Korean mythology consists of national legends and folk-tales which come from all over the Korean Peninsula. The origin may be a blend of Korean shamanism, Buddhist, Chinese myths, Confucian and Taoist legends and myths. The legends may also vary gre...
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The war god of Jeju Island, home of a shrine that bears his name. Koenegitto had a bronze gong which, when struck once, could conjure up an army of a million soldiers out of the air. When struck twice the army would disappear. Koenegitto was the son of the shrine god Sochonguk through the mortal woman Paek Chunim. When Koenegitto turned three he was so uncontrollable that Sochonguk locked him in a chest and tossed the chest into the sea.
Koenigitto escaped the chest, married the youngest daughter of the dragon god of the sea but was asked to leave the sea kingdom when his enormous appetite was emptying the dragon god’s larder. He and his wife went to Chonja on the Korean mainland, where Koenegitto became a hero by driving away an invading army (led by multi- headed generals) from the north. The bronze- armored demigod then returned triumphantly to Jeju Island for revenge on his parents for tossing him into the sea. He scared them both to death, then transformed his father into a mountain ridge and his mother into a shrine.
