Hwan-woong

[hwan_woong]

It says in the legend that there was Hwan-in in heaven, god who ruled over all things in universe. He had a son named Hwan-woong. Hwan-woong looked over the earth one day and saw human beings on earth. Although the place had the potential to be the greatest in the universe, there always was conflict going on among human beings. He was saddened by the fact and thought to himself he would benefit all men by going down to the earth by himself. In order to do that, he went down to earth with three gods. He manifested his idea throughout the world, and many people came from all over the place to worship him and follow him. Among them were some animals who wanted to be human. Hwan-woong gave garlic and onion to the animals, a tiger and a bear, to live in the darkness for 100 days. The tiger gave up eventually, but the bear endured 100 days and was turned into a beautiful lady. Hwan-woon then marries this beautiful lady, and has one son named Dan-goon(meaning ruler of all humans). This is how the civilizations began in my culture.