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Word: kos (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...before Marx. In that dim past (so the legend goes), Cheju's founding fathers (Ko, Yang and Pu) emerged from three large openings in the earth to be joined presently by three Japanese women (who arrived by boat). As their offspring developed, a strange mutation occurred among the Kos, the Yangs and the Pus. The seaborne women settled down on the land while the earthborn men roamed the oceans and found other mates in foreign parts. The grass widows developed an independent amazon community, did all the work (mostly fishing) and never took permanent husbands. Males were invited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KOREA: Cheju-Do Is Different | 6/3/1946 | See Source »

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