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The purpose of this research is to examine aspect of acceptances of the folktale shown in the historical novel, <The dragonfloating under the earth(천하에 뜨는 용)>. <The dragon floating under the earth> was made into novel upon the various tales about Yeong-gyu Daesa(영규대사), the commander ofarmy of civil, who had mounted troops In Gapsa when Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592 had broken out. There is so liitle literature records about Yeong-gyu Daesa that one cannot know his detailed account. Yeong-gyu Daesa was one of the Parks who had Giheodang(기허당) as his buddist name.He was also the first pupil of Seosan Daeso from Chengnyeon-am(청련암) in Gapsa(갑사). Yeong-gyu Daesa had gathered the cavalry of civil before anybody else. He and Joheon,his company, had recaptured the Cheongju fortress but he couldn't help but take his last breath with the lose from the Geuman battle. <The dragon floating under the earth> is a conte that consists of 10 chapters. This novel is significant because it is a piece of work about Yeong-gyu Daesa with the background of Japnese Invasion, it takes insertions of many tales and it gives a meaning to Yeong-gyu Daesa's efforts for his fatherland. The novel, <The dragon floating under the earth>, accepts several kinds of tale to emphasize on his heroism. Some of the acceptances is directly relevant to Yeong-gyu Daesa, but some of them are absoultely not. If one takes a look at the novel in the points of the acceptance of tales by chapters, it can be classified in to three. First, a modified acceptance of stories in tales and cases. Second, a realistic modification and an acceptance with imaginations. Third, an acceptance of imaginary stories of tales.

Yeong-gyu Daesa(영규대사) The dragonfloating under the earth(천하에 뜨는 용), folktale, acceptances, imagination, battle