달

In the hangul script, first attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean ᄃᆞᆯ〮 (Yale: tól). Ultimately from Old Korean 月羅理 (Yale: *TOlal-i, where the -i is believed to be the nominative marker).


혼돈

Sino-Korean word from 混沌. Doublet of 훈툰 (huntun).


별

From Middle Korean 별〯 (Yale: pyěl), from Old Korean 星利 (*PYEli).
In the hangul script, first attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 별〯 (Yale: pyěl). Compare dialectal forms 비얼 (bieol), 밸 (bael), 베리 (beri), 빌 (bil), 벨 (bel), etc., some of which appear to preserve the original bisyllabic form.


바보

First attested in James Scarth Gale's Korean-English Dictionary, 1897. The etymology is unclear. The second element is clearly the derogatory agentive suffix -보 (-bo) (cf. 먹— (meok-, “to eat”) > 먹보 (meokbo, “glutton”)), but the first element is uncertain. Two hypotheses have been suggested (Cho Hang-beom 2019, pp. 161—164):
* Dropping of the final consonant in 밥 (bap, “rice; food”), with the original meaning of "one who does nothing but eat". There is a vowel length mismatch, however, although this could be compensatory for the consonant loss.
* A connection to 바사기 (basagi, “idiot”), ultimately from Chinese 八朔 (bā shuò, “eight months”), with premature birth implied. The dropping of the final syllables is not clearly motivated, however.


미르

Of native Korean origin. 물 (mul, “water, (obsolete) river”) may be a cognate.
Possibly borrowed from Old Chinese *[mə]-roŋ, "dragon"


라

From English Ra or some other European language.

(Egyptian mythology) [~신(神)] Ra, the Egyptian sun god


사튀로스

[sʰa̠tʰɥiɾo̞sʰɯ]


태양

Sino-Korean word from 太陽, from 太 (“great”) + 陽 (“yang, sun, light”).

태양상(太陽像)

portraits of the Kim leaders in North Korea


힘

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 힘〮 (Yale: hím).


죽음

Substantive form of 죽다 (jukda, “to die”): 죽- (juk-) + -음 (-eum).


교황

Sino-Korean word from 敎皇, from 敎 (“religion”) + 皇 (“emperor”).


기린

girin (romanization)
마리 (counter)
麒麟 (hanja)

Medici giraffe
Zheng He
ko:기린
ko:기린 (동음이의)
ko:기린 (전설)
maritime history of Somalia

Sino-Korean word from 麒麟. The archaic sense of legendary animal is attested in the two-millennia old Confucianist Classic of Rites that reads bonghwang-girin (鳳凰麒麟). Since Admiral Zheng He brought a giraffe from Somalia to China in 1414, this Hanja word was equated with Somali geri or the like meaning "giraffe" then (See Citations:기린), which on the other hand may have influenced the etymology of Italian giraffa (since Medici giraffe in 1486) and its European derivatives via Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa).


탑

Sino-Korean word from 塔 (“stupa; tower”), from Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa).

the hanja entry at 塔 for Sino-Korean compounds of 탑


페르세포네

From Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē).

(Greek mythology) Persephone (Greek goddess)


흡혈귀

[xɯpʰjʌ̹ɭɡɥi]

[xɯpʰjʌ̹ɭɡy]

Sino-Korean word from 吸血鬼, from 吸 (“to suck”) + 血 (“blood”) + 鬼 (“demon”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 吸血鬼(きゅうけつき) (kyūketsuki).


악마

Sino-Korean word from 惡魔, from 惡 (“evil”) + 魔 (“demon”).


아레스

(Greek mythology) Ares (the god of war, son of Zeus and Hera)


타나토스

(Greek mythology) Thanatos (the god of death)


정의

[ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋɰi]

[ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋi]


마술사

Sino-Korean word from 魔術師 (“magician, conjurer”).


전차

[ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ɲt͡ɕʰa̠]


불사조

Sino-Korean word from 不死鳥, from 不死 (“undying”) + 鳥 (“bird”).

충실한 친구는 불사조와 같다.

chungsilhan chin'guneun bulsajowa gatda.


황제

[ɸwa̠ŋd͡ʑe̞]


황제

[ɸwa̠ŋd͡ʑe̞]


도깨비

dokkaebi (romanization)
독갑이 (alternative Early Modern)
돗갑이 (alternative Early Modern)
독ᄭᅡᆸ이 (alternative Early Modern)

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 돗〮가비〮 (Yale: twóskàpí).

ko-etym-native

(mythology) dokkaebi (mythical being in Korean folklore or fairy tales)


부상

(Chinese mythology) Fusang, legendary land to the East commonly assumed to be Japan


우라누스

From Latin Ūranus, from Ancient Greek Οὐρανός (Ouranós), from οὐρανός (ouranós, “sky, heaven”).


아프로디테

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē).


아테나

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ).


티탄

(Greek mythology) Titan (mythological giant)


헤파이스토스

From Ancient Greek Ἥφαιστος (Hḗphaistos).


라그나로크

[ɾa̠ɡɯna̠ɾo̞kxɯ]


치우

(Chinese mythology) Chiyou (tribal leader of the ancient Nine Li tribe)


복희

(Chinese mythology) Fuxi (a legendary ancient Chinese ruler and culture hero)


여와

(Chinese mythology) Nüwa, the goddess who repaired heaven and created mankind


옥황상제

Okhwangsangje (romanization)
玉皇上帝 (hanja)

[o̞kʰwa̠ŋsʰa̠ŋd͡ʑe̞]

(Chinese mythology, folklore) Jade Emperor


헥토르

(Greek mythology) Hector, the Trojan prince and hero in Homer's Iliad


절제

Sino-Korean word from 節制 (“moderation”).

[t͡ɕʌ̹ʎt͡ɕ͈e̞]


서왕모

(Chinese religion, Chinese mythology) Queen Mother of the West (goddess)


마고

(Chinese mythology) Magu, an immortal woman


염라

(Buddhism, Chinese mythology, Korean mythology) [~왕(王), 대왕(大王)] Yama (god of the underworld)


연인

Sino-Korean word from 戀人 (“lover, sweetheart”).


신령

(folklore, mythology) divine bell, a bell that rings when a god descends during a 굿


메데이아

From English Medea, ultimately from Ancient Greek Μήδεια (Mḗdeia).


여교황

Sino-Korean word from 女 (“woman”) + 敎皇 (“pope”). See also Japanese 女教皇.


운명의 바퀴

From 운명(運命) (unmyeong, “destiny”) + -의 (-ui, “genitive case marker”) + 바퀴 (bakwi, “wheel”).


매달린 사람

Of native Korean origin. From 매달린 (maedallin, “past determiner of 매달리다 (maedallida, “to be hanged”)”) + 사람 (saram, “person”).


아마테라스

Borrowed from Japanese 天照 (Amaterasu, “Amaterasu”).


아마테라스 오미카미

Borrowed from Japanese 天照大御神 (Amaterasu Ōmikami, “Amaterasu-ōmikami”).


태양여신

taeyang'yeosin (romanization)
太陽女神 (hanja)

[tʰɛja̠ŋjʌ̹ɕʰin]

Sino-Korean word from 태양(太陽) (taeyang, “sun, solar”) + 여신(女神) (yeosin, “female deity, goddess”).

ko-etym-sino

(mythology) sun goddess, female solar deity


태양신

Sino-Korean word from 태양(太陽) (taeyang, “sun”) + 신(神) (sin, “deity”).

(mythology) sungod (a god of the sun; solar deity)


태양숭배

taeyangsungbae (romanization)
太陽崇拜 (hanja)

Sino-Korean word from 태양(太陽) (taeyang, “sun”) + 숭배(崇拜) (sungbae, “worship”).


고초

Sino-Korean word from 古 (“old, past”) + 初 (“beginning, start”).

(mythology) ancient times; the beginning of the creation of heaven and earth


페어리

(mythology) fairy (a mythical being, especially in European myths or fairy-tales)


칠성

[t͡ɕʰiɭsʰʌ̹ŋ]

(mythology) A deity, the personification of the seven stars of the Big Dipper.


산신령

[sʰa̠nɕʰiʎʎʌ̹ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 산신(山神) (sansin) + 령(靈) (ryeong).

(mythology) the spirit of the Mountain God


날개옷

[na̠ɭɡɛo̞t̚]

선녀의 날개옷

(mythology) (an imaginary) robe of feathers (worn by fairies), wings (of a fairy)


황도 십이궁

ko-proper noun

황도 십이궁 • (Hwangdo sibigung) (hanja 黃道十二宮)

Hwangdo sibigung (romanization)
黃道十二宮 (hanja)

(astrology) the twelve signs of the Zodiac


십이 성좌

Sibi seongjwa (romanization)
十二星座 (hanja)

[ɕʰibi sʰʌ̹ŋd͡ʑwa̠]


타이탄

(Greek mythology) Titan (moon of Saturn)


51구역

Osibil-guyeok (romanization)
오십일구역 (hangeul)

(informal, military, aviation, espionage, ufology) Area 51


삼황오제

Sino-Korean word from 三皇五帝, from 三皇 (“Three Sovereigns”) + 五帝 (“Five Emperors”).

ko-etym-sino

(Chinese mythology) the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors


형천

[çʌ̹ŋt͡ɕʰʌ̹n]

(Chinese mythology) Xingtian, the deity who fights against the Supreme Divinity and does not give up even after being decapitated


용왕

(mythology) Dragon King (the god of water and weather)


아폴로

[a̠pʰo̞ɭɭo̞]