Talk:Dangun

"After Japan's unconditional surrender and Korean liberation, Dangungyo was revived, but lacked mass appeal with the Allied attempts to encourage Christianity in Korea as a bulwark against communism." This is a bit of a nit, but I question the validity of this comment. I have seen little if any evidence that Christianity was pushed or aggressively promoted by the Allies following liberation.

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Hwanung (환웅; 桓雄), an illegitimate son of Hwanin (환인; 桓因; Indra),

Indra? That's a bit of a stretch, isn't it? There is no evidence to suggest that Hinduism ever had any influence over Korea, especially as the ancestors of modern Koreans likely came from the Altai, on the other side of the Himalayas... If the person who put her name there can cite a credible source, I will put the link back into the article. --Sewing 23:03, 3 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Quote from Samguk Yusa

昔有桓因(謂帝釋也)庶子桓雄。

What does 帝釋 mean? It's an abbreviation for 帝釋天 and means Indra. Hinduism did influence Korea through Buddhism. Remember the author Iryeon was a Buddhist monk. I don't know when the plot of the myth appeared, but its details were clearly affected by Buddhism. --Nanshu 01:15, 4 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Okay, I stand corrected. But perhaps there should be a bit more explanation in the article; I was kind of lost when I first read the article... :P --Sewing 01:51, 4 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Tightened up the article, took out spurious Japanese references, and citations, added webography on citations of the myth on the net, and refined the article to focus on Dangun/Tangun as a myth with symbolic value to the Korean people. Still searching for public domain photographs of the creation myth to add. Any suggestions?

anyone want to take up a vote for deletion of the Founding myth of Korea article? it's just a duplicate of a section of this article, adds nothing more, other countries don't seem to have analogous entries. Appleby 16:33, 17 October 2005 (UTC)