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Jumong

Card meaning

Upright - a man who does not stop at the river. This card asks how you mean to cross.

Reversed - fish and turtles do not always make a bridge for you.

The tale

Jumong is recorded as the founder of Goguryeo.

The founding account appears in the Samguk Sagi and on the Gwanggaeto Stele.

The records say he was a fine archer.

They say he left Buyeo, went south and founded a state.

The records call him King Dongmyeongseong.

Where you can see this in Korea now

We have not yet measured which places connect to this tale.

Sources

삼국사기 고구려본기 시조 동명성왕

광개토대왕릉비문

국사편찬위원회 우리역사넷 「고구려의 건국」

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