shrinemaidens:EAST ASIAN MYTHOLOGY MEME:[7/7] KOREAN GODS AND GODDESSES | JACHEONGBIJacheongbi (자청비)

shrinemaidens:EAST ASIAN MYTHOLOGY MEME:[7/7] KOREAN GODS AND GODDESSES | JACHEONGBIJacheongbi (자청비) is a Korean earth goddess who is also the goddess of love.Jacheongbi’s story begins when she disguises herself as a young man in order to pursue higher education in the company of a young god for whom she has an attraction. For three years she maintains her masculine appearance, studying at an academy in Seoul and sharing a room — but not her true identity — with this son of the Emperor of Heaven, with whom she has fallen in love. The implication is that her desire for education and opportunity is equal to that for her young god, and she will simply do whatever is needed to achieve her goals.Only when their three-year term of study is over does she reveal her true nature to and feelings for the young god. He is inclined toward love with her, and they secretly marry. However, he is called to return to the Garden of Heaven where his father lives, and where he had been committed to marry another. The father puts the two would-be brides to a test of walking on knives in the fire; the other woman refuses and instead starves herself to death, allowing Jacheongbi to become his goddess. -- source link

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