Suro ( Korean : 수로 ), posthumous name Sureung ( 수릉 ; 首陵 ; ?–199), commonly called Kim Suro , was the legendary founder and Hero King of Geumgwan Gaya (43–532), in southeastern Korea .
7-451: According to the founding legend of Geumgwan Gaya, which was recorded in the 13th century texts of the chronicle Garakguk-gi and was cited in Samguk yusa , when the 9 Khans (9干) and their people who were commanded by heaven performed ancestral rites, danced and sang, a gold bowl wrapped in red cloth came down from heaven. There were six eggs in them, and 12 days later six princes were born from
14-495: A golden box, where a rooster was crowing. Aspects of the legend have been mined for information about the customs of Gaya, of which little is known. At the time of King Munmu , the spirit tablet of Suro was temporarily respected along with fellow Silla Kings, as Munmu was his 15th grandson. According to the Samguk yusa , Munmu ordered the Jesa of King Suro. A tomb attributed to King Suro
21-548: A number of Korean Kingdoms besides Gaya, made foundation legends with ties to chickens and eggs. Jumong , the founding King of Goguryeo , is said to have been born from an egg laid by Lady Yuhwa ; Park Hyeokgeose , the first King of Silla (or Saro-guk) is said to have hatched from an egg discovered in a well; and Kim Al-chi , the progenitor of the Kim dynasty of Silla , is said to have been discovered in Gyerim Forest by Hogong in
28-709: Is still maintained in modern-day Gimhae . Members of the Gimhae Kim clan , who continue to play important roles in Korean life today, trace their ancestry to King Suro, as do the members of the Incheon Yi clan and Gimhae Heo clan ; they did not inter-marry until the beginning of the 20th century. A Memorial Park for Kim Suro and his wife Heo Hwang-ok is being built in Ayodhya , India jointly by South Korean Government and Indian Government to strengthen relationship between both countries on
35-573: The Goryeo dynasty (1046–1083), but the author is unknown. The book is speculated to be a chronicle of folklore that was popularized in the regions of Gaya (present day South Gyeongsang Province ) after its fall during the Goryeo dynasty. The contents include legends surrounding King Suro of Geumgwan Gaya with only the plots remaining, however, many consider the stories to be mere legends that focus heavily on fantastical elements. Historians do not consider
42-526: The eggs. Suro was the firstborn among them and led the others in setting up six states while asserting the leadership of the Gaya confederacy . Also according to legend, King Suro's wife, Heo Hwang-ok or Suriratna was a princess from a distant country called Ayuta 아유타, 阿踰, also implied to be in Southern India. The legend as a whole is seen as indicative of the early view of kings as descended from heaven. Notably,
49-408: The grounds of history and cultural heritage. Ayodhya and Gimhae became sister cities in 2001. Garakguk-gi Garakguk -gi ( Korean : 가락국기 , Hanja : 駕洛國記, lit. ' Records of Garak State ' ) is a lost book that is referenced in the Korean history book Samguk yusa . According to Samguk yusa , it was written by Geumguanjujisa (금관주지사, 金官州知事) in the reign of Munjong of
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