Pyongyang was founded in 1122 BC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangun the "grandson of heaven" and "son of a bear", and to have founded the kingdom in 2333 BC.
his grandfather Hwanin (환인/桓因), the "Lord of Heaven". Hwanin had a son, Hwanung (환웅/桓雄), who yearned to live on the earth among the valleys and the mountains. Hwanin permitted Hwanung and 3,000 followers to descend onto Baekdu Mountain, where Hwanung founded the Sinsi (신시/神市, "City of God"). Along with his ministers of clouds, rain and wind, he instituted laws and moral codes and taught humans various arts, medicine, and agriculture.[2] Legend attributes the development of acupuncture and moxibustion to Dangun.[3]
In 668, Pyongyang became the capital of the Protectorate General to Pacify the East established by the Tang dynasty of China. However, by 676, it was taken by Silla. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Wei
Great story and link.
It's interesting that the legend saying a lineage of god once ruled as king in Korea dates so far back in Korean history. Are you implying that the people of North Korea were ripe for a god as king?
I really found the links to sun worship interesting. Kim Il-Sung means "Kim Become the Sun" - according to Wikipedia he took that name a decade before becoming the leader of North Korea. His main claim to deity seems to be that he "discovered" the burial site of Dangun - a site which was eventually marked with another famous symbol of sun worship - the pyramid. His Holiday is called the "Day of the Sun" and he is even worshipped as the creator according to some links.
Very interesting how such things can come together into what appears to be a cult with the god of the cult once again atop the throne of that land - and in control of the most tyrannical society on earth.
I guess the Japanese do the same thing though - very odd, and great food for thought. Thanks for sharing!
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