Case file · Folklore / legend
Dangun myth first written down
The Samguk yusa gives the oldest surviving telling of Dangun: the god Hwanung descends on a mountain, a bear becomes a woman after 21 days in a cave, and their son founds Gojoseon.
1281 CE · 40.01, 126.23 · status: legend
The account
Iryeon dates the founding to 2333 BCE by later reckoning and identifies the holy mountain Taebaek with Myohyangsan. Dangun is honoured by the Daejonggyo religion and Korea's National Foundation Day.