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Creation myth of Baekje is the creation story of Baekje dynasty about Onjo and Biryu. Onjo is the first king of the Baejke Dynasty[1] and Biryu is his elder brother.

History[edit]

It is said that the Baekje dynasty was founded in the B.C. 18, the place of its founding varies from Daebanghyeon to Hanam Wiryeseong. The founder of Baekje is Onjo (온조, 溫祚) or Biryu (비류, 沸流). The first record of the founder of Baekje is Samguk Sagi (History of the Three Kingdoms) by Gim Bu-sik. 「Baekjebongi」of 『Samguksagi』, 『Samguk Yusa (삼국유사, 三國遺事)』, and 『Haedong Goseungjeon』 (해동고승전, 海東高僧傳) mentions the founder of Baekje as Onjo or Biryu. 'Jiriji' of Samguk Sagi, history of China, or 『Sok Ilbonngi (속일본기, 續日本紀)』 mention Dongmyeong (동명, 東明), Wutae (우태, 優太), Gutae (구태, 仇太), and Domo (都慕).[2]

According to the inaugural year of King Onjo's accession in the 「Baekjebongi」 1 of 『Samguksagi』 Volume 23, Onjo's father was Chumo (추모, 鄒牟) or Jumong (주몽, 朱蒙), who came from Bukbuyeo to Jolbonbuyeo and married the second daughter of King of Buyeo. After the death of the king of Buyeo, Jumong succeeded to the throne. At this time, he gave birth to two sons, the first being Biryu and the second Onjo. However, when the son Jumong gave birth to when he was in Bukbuyeo came and became the crown prince, Onjo and Biryu left south with ten servants including Ogan (오간, 烏干) and Maryeo (마려, 馬黎) to Hansan (한산, 漢山). They set up the capital at Hanam Wiyreseong (하남위례성,河南慰禮城). and named the country Sipje (십제, 十濟). This was the third year of Hongjia (홍가, zh:鸿嘉), Emperor of Cheng of the Former Han Dynasty.(B.C. 18).[2]

Biryu did not follow the advice of the Ten Gods (십신) and went to live in Michuhol (미추홀, 彌鄒忽), but since the land in Michuhol was damp and the water was salty, he returned to Wiryeseong and died. After that, Onjo named the country Baekje because the people followed him happily every day. The lineage came from Buyeo like Goguryeo, so the surname was taken as Buyeo. According to the recorded Biryu story, King Biryu, the founder of Baekje, had his father Utaero Bukbuyeo, a child of a concubine of Haeburu (해부루, 解扶婁), and his mother Seseono (소서노, 召西奴), the daughter of Yeontabal (연타발, 延陁勃), a Jolbon person.[2]

Soseono first married Wutae and gave birth to Biryu and Onjo. After Wutae's death, Soseono assisted Jumong from Bubuyeo in establishing Goguryeo in Jolbon. Accordingly, Jumong made Soseono his wife and treated him with special hospitality, and treated Biryu and Onjo as if they were her own sons. Upon the arrival of his son Yuryu (유류, 孺留), born in Buyeo, Jumong made him the crown prince to succeed to the throne. In response, Biryu, along with his younger brother Onjo, took his mother and crossed Paesu and Daesu to live in Michuhol. On the other hand, according to Buksa and Suseo, Gongsun Du, the governor of Liaodong of the Han Dynasty, made Gutae, a descendant of Dongmyeong, who had a strong sense of dignity and trust, take his daughter as his wife. It is said that Biryu-guk became a powerful country in Dong-i.[2]

Analysis[edit]

Baekje's founding myth is presumed to have changed whenever the capital was moved. Here, Onjo and Biryu are not the main characters of the founding myth, but only as the founders of the country. And in the Hanseong Baekje era, when the Onjo faction seized power, it borrowed <The Myth of King Dongmyeong> of Buyeo, which is somewhat different from the myth of Jumong of Goguryeo. When the capital was moved to Ungjin, it seems that the Biryu line took over the government and borrowed the descendant line's founding myths such as <The Legend of Gomnaru> and the Biryu story in the Gongju region.[2]

The meaning of the word 'Biryu' is unknown, but Goguryeo Songyangguk (松讓國) is also called Biryuguk, and the name of the river is also called Biryusu. Gakhun(覺訓)'s 『Haedong Goseungjeon』 describes Biryu as 'Piryu' (피류, 避流) and Onjo as 'Eunjo' (은조, 殷祚).[3]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 노, 명호 (1997). "온조왕(溫祚王)". 한국민족문화대백과사전 (Encyclopedia of Korean Culture). 성남: 한국학중앙연구원 (The Academy of Korean Studies). Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  2. ^ a b c d e 강, 현모. "온조비류신화". 한국민속문학사전 (Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture). 서울: 국립민속박물관 (National Folk Museum of Korea). Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  3. ^ 노, 명호 (1996). "비류(沸流)". 한국민족문화대백과사전 (Encyclopedia of Korean Culture). 성남: 한국학중앙연구원 (The Academy of Korean Studies). Retrieved 2022-11-30.

External links[edit]

[[Category:Korean mythology]]

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