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TIL Korea has a she-bear foundation myth. A god ordered a tiger and bear to stay in a cave and eat only garlic and mugwort for 100 days. The tiger failed, but the bear persisted and transformed into a woman. The she-bear married the god's son, gave birth to the founder of the oldest Korean kingdom

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