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This study is to examine the meaning of Japanese and Korean theogamy myth through the method of comparative literature. In this study, theogamy myth is classified into three types according to the forms of marriage between god and human; the pregnant type, the oviparous type and the sexual intercourse type between virgin and divine snake (or dragon).
In Korea, there are three types of theogamy myth. And they are distributed to areas, Gokuryo , Sinra and Bekuchoe. But Japanese theogamy myth is for the most part the sexual intercourse type between virgin and divine snake. The pregnant type and the oviparous type are found just in Ameno-Hiboko legend known as a story about naturlized person from Korea or the first visit of the ancestor of the Empress Zingu.
Japanese myth settles two kinds of gods, which came from outside world (being introduced from a sea) and which have lived there from birth. They are called as gods of Emperor and local gods. It is worth noting that Japanese local gods appear in snake figures as a divine snake visits virgin in the myth of Bekuchoe and Japanese gods of Emperor have common elements to the myth of Sinra or Gokuryo .
Finaly, we can find that the theogamy myth tales about the theogamy ceremony which was the most important event in ancient times of Japan and Korea. That is because, through this ceremony, people could find nations and could satisfy every human desires.