[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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