Yuhwa

River-god's daughter and grain goddess; mother of Jumong by sunlight.

Parentage

• parent: Habaek

Children

• Jumong

Domains

• grain
• motherhood

Powers

• Conceive by a beam of sunlight
• Send sacred grain-seeds to her son

Epithets

• 柳花 chinese · Yuhwa'Willow Flower' — river-god's daughter, grain goddess, mother of JumongSamguk Sagi; Dongmyeong-wang pyeon (Jewang Ungi) (primary)

Relations

• lover: HaemosuReciprocal of korean_haemosu.lover — Heavenly sun-god who unites with Yuhwa and then departs; she conceives Jumong.Yi Gyu-bo, Lay of King Dongmyeong; Samguk Sagi 13 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Samguk Sagi, Goguryeo Annals, 1145 (primary); Yi Gyu-bo, Lay of King Dongmyeong, 1193 (primary)