Myths, Legends, and Folktales: Prototypes of Ancient Korean Culture
Course Introduction
This course covers a series of developments from the beginning of ancient history on the Korean Peninsula under the themes of myths and legends, ideology and national growth, and customs and play. Through this course, learners can understand the starting point of ancient history of the Korean Peninsula and the process of the emergence and establishment of the ancient states. Also, the learners can explore the characteristics and unique elements of ancient history of the Korean Peninsula.
Course Structure
This course consists of a total of 11 weeks, 10 weeks of lecture and a week for a final. Each week’s lecture consists of 4 to 5 videos according to the theme of lecture each week. The course also incorporates quizzes and other non-video learning elements to help students review the lecture contents. Students are required to watch the weekly lecture videos and complete the learning activities to be credited for the course requirements each week. The course will cover various themes of ancient Korean history such as myths, folklore, Buddhist thought, customs, and games.
Subtitles
Korean, English, Chinese
1. Beginning of Korean History: Myth of Dangun
2. Beginning of Ancient States: Founding Myths of the Three Kingdoms
3. Ancient Kings, Having Strange and Mysterious Nature
4. Buddhism, a Foreign Religion, Accepted
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4-1. Origin of Buddhism and Its Transmission -
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4-2. Ancient Korean Societies Acceptance Buddhism
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4-3. Conflicts Regarding the Acceptance of Buddhism in Silla (1)
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4-4. Conflicts Regarding the Official Recognition of Buddhism (2)
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4-5. Reasons Why Ancient Korean Kings Officially Recognized Buddhism
5. To Make a Buddha’s Land
6. Love and Marriage of the People Living in the Ancient Times
7. Filial Piety, the Practice of Love Toward One’s Parents
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7-1. Men Who Sliced off the Flesh of Their Thigh to Serve Their Parents
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7-2. A Man Who Attempted to Bury His Child in the Ground to Serve His Mother
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7-3. Considering One’s Parent’s Heart
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7-4. Serving One’s Parents in This Life and the Parents in One’s Past Life
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7-5. Leaving home to Become a Buddhis Monk is the Act of Filial Piety
8. Loyalty Led the Growth of Ancient States
9. Death, the Other Side of Life
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9-1. Crime and Punishment, the Rewarding of Good Deeds and Punishing of Bad Deeds
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9-2. King Munmu Became a Dragon After He Died
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9-3. Gwangdeok and Eomjang Wished for Going to the Land of Supreme Bliss After Death
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9-4. A Female Slave Ukmyeon Attained Enlightenment and Buddhahood in the Form of Her Present Body
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9-5. Looking for Maitreya and Amitabha
10. Ancient Customs and Cultural Activities
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10-1. The Origin of Daeboreum (the Fifteenth Day of the First Lunar Month) and Hangawi (the Fifteenth Day of the Eighth Lunar Month)
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10-2. Bi-hyeong-rang, the origin of Dokkaebi
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10-3. Governing the People by Music: The Flute to Calm Ten Thousand Waves
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10-4. Musical Instrument, a Guide to the Annexation of the State
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10-5. The Play of Ancient People
Mi-Sun Park
Mi-Sun Park received her Ph.D. in Korean ancient history from Yonsei University and is currently a visiting professor at Myongji University. She has conducted several studies on ancient Korean history from a various field of studies such as ancient Korean states, Buddhist culture and faith, folktales, and history education.