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This study is to investigate if the sun, moon and light are fixed as expressions that symbolize royal authority. Royal authority stories were reviewed with focus on the sun, moon and light, which appear in Korean and Japanese myths, legends and monogataris. In particular, the tradition of royal authority story and the human relationship of the characters, which can be observed in "The Tale of Genji" were analyzed, focusing on the figurative expressions of the sun, moon and light.
There are many cases where the sun, moon and light are used metaphorically, as the symbol of royal authority in both the East and the West. In ancient times, Pharaoh, the King of Egypt was compared to the sun, the son of the God of Sun, Ra, and the creator of all creations. In Korean and Chinese royal authority myths, the birth of the founder required a dream of forthcoming conception of the sun and the moon, and the power of the prominent sovereign and its mysteries were also figuratively expressed with the sun, moon and light. Above all, there are lots of cases where the symbol of sovereign is compared or rhetorically flourished with the sun, moon and light in the founder myths of the Goguryeo, Baekjae and Shilla Dynasties.
In the case of Japan, according to the "Kojiki" myth, Amaterasuokami, the God of Sun and Tsukuyominomikoto, the God of Moon were born when Izanagi saw something dirty in the Hwangcheon Nation and cleaned his eyes. Amaterasuokami, the founder of the Emperor family was born from the eye, which gave off light like the sun and this is also related to royal authority. In addition, "The son of the sun that shines high up in the sky" was used a lot of times, in "Manyoshu", to designate the emperor or the imperial prince. By comparing the God of Founder and Emperor with the sun, what the royal authority should be is symbolized.
In "The Tale of Genji" during the Heian era, the figurative expressions of the sun, moon and light symbolize the royal authority of the emperor and Hikarugenji. The logic of royal authority attainment of Hikarugenji, the main character of "The Tale of Genji", is formed by gem, light, and the sun and moon. To put it concretely, there were many cases where sunlight was compared to becoming an emperor, and moonlight was compared to Hikarugenji who attains royal authority or the character, who had the role of a guardian. Like the moon, which cannot emit light by itself and shines by the reflected light of the sun, the representation of light, which symbolizes royal authority in "The Tale of Genji", was distinctive in a subtle way, and applied.