Dongmyeong
Dongmyeong , also "Dongmyeongseongwang" ( Kor. 동명 성왕 , 東 明 聖王 , "Holy King of the East") or "Dongmyeongwang" ( 동명왕 , 東 明王 , "Eastern Light King"), (* 58 BC ; † 19 BC . ) was the founder of the kingdom of Goguryeo , a precursor of today's Korea .
Life
Born as Jumong ( 주몽 , 朱 蒙 ), or Chumo ( 추모 , 象 解 ), he hatched from an egg according to the legend of the Gwanggaeto stele and the chronicles of Goguryeo in the history book Samguk Sagi and grew up in Buyeo . He is the son of Hae Mosu , son of the sky god and the founder of Buyeo, and of Yuhwa , the daughter of the river god Habaek . After his childhood he left his homeland, founded 37 BC. Chr. Goguryeo and gave himself the surname Go .
Dongmyeong had two wives. The first was called Yae-So-Ya, with her he had a son named Yuri, who also took the throne after King Dongmyeong's death. The second woman was named So-Seo-No. She had two sons named Bilryu and Ohnjo (the founder of Baekje ). Since these were not Dongmyeong's biological sons, he let Yuri rise to the throne.
His tomb is now one of North Korea's national treasures.
literature
- Sun-Hee Song: The Koguryo Foundation Myth: An Integrated Analysis . In: Indiana University (Ed.): Asian Folklore Studies . tape 33 (2) , 1974, pp. 37–92 (English, online ( memento of September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) PDF 955 kB [accessed on January 13, 2016]).
Web links
- The History of Koguryo. Northeast Asian History Foundation, accessed January 13, 2016 .
- Translation of the Gwanggaeto stele (in English)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dongmyeong |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dongmyeongseongwang (東 明 聖王); Dongmyeongwang (東 明王); Jumong (주몽, 朱 蒙); Chumo (추모, 象 解) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Founder of the Kingdom of Goguryeo |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 58 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19 BC Chr. |