The Stories of Buddha Statue\'s Appearance in SamGukYuSa shows a literary tendency in the connection between the ancient myths and narratives on the era of change: The change from Shamanism to Buddhism as a ruling ideology of the ancient Korea.
Unlike the mythological view, that God functions as a hidden operator of the world, - despite the fact that the stories of Buddha Statue\'s Appearance are under the world view of Buddhism - the Stories of Buddha Statue\'s Appearance took mythical ways in some points whether intended or not.
The mythical ways are observed from the following facts: The way of Buddha statue\'s appearance into Human society, the narrative order of the story, the subject of finding and enshrinement, and the concept of sacred place. Whether intended or not, the way of the appearance of the mythic heroes into human society was recognized and used in the stories of Buddha Statue\'s Appearance.
Buddha statue appeared into human society in a sudden and unusual way. Even though the status of the absolute beings like Sky-god became lower than Buddha at that time, the statue came into human society as the same way of those of mythical heroes: The statue came from the traditionally sacred place such as the sky, the ocean, the water and the earth. Narrative\'s flow of the stories of Buddha\'s appearance is basically same as myths in the previous time: Appearance, Discovery, Enshrinement, Supernatural event after Enshrinement.
Meanwhile its view is different from the ancient myths, the sacredness of myth is diverged into the marvelousness.
The main reason of divergence is found in the change of the world view. The absolute beings as the sacredness-bearer were placed under the Buddha. In this situation the value of sacredness was changed inevitably.
Buddha in the stories doesn\'t present the religious way of its own. Instead, Buddha interfered into secular affairs. It functions as protector of the Royalty. A person who Buddha, the absolute authority, protected became a king. Therefore, the discourse that no one can resist against the king came into being.