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'''Tan'gun (), also known as Tan'gun Wanggŏm''' (), was the legendary founder and first king of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom. He founded the first kingdom around the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. He is said to be the "grandson of heaven", "son of a bear", and to have founded the first kingdom in 2333 BC.
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- Korean name/auto.image
- File:Portrait of Dangun.jpg
- Korean name/auto.caption
- Portrait of Tan'gun (by Chae Yong-sin, 19–20th century)
- Korean name/auto.hangul
- ^단군_왕검
- Korean name/auto.hanja
- 檀君王儉
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- Dangun
- place of burial
- Mausoleum of Tangun
- topic's main category
- Category:Dangun
- floruit
- 2333-00-00
- worshipped by
- Daejonggyo
- native label
- 선인왕검
- date of death
- 0425-00-00
- date of birth
- 2333-00-00
- described by source
- Samguk Yusa
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