Cabbage Under Radish - Ch. 1

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i guess this is one of those story where the wh-questions are irrelevant.. go with the flow.. also I've been bamboozled.. the buff cabbage is actually the bottom..
 
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Im questioning life while i beat my meat to this and i think now i wont be able to eat kmichi without thinking of this
 
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Is this historical or hysterical?

There is a reference of gods of Joseon, and to prayers for chili crop. Before Europeans brought chilis and other peppers to Old World, Asians and Europeans did not know those crops. Yet, mythology of chilis was quite connected with masculine fertility back in Mexico:


The Maker created a man and a woman. The man was called Narama, the woman Uxuu. He put them in a place with many fruits and minerals, but afterwards cast them out. Then Narama began to sweat, and his sweat was changed into salt. The Maker chose him the patron saint of salt, mescal, and chile. Other creatures peopling the earth were assigned to be the nurturers of additional foods, vegetables, or animals.
A few days after having made these arrangements, the Maker invited all these people to a fantastic fiesta. He set a table in the middle of the earth, and each creature brought the foods entrusted to them, to share. Narama was among the last, and he came naked, covered with salt. After everyone was already seated, he presented himself at the table, took salt from his face (made from his sweat) and sprinkled it upon the food. Then he reached down, and his testes turned into chile pods. He began to sprinkle this spice onto all of the foods.

It seems that hear we see echoes of that myth.
 

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