단군신화의 보편적 인간관

Abstract

Dangun[檀君] myth was the state-founding myth of Korea's first kingdom Gojoseon. Bear and Tiger prayed to God[Whanin 桓因]' son, Whanwoong[桓雄], to become man and woman. Whanwoong gave his word. Eating mugwort and garlic and Don't see sun for 100 days, You will become. Tiger didn't endure, but Bear endured to became to woman. She married Whanwoong to give birth to a son, Dangun. In Kora the thought that we are the descendants of Dangun had dragged out racial and national sprit when Korea was invaded by Mongol and Japan. But in 21c we are living in a multicultural society. We have to reinterpret Dangun myth in the side of not nationalism but universality. Bear and Tiger that loved each other go to Whanwoong at their death. Even though Tiger loving Bear accepted disadvantage terms of a contract, Tiger couldn't endure. Bear became to woman in 21 days without making it 100 days. Dangun myth have four views of human. The first view of human is the view of incomplete human. The second is the throwing of themselves to love each other. The third and the forth is the endeavoring and the hoping toward 100 days in order to become a absolute human.