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The Ninefold Cosmic Music and Cosmogenesis

¹In the Former Heaven, the Great Stronghold was located above the Sildal (Animated Landmass) Stronghold and side by side with the Heodal (Unanimated Landmass) Stronghold.

²The sun was blazing with heat and light.

³There was nothing seen. ⁴Only the Music of Palryeo (Eight Tones) heard from Heaven.

⁵Both Sildal and Heodal emerged through this music. ⁶The Great Stronghold and Mago were also born through it.

⁷That is called Jimse (Mago’s World).

⁸As Yulryeo (Rhythms and Tones) revived several times prior to Jimse, stars emerged.

⁹Toward the end of Jimse, Mago bore two Huis and had them oversee the bar of Oeum-chiljo (Five Pitches and Seven Tunes).

¹⁰The earth-milk began to spring up in the middle of the Stronghold.

¹¹Two Huis bore four Heavenly Beings and four Heavenly Daughters and raised them with earth-milk.

¹² The four Heavenly Women managed Ryeo (Tones) and the four Heavenly Beings managed Yul (Rhythms).

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