Mount Paektu bloodline

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The Mount Paektu bloodline refers to the hereditary ruling lineage of North Korea’s Kim family, mythologized in state propaganda as having sacred, quasi-divine origins linked to Mount Paektu.

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Label Occurrences
Mount Paektu bloodline canonical 2
Baekdu bloodline 1
Paektu bloodline 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dynastic myth
personality cult
political ideology
associatedWith Kim Il Sung
Kim Jong Il
Kim Jong Un
Kim family
centralTo Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism
North Korean revolutionary tradition
surface form: North Korean leadership cult
claims historical inevitability of Kim rule
revolutionary purity
contrastedWith hostile class elements in North Korean discourse
country North Korea
emphasizedIn Arirang Mass Games
surface form: North Korean mass games

North Korean revolutionary films
North Korean revolutionary tradition
surface form: North Korean revolutionary opera

North Korean school curricula
framesAs continuation of anti-imperialist struggle
framesLeaderAs heir of Mount Paektu revolution
hasAlternativeName Mount Paektu bloodline
surface form: Baekdu bloodline

Mount Paektu bloodline
surface form: Paektusan bloodline
hasKeyFigure Kim Jong Il
Kim Jong Un
Kim Yo-jong
surface form: Kim Yo Jong
hasMythologicalOrigin Paektu Mountain
surface form: Mount Paektu
ideologicalFunction dynastic continuity narrative
sacralization of political authority
ideologicallySupports hereditary succession
language Korean
legitimizes rule of the Kim family
linkedTo Korean revolutionary mythology
anti-Japanese guerrilla struggle
mediaType propaganda narrative
portraysAs quasi-divine lineage
sacred lineage
promotedBy Korean Central News Agency
Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers' Party of Korea
surface form: Propaganda and Agitation Department of North Korea

Workers' Party of Korea
region Korean Peninsula
relatedConcept Juche
Songun
religiousCharacterization quasi-religious political myth
symbolizedBy Paektu Mountain
surface form: Mount Paektu

Paektu secret camp myth
Paektu snow-capped peak imagery
timePeriod late 20th century
usedIn North Korean state propaganda
usedToJustify Kim Jong Un's succession
political repression of rivals

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Kim dynasty alsoKnownAs Mount Paektu bloodline
North Korean revolutionary tradition linkedConcept Mount Paektu bloodline
this entity surface form: Paektu bloodline
Mount Paektu bloodline hasAlternativeName Mount Paektu bloodline
this entity surface form: Paektusan bloodline
Mount Paektu bloodline hasAlternativeName Mount Paektu bloodline
this entity surface form: Baekdu bloodline
Kim family alsoKnownAs Mount Paektu bloodline