The Beginning:
Hwanung, the Prince of Heaven saw the earth below him filled with mountains and valleys saw its beauty and asked his father Hwanin, the Lord of Heaven if he might live on the earth below. Thus, the Lord of Heaven not only permitted his son to live upon the earth, but also sent along three thousand helpers to help Hwanung bring knowledge to the humans. Along with the three chancellors, cloud, rain and wind they brought prosperity and abundant harvest to the land.
A bear and tiger dwelling in a cave, prayed earnestly to Hwanung that they might become human. Hwanung took pity upon them and called them forth to see him. To become human, he told them to stay out of the sun for a hundred days and eat only a bundle of mugwort and twenty cloves of garlic which was provided for them in the hundred day time span.
The animals receded into the darkness of the cave, but the tiger after only a few days hated the boredom and the sparse diet, and went along his way. The bear,......

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Title: Korean's Animistic Beliefs
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1. Korean's Animistic Beliefs
   

   Korean's animistic beliefs. The Beginning: Hwanung, the Prince of Heaven
   saw the earth below him filled with mountains and valleys ... ...