[KS] Re: Bear as symbol

Tae-Gyun Park tgpark at sias.snu.ac.kr
Sun Oct 29 19:10:19 EST 2000


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Dear 

Nowadays, the bear has no special symblic meaning. 
Children think that the bear is slow and somewhat foolish. 
When someone calls a man as a bear, that means slowness, fat, and foolishness.

Tae-Gyun Park.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Maite Diez <maite18 at yahoo.com>
To: <korean-studies at iic.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 11:15 PM
Subject: Bear as symbol

> Hello,
> I'm an independent scholar working to produce an anthology of
> interviews I collected from Korean women while living in Korea.
> 
> As I am introducing in my book the legend of Tangun, I wondered what
> symbolic meaning, if any, the bear has in contemporary Korea.
> 
> Thank you for help on answers and resources.
> 
> Maite Diez
> The Inner Ear
> Hull MA 02045







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