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Hwanin, (also pronounced "Han-in" 한인) or Divine Regent is a figure in Korean mythology. Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. More specifically it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language Romanization system in South Korea. McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language Romanization systems along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which Hwanin, (also pronounced "Han-in" 한인 or Divine Regent is a figure in Korean mythology. Korean mythology consists of national legends and folk-tales which come from all over the Korean Peninsula.
According to the budoji(1953), Hwanin is the grandson of Hwang-gung 황궁(黃穹), one of the Four Men of Heaven and considered a direct ancestor of the Korean people. Budoji (부도지 符都誌 is a narrative literature about the ancient Korean history written by Bak Jesang(박제상 during the period of King Nulji of Silla. In the later Dangun mythology he is portrayed as the Emperor of Heaven himself, with his son Hwanung 환웅(桓雄) and his grandson Dangun being the mythical founder of Korea. Dangun Wanggeom was the legendary founder of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom around present-day Liaoning, Manchuria, and the Korean
Hwanin 환인(桓因) is an alias of Indra. Indra ( Sanskrit: इन्द्र or इंद्र Indra, Malay: Indera, Thai: พระอินทร์ Phra-Intra [1]Hwanin 환인(桓因) is the name on Buddhism of Indra, this name is widely used in east Asia. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices Indra ( Sanskrit: इन्द्र or इंद्र Indra, Malay: Indera, Thai: พระอินทร์ Phra-Intra
Hwan-In is a pronunciation of the Chinese letters "환인 桓因" This is merely ancient Korean oral language written with Chinese written language letters with similar sounds. Basically, 하늘님 Hanul-nim is in pure Korean, which means "Sky Highness" (the suffix "님 -nim" is addressed towards a person of higher rank, much like "-sama" in Japanese). It changed orally from "하늘님 Hanul-nim" into "하느님 Haneuh-nim" and finally, ancient scholars have rewritten this according with similar sounding Chinese Letters: 桓因. In modern Korean, these particular Chinese letters are pronounced as "환인(Hwanin). " But the majority of the Koreans today, not knowing this, recognize 환인 (Hwanin) as a name for a person, not knowing it actually is a demorphed form of a heavenly title, referring to a heavenly deity.
In short, the legend refers that in the ancient times, ancient Koreans regarded themselves as a people led, or led by a descendent of a heavenly deity.
References
- ^ 三國遺事 卷第一 紀異 第一, 昔有桓因 謂帝釋也
See also
This is a list of articles on Korea -related people places things and concepts The history of Korea stretches from Lower Paleolithic times to the present This article is about the traditional culture of Korea. For the modern culture see Culture of North Korea and Culture of South KoreaDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic