This paper examines the mythological principles and world view of the Creation Myth portrayed in Flowering Betting . which is the focus of this study, is found as a creation myth all over Korea and has a variety of story elements, including The beginning of the world , Modifying the Sun and the Moon . and Betting for the Human world . The details of Betting for the Human world vary in the different versions of the myth. However, Flowering Betting plays a key role in Betting for the Human World . The purpose of the flowering is not to choose a winner but to show the differences in the roles of the players. The contestants, King Daebyeol and King Sobyeol, show their respective capabilities of life creation and life keeping by flowering and flower changing. This represents the origin of life vs the actuality of life and connects the two
worlds, the other world and this world, that they respectively rule. The difference between the two characters who are twins, creates a semantic network of mythology. and shapes the total story through their complementarity. Flowers are the essence of plants and represent the actuality of life. While King Sobyeol s Geomnewul flower (withered flower) represents the finiteness of life, King Daebyeol s Beonsung flower (reviving flower) represents the blossoming of life. Thus, the changing flowers of King Sobyeol are nothing other than the mythological behavior that enhances and revives the life energy of the human world by exchange. The life cycle of death, revival, and fruition of plants represents mankind s aspiration for life from death. This symbolic system is based on our shamanistic world view. Moreover, the creative productivity of life and using life energy shown in the Flowering Betting provide some valuable clues to understanding the symbolic system of this mythology in relation to flowers. This reaffirms the status of the as an archetypal myth.