Tangun
Dangun or Tangun (Korean: 단군; Hanja: 檀君; [tan.ɡun]), also known as Dangun Wanggeom (단군왕검; 檀君王儉; [tan.ɡun waŋ.ɡʌm]), was the legendary founder and first king of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom. He founded the first kingdom around the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. He is said to be the "grandson of heaven", "son of a bear", and to have founded the first kingdom in 2333 BC.
The earliest recorded version of the Dangun legend appears in the 13th-century Samguk yusa, which purportedly cites Korea's lost historical record, Gogi (고기; 古記; lit. 'Ancient Record') and China's Book of Wei. However, there is no records related to Dangun in the current surviving version of the Book of Wei.
Koreans celebrate Dangun's founding of Gojoseon, Korea's first dynasty, on 3 October as a national holiday known as National Foundation Day (Gaecheonjeol). It is a religious anniversary started by Daejongism (대종교; 大倧教), worshipping Dangun.
Many Korean historians regard Dangun and Tengri as being etymologically identical.
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