Ijinasi or naejinjuji(內珍朱智) was the founder and first ruler of

Daegaya Daegaya was a city-state in the Gaya confederacy during the Korean Three Kingdoms period. Daegaya was located in present-day Goryeong County, in North Gyeongsang Province of South Korea. (It should not be confused with Goryeong Gaya, which was loc ...

Name

The name ijinasi and naejinjuji appears in

Samguk Sagi ''Samguk Sagi'' (, ''History of the Three Kingdoms'') is a historical record of the Three Kingdoms of Korea: Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla. The ''Samguk Sagi'' is written in Classical Chinese, the written language of the literati of ancient Korea, ...

Legends about his birth

There are two legends about his birth.

Fall from the sky and born from an egg

According to a legend recorded in the ''

Samguk Yusa ''Samguk yusa'' () or ''Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms'' is a collection of legends, folktales and historical accounts relating to the Three Kingdoms of Korea (Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla), as well as to other periods and states before, duri ...

'' written in the 13th century, in the year 42 CE, six eggs descended from heaven with a message that they would be kings. Six boys were born, and within 12 days they grew mature. One of them, named Suro, became the king of

Geumgwan Gaya Geumgwan Gaya (43–532), also known as Bon-Gaya (본가야, 本伽倻, "original Gaya") or Garakguk (가락국, "Garak State"), was the ruling city-state of the Gaya confederacy during the Three Kingdoms of Korea, Three Kingdoms Period in Korea. ...

, and the other five founded the remaining five Gayas, namely

, Seongsan Gaya,

Ara Gaya Ara Gaya, also known as Ana Gaya, Asiryangguk ( 아시량국, 阿尸良國)), and Anra, Alla (안라, 安羅), was a city-state kingdom in the part of Gaya confederacy, in modern-day Haman County of South Korea. As the confrontational foreign ...

Goryeong Gaya Goryeong Gaya was one of the lesser chiefdoms of the Gaya confederacy during the Three Kingdoms of Korea. It was centered in present-day Sangju, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Legend indicates that it was founded by a King Taejo, to whom ...

, and Sogaya.Barnes, Gina L. (2001). Introducing Kaya History and Archaeology. In ''State Formation in Korea: Historical and Archaeological Perspectives'', pp. 180-182. Curzon, London.

The son of Junggyeonmoju

According to Joseon dynasty geography book << Shinjeungdonggukyeojiseungram(新增東國輿地勝覽)>>, a local goddess called jeonggyeonmoju(正見母主) gave birth to Ijinasi and king Suro after being influenced by sky god ibiga(夷毗訶).

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{{Reflist Gaya rulers