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Lady Yuhwa
Lady Yuhwa and young Chumo
DiedB.C. 24
Buyeo
Burial
Buyeo
IssueDongmyeong of Goguryeo (Chumo)
FatherHabaek
Lady Yuhwa
Hangul
하백녀
Hanja
河かわ伯はく女おんな
Revised RomanizationHabaengnyeo
McCune–ReischauerHabaengnyŏ
Birth name
Hangul
하유화
Hanja
河かわ柳やなぎ花はな
Revised RomanizationHa Yuhwa
McCune–ReischauerHa Ryuhwa

Habaengnyeo (Korean: 하백녀; Hanja: 河かわ伯はく女おんな) or Habaengnyeorang (Korean: 하백녀랑; Hanja: 河かわ伯はく女郞じょろう) was the daughter of Habaek (Korean: 하백; Hanja: 河かわ伯はく), and the mother of Chumo (Jumong), the founder of the kingdom of Goguryeo.[1] She was also given the name Yuhwa (Korean: 유화; Hanja: 柳やなぎ花はな) in Samguk Sagi and Samguk Yusa.[2]

Mythological overview

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Lady Yuhwa being found by King Geumwa by Sadahide Utagawa in his book Chōsenseihatsuki (1854)

Habaek, the god of the Amnok River, had three beautiful daughters: Yuhwa, Hwonhwa (Korean: 훤화; Hanja: 萱かや花はな), and Wihwa (Korean: 위화; Hanja: 葦あし花はな). The sisters were playing on the riverside, but ran away when they saw Hae Mo-su (Korean: 해모수; Hanja: 解かい慕漱) approaching them. To lure the ladies, Hae Mo-su built an exquisitely decorated palace and held a banquet. After the sisters came into the palace and became drunk, Hae Mo-su attempted to block the exit, and was able to capture Yuhwa.[3]

Outraged by kidnapping of Yuhwa, Habaek sent his messenger to scold Hae Mo-su. Ashamed by his own actions, Hae Mo-su tried to let Yuhwa go, but Yuhwa refused to leave because she had fallen in love with him. To solve the problem, Hae Mo-su summoned a chariot drawn by five dragons and went to Habaek's palace. When they arrived, Habaek challenged Hae Mo-su to a duel of metamorphosis.[3]

Habaek transformed into a carp, a pheasant, and a deer, only to be caught by Hae Mo-su when he transformed into an otter, a hawk, and a wolf respectively. Witnessing the talent of Hae Mo-su, Habaek held a banquet to celebrate the marriage. Once the couple became drunk, Habaek put them into a leather bag, and loaded it into the dragon chariot to ascend the couple to Heaven. However, Hae Mo-su woke up in the middle of the journey, and ran away to Heaven alone by cutting the leather bag with Yuhwa's golden hairpin.[3]

When Yuhwa came back alone, Habaek saw her as a disgrace to the family. Habaek had her lips stretched out, and exiled her to Wubalsu or Wubal Pond (Korean: 우발수; Hanja: 優ゆう渤水), located at the south of Taebaeksan or Taebaek Mountain (Korean: 태백산; Hanja: 太白山たいはくさん) along with two servants.[3]

One day a fisherman reported to Geumwa of Buyeo that a strange creature was strolling underwater. The king ordered the capture of the creature, and Yuhwa was pulled out from the water. Because her lips were stretched, they had to be cut three times for her to speak. The king realized that she was the concubine of Son of the Heaven, thus kept her in a detached palace where the sunlight followed Yuhwa and made her pregnant.[3]

Family

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Habaek and his daughters
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References

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  1. ^ "Gwanggaeto Stele". db.history.go.kr. Archived from the original on 2022-06-18. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  2. ^ "Samguk Sagi Book 13 History of Goguryeo Part 1 Section 1". db.history.go.kr. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Dongguk Yisanggukjip". db.itkc.or.kr. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
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