Korean Folk Tales

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Short Stories

Authors: Im Bang, Yi Riuk In Year : 1913

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Korean Folk Tales

Preface and Biographical Notes
Charan
The Story of Chang To-Ryong
A Story of the Fox
Cheung Puk-Chang, The seer
Yun se-Pyong, The Wizard
The Wild-Cat Woman
The Ill-Fated Priest
The Vision of the Holy Man
The Visit of the Man of God
The Literary Man of Imsil
The Soldier of Kang-Wha
Cursed by the Snake
The Man on the Road
The Old Man Who Became a Fish
The Geomancer
The Man Who Became a Pig
The Old Woman Who Became a Goblin
The Grateful Ghost
The Plucky Maiden
The Resourceful Wife
The Boxed-Up Governor
The Man Who Lost his Legs
Ten Thousand Devils
The Home of the Fairies
The Honest Witch
Whom the King Honors
The Fortunes of Yoo
An Encounter with a Hobgoblin
The Snake's Revenge
The Brave Magistrate
The Temple to the God of War
A Visit from the Shades
The Fearless Captain
The King of Yom-Na (Hell)
Hong's Experiences in Hades
Haunted Houses
Im, the Hunter
The Magic Invasion of Seoul
The Awful Little Goblin
God's Way
The Old Man in the Dream
The Perfect Priest
The Propitious Magpie
The 'Old Buddha'
A Wonderful Medicine
Faithful Mo
The Renowned Maing
The Senses
Who Decides, God or King?
Three Things Mastered
Strangely Stricken Dead
The Mysterious Hoi Tree
Ta-Hong

"To any one who would like to look somewhat into the inner soul of the Oriental, and see the peculiar spiritual existences among which he lives, the following stories will serve as true interpreters, born as they are of the three great religions of the Far East, Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism." Manuscripts by two of Korea's (possibly) most famous authors, dating from the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries were uncovered in the early years of the twentieth century. Translation revealed stories that are not for the faint-hearted: gruesome, harsh, unlovely, depicting scenes of the day, as well as the hope for better things. - Summary by Lynne Thompson