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No right to become their fathers' successors. Happiness 3) both feature heroes as illegitimate or second sons who had Which seems to indicate hard trials to be overcome before gaining Hero's mother or wife was confined in a narrow, enclosed space, Long-distance journey either in the form of a run-away or an expeditionĭue to persecution or punishment 2) both include scenes in which the Similarities: 1) both myths narrate the nation-founders' From these two texts, we find the following Registered in Samguk Yusa (The Legends of the Three Kingdoms, 13thĬentury) and Kojiki (The Record of Ancient Matters, 712) are the mostĬreditable texts. The fundamental character of each of the two cultures.įor any study of such similarities and differences, the myths The mythological heroes or the narrative structure of the two, we willįind interesting similarities and differences that may give a hint as to If we focus, for example, on the typology of Other approachesĬan be useful in elucidating the essential qualities of eachĬountry's literature. This said, historical approaches are not the only valuable way to aĬomparative study of the myths of the two countries. Intimate political and cultural relations between the Peninsula and the So many common elements that we easily allow ourselves to think of the Japanese myths, especially those concerning the birth of nations, have There was an intimate relation between the cultures of the rulingĬlasses of both" (Obayashi 56-57). Kingdoms between the Peninsula and the Archipelago, it is probable that 'if there are similarities in the myths concerning the birth of Obayashi Taryo, one of the most prominent of these scholars, once said Interest in finding out historical relations between the two countries. Many of the scholars who realize a comparative study of JapaneseĪnd Korean myths concerning the birth of the nation, tend to take APA style: Mythological heroes in Korea and Japan.Mythological heroes in Korea and Japan." Retrieved from 2011 Wuhan Guoyang Union Culture & Education Company 25 Sep.
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