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Yemaek or Yamaek ((:jemɛk)) were an ethnic group who dwelt in Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula. They had ancestral ties to various Korean kingdoms including Gojoseon, Buyeo, Goguryeo, Baekje, and tribes including Okjeo, Dongye, and Yangmaek (양맥; 梁貊) and Sosumaek (소수맥; 小水貊). ==Origin== Yemaek is believed to be a combination of Ye (濊·穢·薉) and Maek (貊·貉) people of two neighboring cultures.〔(关于东北古代史研究的几个问题 )〕 The main culture is the Xitunshan culture (西团山文化). He Qiutao (何秋涛) said Ye is the short name of Buyeo.〔(民族探幽：夫余与秽貊 )〕 Dongye first appears in history as a vassal state of Gojoseon until its fall to China in 108 BCE.〔()〕 It was known as the Huiyetou (穢邪頭) state in Shuowen Jiezi.〔(the Investigation about the Hui Country )〕〔(說文解字第十一篇下 )〕 It later became a vassal of the increasingly powerful Goguryeo. According to the Chinese Records of Three Kingdoms, Ye worshiped tigers,〔Chen Shou,''Records of Three Kingdoms'', Volume 30, ''Weizhi'', Chapter 30, ''Dongyizhuan'', "常用十月節祭天，晝夜飲酒歌舞，名之爲舞天，又祭虎以爲神"〕 whereas according to ''Erya'', Maek means bears. Gomnaru, the capital of Baekje, also means the "bear port". Historians suggest tigers and bears may have been totems worshiped by Ye and Maek tribes. Several history books suggest Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom in history, was established by Yemaek. : *In Dangun's ancestry legend of Gojoseon recorded in Samguk Yusa, a tiger and a bear prayed to Hwanung that they may become human but had to stay in a cave eating only garlic and mugwort, and while the tiger shortly gave up and left the cave, the bear remained and after 21 days was transformed into a woman who later married Hwanung and then gave birth to Dangun Wanggeom,〔Il-yeon, ''Samguk Yusa'', Vol.1, ''Giyi Chapter I'', ()〕 which is believed to symbolize combination of Ye and Maek tribes into one Yemaek tribe.〔(Hankyore, 'Why are Korean more familiar with tigers than with bears?' ), Dec 21, 2008〕 : *Tombstone of Yeon Namsan (연남산) found in Luoyang says Yeon, son of Goguryeo's leader Yeon Gaesomun, is a Joseon person.〔()〕 : *Gojoseon is called "Yemaek Joseon" in the Chinese Records of the Grand Historian, which says Yemaek Joseon bordered on Xiongnu around 200 BC.〔Sima Qian,''Records of the Grand Historian'', Vol.110, ''Xiongnu Liezhuan'',"諸左方王將居東方，直上穀以往者，東接穢貉朝鮮"〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yemaek」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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