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This study reinterprets the dragon narratives in Samguk Yusa through AI-Based text mining, analyzing the transformation process of cultural conflict, integration, and coexistence from a digital humanities perspective. In the early period, dragons were embedded in foundation myths and water-deity beliefs, legitimizing royal authority and symbolizing vitalistic faith, while negative figures such as the “poisonous dragon” implied potential conflicts with foreign religions. In the middle period, with the acceptance of Buddhism, dragons were reconfigured as Dharma-protecting and nation-protecting dragons, forming a new semantic network of “dragon, king, Dharma, protection,” with overwhelmingly strengthened positive sentiments. In the late period, narratives such as the Lady Suro and Geotaji tales reintroduce the imugi (serpentine dragon), reflecting negative emotions and local beliefs. Frequency analysis, co-occurrence networks, and sentiment analysis reveal that the semantics of dragons mediated royal power, Buddhism, and folk religion over time, shaping both collective memory and forgetting. This research applies digital humanities methodologies to the interpretation of Samguk Yusa, broadening the horizon of traditional mythological studies and suggesting potential applications for contemporary cultural content.

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