The Tiger and the Bear
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Card meaning
Upright - two enter the same cave and leave on different days. The one who endures a hundred days becomes human.
Reversed - endurance is not the only answer. The tiger that walked out still has the mountain.
The tale
This passage belongs to the founding record of Gojoseon in the Samguk Yusa.
It says a bear and a tiger prayed to become human.
They were given mugwort and garlic and told to stay in a cave for a hundred days.
The tiger could not endure it and left the cave.
The bear endured, took a woman's body and became Ungnyeo.