Geographical Introduction: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA IN MAPS

With lush and vivid language, creation tales of the Korean peninsula have been passed down from generation to generation. Similar to foundation myths in other cultures, Korean creation tales have featured sacred beings who used their powers to generate areas of land and water that would function as the living spaces for humans. The tales commonly personified these sacred beings by giving them humanlike features and presenting them as characters who formed the world and the Korean peninsula through humanlike acts. Take, for example, the Magohalmi myth, which presents an elaborate and detailed story of the giant Magohalmi who was