Haemosu
Korean · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Heavenly sun-god who founded Bukbuyeo and sired Jumong with Yuhwa.
Children
Domains
- sun
- sky
- kingship
Powers
- Descend in a five-dragon chariot
- Outmatch Habaek in shapeshifting
Epithets
- 天帝之子 'Son of the Heavenly Emperor' — title of the sun-god founder of BukbuyeoSamguk Sagi / Dongmyeong-wang pyeon (Jewang Ungi) (primary)
- 解慕漱 Haemosu of BuyeoYi Gyu-bo, Dongmyeongwang-pyeon (secondary)
Relations
- rival: HabaekReciprocal of korean_habaek.rival — Adversary of Haemosu in the courtship of Yuhwa; bested in the transformation duel.Yi Gyu-bo, Lay of King Dongmyeong (Habaek's shapeshifting contest with Haemosu) (primary)
- lover: YuhwaHeavenly sun-god who unites with Yuhwa and then departs; she conceives Jumong.Yi Gyu-bo, Lay of King Dongmyeong; Samguk Sagi 13 (primary)
- ancestor of: JumongSire of Jumong, who already carries Haemosu as parent.Samguk Sagi 13; Lay of King Dongmyeong (primary)
Sources
- existence: Samguk Yusa, vol. 1, late 13th c. (primary); Yi Gyu-bo, Lay of King Dongmyeong, 1193 (primary)