i accidentally replied w/out writing everything anyway with guwon being an allegory for thanatos, teach trying to trick him and (hopefully) following through with a storyline parallel to the myth, the only part that doesn't really fit anywhere are the hounds, so they could either be the ones responsible for the punishment of sisyphus/teach, or be the ones loyal to him and his burden and turn against guwon. that's my theory thank you very much

So Sisyphus in Greek mythology was the extremely deceitful founding king of Corinth, who constantly escaped death.
His punishment in the underworld for being deceitful and cheating death was to roll a boulder up a hill over and over again only to watch it fall back down (remember the boulder in the first few chapters!!)
So.. taking into context that Guwon can’t remember anything.. maybe that’s part of the punishment for something.. and if the hounds of Sisyphus are doing Sisyphus’ work.. maybe Guwon is Sisyphus? OR Guwon IS the one being punished for something he did.. Sisyphus ended up getting shackled and tricked Thanatos in Greek mythology when Thanatos came for him.. and used his own shackles against Thanatos.. so maybe the tattoos play a part in something? And if Sisyphus constantly escaped death, maybe that’s how zombies came about.. or maybe that plays a part in the zombies somehow.. also, Teach has a bigger role to play here. He’s not just a regular person, he could be at the center of all of this somehow too. I have a lot of theories but isn’t it ironic how Guwon AND teach have lost their memories?? Connected..? Maybeeee..