Hoppun Gin

Hoppun or Hotput was a tribal in Bangju inhabited by   and  peoples from the mid-8th century BC to the early 7th century BCE. The confederation was founded by an Ōnakka or Atenak, Teinjōtamo in 736 BCE.

=Etymology= The name of Hōppun is derived from a Proto-Kaisaic term in reference to the region where it was located. In the 14th century CE, Tōu’ha scholars adopted ‘北巫邦’ for the ancient confederacy which had no official or colloquial names up to that point.

=History=

Gakisek culture (~800 BCE)
The areas incorporated into Hōppun were inhabited by the Gakisek culture as part of the later half of the second wave of. Various nomadic tribes settled in the area in the Gogawan’ river valley are the ancestors of the Hōppun.

Hōppun social hierarchy
=Culture=

Religion
=Modern day=