About 2000 years ago, in Kyungju Korea, there were six villages, each of which were governed by its own chief.
The six village chiefs were sitting on a levee and holding a discussion session on March 1st, 66 B.C.
"Our people are lawless because we have no king. It's a great problem. Let's find a virtuous man and appoint him king and build a strong country."
Then they prayed for the heaven to deliver them a virtuous man.
One day, Sir Soburldori, the Gohouh Village cheif, climbed Mount Nom and had a distant view of the east. At that time, he saw a brilliant light between clouds shinning on a well called Nah and a white horse by the well bowing toward the well.
Sir Soburldori approached the well and, at this, the horse flew up in the air neighing and disappeared between the clouds. When Sir Soburldori turned his eyes to the place where the horse had been, he saw a red egg glittering like the sun.
When Sir Soburldori raised the egg carefully with his two hands, the egg broke in two and a radiant male baby was smiling in it. At this time, leaves on the trees sparkled and fluttered, animals such as hares, squirrels and deer came to dance and various birds sang, blessing the birth of the baby. Sir Soburldori brought this baby home and raised him to be a clever boy. They called this baby "Bok Hugasay", which means "Enlightened Reign".
One day that year, by Arl Young Well in the neighboring village, a big hen dragon (a dragon whith a hen's head and the body of a snake) suddenly appeared from behind the black clouds, gave birth to a female baby from the waist after writhing in agony and flew up in the air. An elderly lady who lived nearby had seen what was happening. She came and wrapped the baby in a blanket.
At first the baby had a bill. However, when the elderly lady washed her face with some stream water, the bill fell off and she became a pretty baby.
The elderly lady brought the baby home and raised her to be a pretty, generous and clever girl. They called her baby Arl Young, after the name of the well she was born near.
In 57 B.C., the cheifs of the six villages appointed Bok Hugasay as their king and named their country Surobul(the previous name of Silla). 5 years after becoming King, Bok Hugasay married Arl Young by accepting the recommendations of his ministers.
The two saints had successfully governed Surobul for 56 years and magically vanished. Their son, Bok Namhay, ascended to the throne. |