiful and very cool as if the great souls are resting in peace .Thanks for great sharing friend,from your post I have learned lot more about your country.
Yes, as you wrote, I felt some thing great souls there
Great travel photos!
It looks meaningful to travel in Korea
great place @slowwalker
thank you for sharing this post with us
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this is called quality content post very beautiful pictures sir:)