한·일 신화의 비교연구 ― 단군 신화와 니니기노미코토 신화와의 비교를 중심으로 한 고찰

Abstract

This study is to inquire into the Dangun Myth whose reality has been denied by Japanese government-patronized scholars, and then to compare between the Dangun Myth and the Niniginomigoto Myth, a descending story of the progenitor of the Japanese imperial family which has close relation with the Dangun Myth. And finally, this study aims to examine out that the culture of Japanese ruling class crossed over from Korea. The results which are found out under the objectives of this study are as follows. In the first place, the Dangun Myth is not a forged one in later generations but a pre-existing one already. It is supported by the record, “Pyungyang was originally residential place in which Sunin(仙人) Wangyum(王儉) lived” at the article of the 21^st year, King Dongchun in Koguryo-Bongi(高句麗本紀) of Samguksagi(三國史記), and also by the fact that the founding myth of North Buyeo is the same type of the myth of the Descent of the Heavenly Son as the Dangun Myth. In the second place, it is assumed that the myth of the Descent of the Heavenly Son of Korea was introduced from the Asia’s interior area by Turkish peoples with a nomadic culture and a shamanistic outlook on world. In the third place, it is found out that the myth of the Descent of the Heavenly Son, which settled into a descending story of the progenitor of the Japanese imperial family in Japan, is also closely related to the Dangun Myth. Under this fact, it is estimated that the force of the group, which had the Dangun Myth in Korea, gave a not inconsiderable influence in the formation of Japanese ancient nation. Consequently, it is possible to say that this study makes it very clear that the Japanese imperial family who founded ancient nation in Japan had the myth of the Descent of the Heavenly Son, which means that the royal power was established by Heaven's endowment. Also, this study researches out that the Japanese imperial family was a group who crossed over with a nomadic culture and a shamanistic outlook on world from Korea. However, it should be pointed out that these conclusions need to be proven out by way of the studies on ancient history.