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The comparative research on the myth of Korea and Japan was mostly conducted on the areas of cultural phylogeny.That is the reason why there are a lot of similarities in the myth of both countries.Many people think that it is the result of the exchange of culture and human resources as well as conquests.This research method, however, has some problems.For example, this method focuses only on similarity, and cannot find any distinctiveness.To focus only similarity has flaws which make impossible to separate conquest and cultural exchange.
It is necessary to enlarge the materials and areas in order to overcome this problem.Since mythological stories handed down orally are actively exhumed, it needs to compare legend as well as documents.In addition, it is essential not to limit the areas to the Japanese mainland, but to expand to Ryukyu in Okinawa, and to Ainu in Hokkaido.In this backdrop, the comparative research will include more various mythological themes than just literature-centered materials.
In addition, it is necessary to seek distinctiveness together with similarity. The ultimate purpose of the comparative mythology studies the university and the particularity.When these researches are conducted well, it is possible to compare the speculative system as well as the particularity of the myth.Therefore, it is necessary to develop a research method on this point. Otherwise, it is likely to remain as a simple comparison.If we are aware of this problem and conduct comparative researches with various methods, we will find mythological distinctiveness of both countries unlimitedly.More efforts should be followed for further investigation.