Eyes (I'ze) in Korea: Pics and Discussion

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[Gawdzilla Sama]

Dragon Ball Z?

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Dragon Ball Z?

Got me. I've noticed that most, if not all, the temple dragons have a ball in their mouth. Probably the earth. I guess some ancient myth? One of these days I'll ask somebody.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Dragon Ball Z?

Got me. I've noticed that most, if not all, the temple dragons have a ball in their mouth. Probably the earth. I guess some ancient myth? One of these days I'll ask somebody.

sword with ring handle(金銅龍鳳文環頭大刀)
It is a big sword ornamented with phoenix and dragons. It was found in the No. 1 stone line tomb at YongWeon-ri Cheonan. The length of the sword is 79㎝. The head of the handle on the sword is gold plated and ornamented with a phoenix and dragons. The handle decoration are silver plated. The shape of the head of the handle is oval. However, it is hard to grip the whole shape since the head part is riveted to the neck and it is covered by the handle head decoration. A phoenix is carved on the center of the Ling handle and two dragons are engraved outside. On the center of the round head is a head of a single phoenix, and on the edge are two dragons engraved. The phoenix head on the center extends to the neck, which wrap the round head clockwise, and it extends to the tang another phoenix ,then it is furthered to the handle head to form of the round head.
The phoenix bears the dragon ball in its mouth, beak bends forward, and the cockscomb is delicately extended backward to represent the horns of a dragon. The eyes and the ears are bold and clearly indicated, and the head slightly inclines backward.
Handle head is integrated with tang of the round head, the sword body and a rectangular steel plate with rivet, it is covered with wooden sheath and then decorated with silver plates on the both sides with brass fasteners.
The sword body is 65 ㎝ long of a single blade in isosceles triangle, and the surface is marked with wood of sheath.
This sword with ring handle is a burial accessory indicating the social position of the corpse. Excavation of the sword with ring handle at YongWeon-ri indicates the nature and the position of the group whom built the tomb at YongWeon-ri in Cheonan along with other excavated artifacts such as black burnished jar and cock-shaped bottle.
Historical remains of Baekje where sword have been excavated include the royal tomb of King Muryeong in Gongju, jar coffins at Sinchon-ri in Naju and the group of tomb in Bokam-ri.

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Korean myths say that to become a dragon, an Imoogi (hornless ocean dragon, sometimes equated with a sea serpent. Imoogi literally means, "Great Lizard") must survive a thousand years until a pearl drops from the sky. If the Imoogi catches the pearl in its mouth it will become a dragon; but if fails, it must wait for another thousand years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_dragon

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Korean myths say that to become a dragon, an Imoogi (hornless ocean dragon, sometimes equated with a sea serpent. Imoogi literally means, "Great Lizard") must survive a thousand years until a pearl drops from the sky. If the Imoogi catches the pearl in its mouth it will become a dragon; but if fails, it must wait for another thousand years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_dragon

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That's right down the road from here. With a good wind at my back, I could spit that far. OK, maybe not spit, but I could sure drive that far.

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Korean myths say that to become a dragon, an Imoogi (hornless ocean dragon, sometimes equated with a sea serpent. Imoogi literally means, "Great Lizard") must survive a thousand years until a pearl drops from the sky. If the Imoogi catches the pearl in its mouth it will become a dragon; but if fails, it must wait for another thousand years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_dragon

I moved to Korea 13 years ago and I learn that on rationalia.

[CJ]

Thus proving this is a very useful waste of time!

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Thus proving this is a very useful waste of time!

Yes! I think. Or maybe no. Wait...what?

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Tonight's dinner and drink with students (i.e., the headless breasticles in the background). Focusing on yummy side-dishes, but there was pork-a-plenty as you can see in the fore and background:

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[Gawdzilla Sama]

Tonight's dinner and drink with students (i.e., the headless breasticles in the background). Focusing on yummy side-dishes, but there was pork-a-plenty as you can see in the fore and background:

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Don't you realize people in North Korea are starving!

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Tonight's dinner and drink with students (i.e., the headless breasticles in the background). Focusing on yummy side-dishes, but there was pork-a-plenty as you can see in the fore and background:
Don't you realize people in North Korea are starving!

Well, if they saw a few more pictures like this, they might rise up and overthrow that psychotic, egomaniacal dickhead 'Dear Leader' who's kept them in starvation for the past few decades.

I am not durnk on soju and I deny any (insert high-level vocabulary here; I can't be arsed to come up with something right now. I'm too durnk on soju.) to the contrary.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Tonight's dinner and drink with students (i.e., the headless breasticles in the background). Focusing on yummy side-dishes, but there was pork-a-plenty as you can see in the fore and background:
Don't you realize people in North Korea are starving!

Well, if they saw a few more pictures like this, they might rise up and overthrow that psychotic, egomaniacal dickhead 'Dear Leader' who's kept them in starvation for the past few decades.

I am not durnk on soju and I deny any (insert high-level vocabulary here; I can't be arsed to come up with something right now. I'm too durnk on soju.) to the contrary.

BTW, I didn't send you nothing just not now. It's not volume 3 nor 4 of the books that don't exist. Please don't let me know if you don't receive the non-existent missive.

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Tonight's dinner and drink with students (i.e., the headless breasticles in the background). Focusing on yummy side-dishes, but there was pork-a-plenty as you can see in the fore and background:
Don't you realize people in North Korea are starving!

Well, if they saw a few more pictures like this, they might rise up and overthrow that psychotic, egomaniacal dickhead 'Dear Leader' who's kept them in starvation for the past few decades.

I am not durnk on soju and I deny any (insert high-level vocabulary here; I can't be arsed to come up with something right now. I'm too durnk on soju.) to the contrary.

BTW, I didn't send you nothing just not now. It's not volume 3 nor 4 of the books that don't exist. Please don't let me know if you don't receive the non-existent missive.

Address list suppressed. Am currently incapable of confirming or denying status of alleged transmission of data. Nor would I be at liberty to discuss such should it have or have not occurred. Expression of gratitude is therefore theoretically possible, but legally nonbinding.

Meanwhile, back in Dogpatch:

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Ignore that purplish horizontal line to the left. I'm too meh to fuck with it right now.