Dangun
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Card meaning
Upright - a will that came down from the sky meets a body that endured on the ground. This card records a beginning.
Reversed - while the beginning is retold again and again, the next page waits.
The tale
The founding of Gojoseon is recorded in the Samguk Yusa and the Jewang Ungi.
The records say Hwanung came down to Mount Taebaek with his company.
Dangun Wanggeom was born to Hwanung and Ungnyeo.
He is said to have set his capital at Asadal and named the country Joseon.
Korea today keeps 3 October as National Foundation Day.