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Amur rat snake, Korean rat snake, Russian rat snake 먹구렁이 or 흑질백장 when black, 황구렁이 when brown/yellow Common throughout mainland; not found on Jeju Elaphe taeniura taeniura [5] Cope Korean beauty snake 줄꼬리뱀 Found only in North Korea Gloydius brevicauda [6] Stejneger, 1907 Short-tailed mamushi 살모사
Paemshillang: Kurŏngdŏngdŏngshinsŏnbi (Korean: 뱀신랑: 구렁덩덩신선비; RR: Baemsillang: Gureongdeongdeong sinseonbi; lit. The Snake Husband: The Divine Serpent Scholar) is a Korean folktale about a woman married to a snake (baem) who breaks a promise with her husband (sillang) and conquers adversity to reunite with him. [1]
Elaphe anomala commonly known as the Korean rat snake, GuReongEe is a non-venomous species of colubrid snake known from China and Korea. [2] Its common names include Amur ratsnake, southern Amur ratsnake. It is a semi-arboreal snake that can be found in grasslands, dry scrub, rocky areas, and on the banks of rivers and lakes. It grows to 150 ...
Elaphe schrenckii, formerly E. schrenckii schrenckii, is similar to the Korean rat snake E. anomala, which was once thought to be a subspecies of E. schrenckii and was classified as E. schrenckii anomala. However, under the current taxonomic arrangement of Elaphe they are no longer considered as members of the same species.
Likewise, the Korean snake goddess Eobshin was portrayed as a black snake that had human ears. The Aztec spirit of intelligence and the wind, Quetzalcoatl ("Plumed Serpent"). The Mayan sky-goddess was a common attribute. However, in her case, the snakes leaned into her ears and whispered the secrets of the universe (i.e. the secrets of herself).
Ureongi gaksi (Korean: 우렁이 각시, The Snail Bride) is a Korean folktale about a poor man who breaks taboo and marries a maiden who comes out of a snail shell until he loses his snail bride when a magistrate kidnaps her. The tale features an inter-species marriage in which a snail transforms into a woman and becomes the bride of a male human.
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Eopsin (Korean: 업신; Hanja: 業神) is the goddess of the storage and wealth in Korean mythology and shamanism. She is one of the Gasin , or deities that protect the house. However, unlike other Gasin, who were believed to embody pots, paper, and other inanimate objects, Eopsin is special in that she appears in an animal form.