Egg is a food that has been loved from ancient times by people all around the world. It has been called a present fromgod because its rounded shape was believed to refer to the earth. We found the oldest and most perfectly preserved eggfossil at Chunmachong (天馬) in Kyungju (慶州). We believe that it was used during the period of the Three States or theunified Silla (新羅), and, accordingly, it was a noble food that has been found at the king’s grave of the age. Egg, which iscalled egg of chicken in Korean, was written as egg of chicken (鷄卵), son of chicken (鷄子), bird’s egg of chicken (鷄蛋),and round thing of chicken (鷄丸) in the Korean alphabet and Chinese characters. The ancient countries had the followingmyths about eggs In myths about offspring by egg, they were born as heaven’s will to make them god. There were 19proverbs: ‘Hitting a rock with an egg’, ‘It’s like the yellow part of an egg’ and ‘Even an egg stops when it rolls’, etc. Accordingto a theory of divination based on topography, people use eggs when they find a good place. There are 10 proverbs (四字成語): Dongjiipran (冬至立卵), Nanyeoseoktu (卵與石投) etc. Studies for analysis of egg recipes found in the old literature(cooking, agriculture and fishing, and medical books) in the Chosun Dynasty recorded 36 times where cuisine with egg wasmentioned as the main ingredient, 154 times as a sub-ingredient, 79 times as a garnish, and 20 times etc. As a garnish, theywere ‘finely sliced’, ‘thin rectangular and the rhombus form’, and ‘rounded shape’; after grilling they were divided into yellowand white parts. When cooked, they were used in comparison of the size or shape of an object with that of other objects.