Myths of a divine ruler descending to found a land or a people: Ninigi's descent from heaven to rule Japan and Dangun's founding of the Korean state of Gojoseon. A myth belongs here when its cited article describes a founding of a kingdom by a descended or divine figure. It excludes myths about the sun and the sky. Examples in the atlas include Ninigi's Descent From Heaven and Dangun and the Founding of Gojoseon.
All Descent from Heaven and National Founding Myths
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Tan'gun (Wikipedia)
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Tan'gun (Korean: 단군; Hanja: 檀君; pronounced [tan.ɡun]), also known as Tan'gun Wanggŏm (단군왕검; 檀君王儉; [tan.ɡun waŋ.ɡʌm]), was the legendary founder and first king of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom.
Ninigi-no-Mikoto (Wikipedia)
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(no-Mikoto here is an honorific title applied to the names of Japanese gods; Ninigi is the specific god's name.) Grandson of the sun goddess Amaterasu, Ninigi is regarded according to Japanese mythology as the great-grandfather of Japan’s first emperor, Emperor Jimmu.
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