진구황후(神功皇后)의 정체

Abstract

It is considered that the three women who appear in Korean ‘Seohnyeo’ from 『Samguksag』, Chinese ‘Himiko’ from 『Samgukji』’s Wiji Japanese and Japanese ‘Empress Jingū’ from 『Nihonshoki』 around the same period are one and the same person. Seohnyeo, a shaman from Silla, went to Japan as an exile and became a queen. She was described as Himiko in China and Empress Jingū in Japan. The editor of 『Nihonshoki』 made up a fictitious character, Empress Jingū, because Seohnyeo(Himiko in China) was a Sillan. The character and the period of activity of Empress Jingū were similar to Seohnyeo, yet she was turned into a legendary heroine by adding fake records such as the conquest of Silla. The reason why Empress Jingū was linked up with Seohnyeo is that the period of Empress Jingū became an empress is similar with the period when Seohnyeo became a queen of Japan. Furthermore, Empress Jingū continued the tradition of Silla. Also, there is a Chiljido that acknowledged Seohnyeo, who naturalized as a Baekje Royal family from Silla, as the queen of Japan.