Korean folk tales
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About This Book
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. An old manuscript copy of Im Bang’s stories came into the hands of the translator a year ago, and he gives them now to the Western world that they may serve as introductory essays to the mysteries, and, what many call, absurdities of Asia. Very gruesome indeed, and unlovely, some of them are, but they ...
Chapters (79)
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- BIOGRAPHICAL
- KOREAN IMPS, GHOSTS AND FAIRIES I CHARAN
- II THE STORY OF CHANG TO-RYONG
- III A STORY OF THE FOX
- IV CHEUNG PUK-CHANG, THE SEER
- The Story
- V YUN SE-PYONG, THE WIZARD
- The Story
- VI THE WILD-CAT WOMAN
- The Story
- VII THE ILL-FATED PRIEST
- VIII THE VISION OF THE HOLY MAN
- The Story
- IX THE VISIT OF THE MAN OF GOD
- X THE LITERARY MAN OF IMSIL
- The Story
- XI THE SOLDIER OF KANG-WHA
- The Story
- XII CURSED BY THE SNAKE
- The Story
- XIII THE MAN ON THE ROAD
- XIV THE OLD MAN WHO BECAME A FISH
- XV THE GEOMANCER
- The Story
- XVI THE MAN WHO BECAME A PIG
- The Story
- XVII THE OLD WOMAN WHO BECAME A GOBLIN
- XVIII THE GRATEFUL GHOST
- XIX THE PLUCKY MAIDEN
- The Story
- XX THE RESOURCEFUL WIFE
- XXI THE BOXED-UP GOVERNOR
- XXII THE MAN WHO LOST HIS LEGS
- XXIII TEN THOUSAND DEVILS
- XXIV THE HOME OF THE FAIRIES
- XXV THE HONEST WITCH
- The Story
- XXVI WHOM THE KING HONOURS
- XXVII THE FORTUNES OF YOO
- XXVIII AN ENCOUNTER WITH A HOBGOBLIN
- XXIX THE SNAKE’S REVENGE
- XXX THE BRAVE MAGISTRATE
- XXXI THE TEMPLE TO THE GOD OF WAR
- The Story
- XXXII A VISIT FROM THE SHADES
- The Story
- XXXIII THE FEARLESS CAPTAIN
- XXXIV THE KING OF YOM-NA (HELL)
- The Story
- XXXV HONG’S EXPERIENCES IN HADES
- XXXVI HAUNTED HOUSES
- XXXVII IM, THE HUNTER
- The Story
- XXXVIII THE MAGIC INVASION OF SEOUL
- XXXIX THE AWFUL LITTLE GOBLIN
- XL GOD’S WAY
- XLI THE OLD MAN IN THE DREAM
- XLII THE PERFECT PRIEST
- XLIII THE PROPITIOUS MAGPIE
- XLIV THE “OLD BUDDHA”
- XLV A WONDERFUL MEDICINE
- XLVI FAITHFUL MO
- XLVII THE RENOWNED MAING
- XLVIII THE SENSES
- XLIX WHO DECIDES, GOD OR THE KING?
- L THREE THINGS MASTERED
- LI STRANGELY STRICKEN DEAD
- LII THE MYSTERIOUS HOI TREE
- LIII TA-HONG
- The Story
- SOME ROMANTIC VOLUMES IN EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY
- Colophon
- Availability
- Encoding
- Revision History
- External References
- Corrections
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