 The myth tells that she was rejected by her father, who sealed her in a stone coffin and cast it into a pond, but she was rescued by a Dragon King sent by the Heavenly King, and ascended to the western sky becoming the goddess of healing waters.Names of the goddess in other local traditions "Pali Kongju" and "Kongsim".In the tradition of Jeju Island, where there are more male "baksu" than female "mudang", the myth tells of a prince as the ancestor of all shamans.