(Story of Jeju island) Story of Seolmoondae grandmother. -A Legend of Jeju island

  Long time ago, I don't know when but it's long time ago there was a great big giant old lady. Her name was Seolmoondae grandma. She came from Sky to middle of ocean. Then she carried earth from here and there to make a big island in the middle of ocean. That's Jeju island. after that she made a big mountain in the middle of the island. that's Hallasan Mt. She had decided to live in the mountain. No one knows who was her husband, she had 500 children. One day all 500 children went down to the mountain to get food and hunting. 

  She Seolmoondae grandma alone started cooking big portion of porridge for her children. The pot was very big. Imagine! For 500 hundred sons that was supposed be very big. She was standing on the pot and stirring the porridge then by mistake she fell in the porridge. She died. 

 

  After that the 500 children came back home. They were very hungry. They spoted the porridge boiling in the pot. They ran down to the porridge and hurry to eat. It was very delicious. They were devouring the porridge. When they almost finish it, there were some bones on the bottom of the pot. Suddenly they realized there was no mother in home. They looking for their mother. Mother! Mother! We are home! Where are you? They found they ate their own mother.  

 

All five hundreds sons but one who was youngest son were crying crying. " I am sorry, mother, we ate you..." The one arrived late saw all his brothers were crying.  He said "What's going on here?" He wondered. When he found out all his brothers ate their own mother, he blamed his brothers for that. "I can't stay with you anymore, I'll leave" He left home. Due to their too much crying 499 sons  have petrified rocks. The last one also had been petrified a rock. When he left Jeju island he looked back home one last time with lingering regret.

 

If you look at Hallasan Mt, it looks like a woman lying downing facing on sky with long hair. That's Seolmoondae grandmother's face. In the Hallasan Mt, there is a deep valley named Youngsil with many big rocks. We call the rocks Seolmoondae grandmother's sond. The last one is located as a rock on Chagwido island that is located on the west tip of island in Jeju island.