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In a general context, the Queen of Swords can represent an older woman in your life who will step in when you are vulnerable and protect you or help you to overcome a problem.
It represents being intelligent, sharp witted, witty, honest, truthful and candid.
This Minor Arcana card signifies being realistic, discerning or sceptical and it can signify that you will receive constructive criticism from someone and you would do well to listen to it.
It can also represent open-mindedness and self-reliance.
However, this card can also indicate that you may be suppressing some pain or sadness from past events.
As a person, the Queen of Swords represents a mature female or feminine person who is chatty, quirky, forthright and supportive. She may be an air sign such as Aquarius, Gemini or Libra.
She is a woman who may have known loss or suffering herself and has gained much inner strength and wisdom from her experiences.
She is someone who will always defend those who cannot defend themselves. She has strong empathy and is a great person to have in your corner if you are vulnerable as she will defend you.
However, she will not suffer fools gladly and if you are in the wrong, you can expect her to call you out on it without mincing her words! She can have quite a sharp tongue on her at times. She is strong, quick-witted, principled, fair, funny, sophisticated, independent and capable and will not be clingy or needy.
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The South Korean film “Daeho” (a loud cry, representing that of the Korean tiger) features the indiscriminate capture of Korean tigers during the Japanese colonial period. Based on that movie, the tiger is referred to as “Joseon’s last tiger,” and this brings to question whether the Korean tiger still exists today. Tigers are distinguished as cat animals, and on their forehead is a letter signifying a king: 王 in Chinese. Tigers, often mentioned in folklores or drawings during the Joseon dynasty, abounded in the Korean Peninsula at that time, so much so that Korea was referred to as the “Country of Tigers” then.
The Korean tiger was a symbol of fear in the ancient times and was considered the greatest predator in the ecosystem. Known to have lived in Baekdu-Daegan, a mountain range spanning Baekdu Mountain to Jili Mountain, it is not known if the Korean tigers still exist at present, and there are diverse opinions regarding this. It is true, however, that their number has decreased so much that one can actually doubt their continued existence. The only Korean tiger that is known to still be in existence today is the stuffed tiger being kept in an elementary school in Mokpo.1) There are various reasons for the species’ extermination.
#1. Exploitation during the Japanese colonial period
During the Japanese colonial period, Japan recruited hunters from various regions to hunt tigers. The Korean tigers at that time were large, weighing 400 kg and 3 m x 80 cm long. The largest tigers were regarded as the gods of the forest, and there was an implied agreement among hunters not to kill them. During the Japanese colonial period, however, their killings were ceaseless, with the killers even using guns or poison, sometimes dynamite.
The captured or dead tigers were used to emphasize the power of Japan. According to Ando Kimino, an Animal Specialist Writer from Japan, the Korean tigers disappeared after Japan’s implementation of the policy of killing tigers, and from 1915 to 1942, up to 97 tigers and 624 leopards were captured. The last seen Korean tiger is believed to have been captured in Daeduk Mountain in Kyeong Ju in 1921, and since then, Korean tigers have not been seen.
#2. Land exploitation policy for humans
In the 17th century, with a larger population, the people looked for new places to live by developing burnt fields and lands made arable by slashing mountain areas. Many mountains were leveled into fields, and many animals were affected as a result. For example, in Chungcheong, Jeolla, and Kyeongsang Province, most of the areas inhabited by the Korean tigers were largely destroyed.
The government also established a policy of encouraging hunting. Many people were killed by tigers, especially during the late Joseon dynasty; according to Chosun Wangjo Sillok (Annals of the Chosun Dynasty), by the 10th year of the rule of King Yeongjo, the number had reached 140. As a countermeasure, the government established a policy of encouraging people to hunt tigers by changing the social status of the common people from slaves, or exempting from paying taxes those who had captured a tiger. During Seong Jong’s rule, there were 440 hunters.2)
http://www.seoultribune.com/20140421/the-story-of-koreas-tigers/
#3. Use of tigers as materials for herbal medicines
Furs, organs and bones are used as a material for herbal medicine. Extermination of korean tigers, the most powerful predators, destroyed the balance of food chain and it is expected that this situation may bring serious harms to the ecosystem. In fact, after the extermination of Korean Tigers, in Korea Peninsula, according to the findings by National Institute of the Environment Research, the largest predators turned to Yellow-Throated Marten.
At Yellow Stone National Park in the United States, wolves totally disappeared one day but after the packs were returned, things began to change a lot. After the disappearance of wolves, the number of elks increased largely and as they ate a lot of grass, the park were devastated. However, when the packs returned, the ecosystem regained its balance.
Professor William J Riffle, from Oregan State University said in the magazine SCIENCE that “the largest predators such as wolves, tigers, leopards, the so called ‘fierce animals,’ offer various services to other predators. They are not just consuming other animals but are adjusting the number of small predators and influence a lot to the balance of the world’s ecosystems.”
The number of endangered species is increasing more than ever, not only Korean tigers but also bears, leopards, and others. For instance, otters were easily seen across the country in the past but excessive fishing for use of their fur and water pollution led them to designated as Natural Monument and endangered species. In this situation, the question remains: Should we view animals simply as objects of human satisfaction, which leads to our exploitation of them, or should we view them as creatures to be taken care of and protected for preserving the harmony in nature?
http://www.sstimes.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=2729
Long ago, when tigers smoked long pipes… ” begin folk tales in South Korea. The stories recall a time at the farthest reaches of living memory when Korean tigers, the world’s largest cats, still prowled the Korean peninsula.
Siberian tiger / Amur tiger / Korean tigerKorea’s national creation myth also tells of a tiger and a bear who asked the son of the ruler of Heaven if he would make them human. He agreed, but only if they could endure 100 days in a cave eating nothing but garlic and mugwort. The steadfast bear endured and became a beautiful woman, who gave birth to Tangun, the legendary father of Korea in 2333 BCE. But the tiger grew hungry and impatient. He left the cave early, unable cope with the hunger and waiting, and has been slinking through the Korean mountains ever since.
That is, until the last century when hunting and habitat loss pushed the Korean tiger over the brink of extinction in the wild in South Korea. With it went an important symbol of Korea’s identity.
“Korea is the only country where the tiger is the centre of its culture,” says Korean artist, Cho Hyun-Kwon. “The people feel very close to the tiger and has personified it throughout history.”
Tragically, the death of Korea’s last wild tiger foreshadowed the end of Korea’s unity. During the tumult of the Japanese occupation, just before the nation was torn in two at the end of the Korean War, the last Korean tiger faded quietly into folklore.
It’s been decades since anyone has seen a tiger in South Korea. The final tiger was captured either in 1922 or in 1944 on the southern tip of the peninsula, depending on whom you ask. But in some places, their ghosts still cast shadows across the landscape.
Ribbons of morning mist cut into deep valleys, setting apart the dark mountain ridges one after another like black stripes across the skin of the land; bears, the tiger’s partner in Korea’s creation myth, still wander in some mountains; and autumn’s tawny, dappled hillsides make it especially easy–and slightly unsettling–to imagine the tiger’s presence.
The Korean tiger is the largest tiger subspecies in the world, and the largest living cat aside from the man-made liger. But today, the Korean tiger goes by a different name. It has become better known as the Siberian or Amur tiger since none survive in the South Korean wild and few if any are thought to exist in the most remote North Korean mountains, as shown in the map (left). All the same, a sliver of hope still remains for this mighty tiger subspecies.
Half a century ago, the population of wild Korean, or Amur, tigers dipped to the brink of extinction at a mere 40 animals. Luckily, the survivors possessed enough genetic variety to make a population comeback possible. Their numbers are up substantially now thanks to conservation efforts, largely in Russia.
Current estimates place the wild population at 431 to 529 individuals, virtually all living between the far eastern Russian regions of Khabarovsk and Primorsky, which border China and North Korea. It’s a potential conservation success story, but the fate of the world’s largest tiger is still far from certain.
“Wherever people and large carnivores coexist, conflicts between the two are usually inevitable,” says the Wildlife Conservation Society, which has been working in Russia to bring this tiger species back from the brink. “This lesson applies to Amur tigers in the Russian Far East. Livestock depredations and attacks on people, although exceedingly rare, impede conservation efforts. Traditionally, such conflicts were usually resolved by simply killing the tiger.
Cumulatively, such deaths represent a significant mortality factor for small populations of endangered species. We have been working closely with a special branch of the Russian government to address such situations and resolve them to protect both the tiger as well as human life and livelihood. If Amur tigers are to survive in the wild, they must coexist with people.”
In South Korea, the folk tales that stir memories of the country’s native tiger also remind listeners of the constant conflict between tigers and humans. In the stories, the tiger, while often gullible, is nevertheless a terrifying and sometimes deceitful beast. But one tale is different. It tells of how the uneasy relationship between tigers and humans was successfully resolved by a change in the way people view tigers.
In the story, when a terrified woodsman is ambushed by a ferocious tiger, the woodsman cleverly bows low to the animal and claims him as a long-lost brother. Confused and touched by the man’s respect and lack of fear, the tiger believes the man. He agrees not only to spare the man’s life, but also to help him to hunt for food from that day on.
This tale may illustrate an oversimplified solution to problem. But today, it is respect–rather than fear or hatred–that conservationists hope will keep the world’s largest tiger on the path to survival.
https://www.expertsure.com/2008/11/24/korean-tigers-back-from-the-brink-of-extinction-but-not-in-south-korea/
Korean Chinese family living in Yanbian, China.
South Korea now has more ethnic Koreans with foreign passports residing in its country than ever before, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Justice.
The data reveals that the number of ethnic Koreans with non-Korean citizenship increased by 24 percent in 2013 as more than 233,000 such people have now found a home on the Korean peninsula. Among the 1.57 million foreigners residing legally in South Korea, 15 percent of them are of Korean descent, according to the Ministry of Justice.
The hike in numbers was driven largely by a steady influx of Korean Chinese immigrants due to the amendment of immigration laws in 2008, which gave Korean Chinese more benefits and rights.
Just four years ago, Korean Americans residing in Korea outnumbered other ethnic Koreans at approximately 31,700 compared to only about 4,800 Korean Chinese. But the Korean Chinese community is now by far larger than the other ethnic Korean segment, with a population of over 150,000.
In fact, a staggering two-thirds of ethnic Koreans residing in South Korea are Korean Chinese. Korean Americans now only make up 19 percent of the ethnic Korean population followed by Koreans from Canada, Australia, Uzbekistan and Russia.
More ethnic Korean immigrants have been relocating to their motherland at a significantly higher rate in recent years as there were only about 50,000 in the country only in 2009. The number rose to 83,825 in 2010, 135,020 in 2011 and 187,616 in 2012 before eclipsing the 200,000-mark for the first time ever.
http://kore.am/ethnic-korean-foreigners-at-record-level-in-south-korea/
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