shrinemaidens:EAST ASIAN MYTHOLOGY MEME:[3/7] KOREAN GODS AND GODDESSES | DALNIMDalnim (달님) is the K

shrinemaidens:EAST ASIAN MYTHOLOGY MEME:[3/7] KOREAN GODS AND GODDESSES | DALNIMDalnim (달님) is the Korean goddess of the moon. She was originally a girl named Dalsun who climbed to heaven and became the moon.In a time when only the stars existed, a time before the Sun and the Moon, there was a poor peasant woman who sold rice cakes for a living. The peasant woman had two children, a son and daughter. Haesik, the elder of the two, was a wise and responsible son, while her daughter, Dalsun, had an innocent and trusting young heart. One day, while returning home from the village after selling her rice cakes, the mother encountered a tiger in her path on top of a hill. The tiger demanded a rice cake and in exchange he would spare the woman’s life. She was frightened and gave him the best rice cake from her basket, so the tiger left the woman to continue on her path. However, the tiger continually reappeared, asking for rice cakes until there were none. The mother plead for her life, begging the tiger to spare her for the sake of her son and daughter. At the thought of having not only one but three people for dinner, the tiger consumed her and wore her clothes. He would go to the mother’s house disguised, hoping to fool the two children.When the tiger reached the house, he found a locked door. The children were not convinced that the tiger in disguise was their mother. However, the tiger finally persuaded the two, leading them to open the door for him. What a shock! The children screamed as the tiger chased them round and round the house, out the door and up a large tree. The tiger, being persistent, found an axe in the house and begun chopping the tree down to get to the siblings. At that moment Dalsun prayed to the heavens, asking for a rope. She prayed that if her and her brother were pure of heart and meant to be saved, the rope would be strong enough to rescue them, but if they were not, then the rope would be old and rotten, and they would fall. A long, strong rope was sent down from above and the two children started climbing until they reached the heavens. -- source link

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