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Tale of Kuembangul is the epic of Haeryong who was supported by Keumryong. Keumryong had magical powers, and helped Hearyong whenever He fell into crisis, so he could overcame the ordeal. The motif of killing a monster functioned as an important rite of passage in the story. This killing motif has two aspects. One is saving princess of King and the other is saving the princess of Sea God. In the previous life, Hearyong and Keumryong were killed by monster and they were born again in this world. They got second chance to revenge the monster in this life. They helped each other and killed the monster. Eventually they got married. The essential theme of this story was that a hero helps a princess of Sea God rather than helps a princess of King. The former was the main stream which lead the whole story and the other was the secondary event that represented the success of the hero.