Samguk Yusa
Samguk Yusa is a 13th-century Korean chronicle of legends, folklore, and history covering the Three Kingdoms period and earlier.
Compiled by the Buddhist monk Iryeon, it preserves myths and stories omitted from more official histories, including the founding legend of Korea involving the god-king Dangun.
The title means "Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms."
- founding mythsStories explaining a group's beginning
- BuddhismEnlightenment-seeking Eastern religion
- national heritageShared cultural legacy
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
- narrative proseStorytelling in sentences
ancestral traditions · folktales · cultural narrative · pagodas · temples · Korea · shamanism · monks · spirits · ancient · sutras · chronicle · legends · mythology · identity formation · founding · scripture · Mongol
- Korean LiteraturePachinko, Korean translations, translated works, novels, literary traditions
- Ancient KoreaKaya, gold crowns, royal tombs, dolmens, gold crown
- Asian Chroniclesannals
- Goryeoceladon, woodblock printing, Mongol invasions
- Goryeo LiteratureBuddhist texts
- Korean histories