《三國史記》中反映的高句麗始祖神話和建國神話在《山海經》、《史記》、《論衡》、《淮南子》等漢地文獻中都能找到其原型。可以說,高句麗始祖神話和建國神話是在其國家壯大過程中逐步形成的,亦是在汲取了大量漢地史籍中的華夏文化的基礎上演繹加工的結果。高句麗王室通過這樣的祖先神化過程,為其統治的合理性尋找依據,鞏固和擴大其統治能力,強化君權神授的思想意識。這種借用華夏神話因素的做法,側面反映了其與中原漢地的交流和文化源流。

The prototypes of myths of first ancestor and founding state of the Gaogouli in Samguk Sagi could be found in SHANHAIJING,SHIJI,LUNHENG,HUAINANZI and other Huaxia literatures.These myths were gradually formed with the development of the Gaogouli,and the materials of Huaxia literatures was helpful for their formation.By these myths,the rule of Gaogouli royal family was legalized and strengthened,and the idea of divine right of kings was strengthened,too.Taking myths from Huaxia reflected that there was communication between the Gaogouli and the Central Plains and showed its cultural origins.