Bak Hyeokgeose
Korean · demigod · three kingdoms · Recorded classification
THE SECOND OF THE FOUR FOUNDATION MYTHS, AND THE FIRST OF THE THREE THE CORPUS DID NOT HOLD. The registry had the Goguryeo myth complete — Haemosu, Habaek, Yuhwa, Jumong, Yuri — and nothing of Silla, Gaya or Baekje. The record carries no dates and does not assert that he existed; the sources note that archaeology finds gradual chiefdom emergence rather than divine origins, and that is on the record as what the sources say.
Domains
- kingship
Relations
- spouse: AryeongReciprocated in-batch.Reference treatment: Aryeong Jong is the first queen of Silla, the dragon-born consort of King Bak Hyeokgeose. (secondary)
Sources
- Bak Hyeokgeose is the egg-born founder of Silla and husband of the dragon-born Aryeong.: Reference treatments of Hyeokgeose of Silla, of Korean mythology and of the Samguk Yusa. (secondary)