Long, long ago, when food ripened on the Food Tree, and clothes ripened on the Clothes Tree, there lived a giant. He was so big that even his ears were six hundred feet long. He could not wear clothes because there was not cloth enough in the whole land to covers his body. So he went almost naked the whole year long, and in winter he suffered bitterly from the cold weather.
The king in those days was very sorry indeed for the poor giant. He had as much cloth as could be found collected from all the provinces and ordered all the tailors to make a robe for him. After many months they finished the robe, but even so it was too short. Nothing more could be done as there was no more cloth, and so it was bestowed upon the giant as a gift from the king.
The giant gladly put on the robe, and danced for joy on the lofty mountain pass of Seze. Suddenly the whole land was darkened, for as he danced, his robe cut off the sunbeams. All the crops failed in the darkness, and the people appealed to the King to send the giant away. The King was very angry, and ordered his army to expel the giant beyond the borders of the land. A party of the mightiest warriors set out to carry the royal message to him. When they reached the summit of the mountain pass where he was standing they all shouted together in a loud voice, but the giant could not hear them, his ears were so far from his feet. So they climbed up his legs, and after many months they reached his navel. Once more they shouted, 'Giant! Your robe cuts off the sunlight, and the crops do not ripen. His Majesty has ordered that you be expelled beyond the borders of the land.'
So the giant was driven out into the barren fields of Manchuria. Soon he became very hungry and thirsty and ate the soil of the fields and drank the water of the sea. Then his stomach began to roar like a mighty flood, and instantly his bowels were loosened. And his excrement became the highest mountain in Korea, Begdusan (White Head Mountain). And when he made water two mighty channels were cut, one before him, and one behind. These are the two greatest rivers of the northern frontier of Korea. One is the Amnoggang (Yalu River), the longest river in Korea, and the other great river is the Dumangang (Tumun River). Also created was a great lake on top of the mountain where both these rivers rise, called Czonzi (Heaven Lake) or Yong-Dam (Dragon Pool).