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Dokkaebi (Korean: 도깨비) are legendary creatures from Korean mythology and folklore. Dokkaebi, also known as "Korean goblins", [2] [3] are nature deities or spirits possessing extraordinary powers and abilities that are used to interact with humans, at times playing tricks on them and at times helping them. [4] Legends describe different ...
The Bulgasari or Pulgasari (Korean: 불가사리; RR: Bulgasari; MR: Pulgasari) is a metal-eating legendary creature that appears in Korean mythology and folklore. [1] The creature is a mixture of different animals, which are; a bear, an elephant, a rhino, a tiger and a bull, each representing specific body parts. [2]
Korean folk mythology states that most dragons were originally imugis (이무기; Imugi), or lesser dragons, which were said to resemble gigantic serpents.There are a few different versions of Korean folklore that describe both what imugis are and how they aspire to become full-fledged dragons.
The most common plot of a legend about gwisin is revenge, [2] for example revenge for the family of the ghost. Another popular tropes include men who cheat on their wives, and murder someone. Appearances of gwisin often occur in high schools, a concept popularized with the release of Whispering Corridors, a Korean horror movie released in 1998.
Korean legends (4 P) M. Korean mythology (4 C, 32 P) T. The Tale of Chunhyang (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Korean folklore" The following 34 pages are in this ...
Pulgasari [a] is an epic monster film [i] directed and produced by Shin Sang-ok in 1985 during his North Korean abduction.A co-production between North Korea, Japan, and China, it is considered a remake of Bulgasari, a 1962 South Korean film that also depicts Bulgasari/Pulgasari, a creature from Korean folklore.
A kumiho or gumiho (Korean: 구미호; Hanja: 九尾狐, literally "nine-tailed fox") is a creature that appears in the folktales of East Asia and legends of Korea. It is similar to the Chinese jiuweihu, the Japanese kitsune and the Vietnamese hồ ly tinh. It can freely transform into a beautiful woman often set out to seduce men, and eat ...