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Korean Folk Tales
by Im BANG (1640 - ca. 1722)A Visit from the Shades
"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
Listen next episodes of Korean Folk Tales:
A Wonderful Medicine , Faithful Mo , God's Way , Haunted Houses , Hong's Experiences in Hades , Im, the Hunter , Strangely Stricken Dead , Ta-Hong , The Awful Little Goblin , The Fearless Captain , The King of Yom-Na (Hell) , The Magic Invasion of Seoul , The Mysterious Hoi Tree , The 'Old Buddha' , The Old Man in the Dream , The Perfect Priest , The Propitious Magpie , The Renowned Maing , The Senses , Three Things Mastered , Who Decides, God or King?