{{Short description|Mascot of the 1988 Summer Olympics}} {{Infobox |above = Hodori |image = 200px |caption = |headerstyle = background:#dde8ff; |labelstyle = background:#fed; |header1 = Mascot of the 1986 Asian Games and 1988 Summer Olympics |label2 = Creator |data2 = Kim Hyun |label3 = Species |data3 = Amur tiger }} {{Infobox | above = Gomdoori | image = 200px | caption = | headerstyle = background:#dde8ff; | labelstyle = background:#fed; | header1 = Mascots of the 1986 Asian Games and 1988 Summer Paralympics | label2 = Creator | data2 = Lee Yun Soo | label3 = Significance | data3 = Two Asian black bears }} {{Infobox Korean name/auto | title = Korean name | hangul = ^호돌이 }} {{Infobox Korean name/auto | title = Korean name | hangul = ^곰두리 }} {{1988 Summer Olympics}} '''Hodori''' ({{korean|hangul=호돌이}}) and '''Gomdoori''' ({{korean|hangul=곰두리}}) were the official mascots of the 1986 Asian Games, the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1988 Summer Paralympics.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=서울 1988 마스코트 |url=https://olympics.com/ko/olympic-games/seoul-1988/mascot |access-date=June 13, 2024 |website=Olympics.com}}</ref>
==Characteristics== Hodori and Gomdoori were designed by Kim Hyun and Lee Yun Soo respectively as an amicable Amur tiger and Asian black bear respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |last=배 |first=주현 |date=2023-09-29 |title=88서울올림픽 주역 '호돌이' 캐릭터 탄생 40주년…호돌이 아빠 '김현 디자이너' |url=https://www.imaeil.com/page/view/2023092614051987270 |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=매일신문 |language=ko}}</ref>
=== Hodori === "Ho" ({{langx|ko|호|label=none}}) is derived from the Korean word for tiger ("horangi", {{langx|ko|호랑이|label=none}}), and "dori" ({{langx|ko|돌이|label=none}}) is a diminutive for boys in Korean. The name Hodori was chosen from 2,295 suggestions sent in by the public.<ref name=":0" />
There was a female version of the mascot named Hosuni.<ref name=":0"/>
=== Gomdoori === According to Korean ancestral culture, bears are known for their courage and wisdom, which is reflected by the existence of two sister constellations: Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. The two bears chosen as mascots are of a species known as the Asian black bear. This practice was common on the Korean peninsula and was marked by the white V-shaped chest mark. The two chosen mascots are brothers tied by a rope to the leg; this demonstrates the brotherhood, guidance, coherent and coexistent cooperation and relationship that the Olympic and Paralympic Games would have now: dreamt of by the Organizing Committee of this edition of the Paralympics. They also represented achievements and camaraderie recorded during the event. The name chosen for the mascots was Gomdoori.<ref name="GOMODORI">{{cite book |last=Brittain |first=Ian |date=2012 |title=From Stoke Mandeville to Stratford : a history of the summer paralympic games |url=https://pure.coventry.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/3976727/fromstoke1.pdf |location=Champaign, Illinois |publisher=Common Ground Publishing LLC |page=204 |isbn=978-1-86335-988-7}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=102&oid=001&aid=0009657123|title=[카드뉴스] 올림픽의 얼굴, 마스코트에 숨은 비밀|access-date=2018-03-24|language=ko}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Olympics|Asia|South Korea}} * Tigers in Korean culture
== References == <references /> ==External links== {{Commons category inline|Hodori}} * [http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1988 IOC Site on 1988 Summer Olympics]
{{S-start}} {{Succession box|title=''Olympic mascot'' <br />Hodori|before=Hidy and Howdy|after=Magique|years=''Seoul 1988''}} {{Succession box|title=''Paralympic mascot'' <br />Gomdoori|before=Dan D. Lion|after=Alpy|years=''Seoul 1988''}} {{S-end}} {{Olympic mascots}}
Category:1988 Summer Olympics Category:1988 Summer Paralympics Category:Fictional South Korean people Category:Culture of South Korea Category:Tiger mascots Category:Anthropomorphic tigers Category:Bear mascots Category:Anthropomorphic bears Category:Olympic mascots Category:Paralympic mascots Category:South Korean mascots Category:Mascots introduced in 1986 Category:1986 Asian Games {{mascot-stub}}