Legends of Flowers and Trees
This category of Korean folk narratives tells stories related to flowers and trees that reflect the history, sentiments and cosmology of the Korean people. Korea’s earliest tree legend would be the Dangun myth, which revolves around Sindansu (Divine Altar Tree), which functions as the shamanic pole, or cosmic tree in the imaginary sacred district Sodo or in the village guardian shrine seonangdang. The name Dangun means “son of dan tree, ” referring to a tree in the birch family. The Yi dynasty o
Korean Folk Literature