"The Brother and Sister Who Became the Sun and Moon" (Korean: 해와 달이 된 오누이; RR: Haewa Dari Doen Onui) is a traditional Korean tale that explains the origins of the Sun and Moon.
[3][4][5][6] A tiger catches and eats an old mother who was returning from work at a rich neighbor's house.
It goes to the mother's house, where her son and daughter live, and tells them to open the door.
[2] Reaching the top, the siblings pray to the Sky God, who sends down a iron rope.
The earliest recorded and reported material is the contents presented above, which is The Sun and the Moon[7] (written by Zong In Sob), narrated by O Su-hwa in South Gyeongsang Province in 1911.
When a person, not an animal, is the main character, the conflict within the family appears as a chasing and being pursued relationship.
Although there are slight variations, the Manchurian myth is the same: the chasing brother's mirror becomes the Moon and the running sister's lantern becomes the Sun.