Case file · Apparition / miracle
The milk-white blood of Ichadon
When the courtier Ichadon was beheaded for building a Buddhist temple, white milk is said to have spurted from his neck, the sky darkened and flowers rained, so Silla accepted Buddhism.
527 CE · 35.83, 129.22 · status: legend
The account
Ichadon had predicted the wonder as proof of the faith. A hexagonal stone pillar carved in 818 shows the scene and is kept in the Gyeongju National Museum.