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Korean Folk Tales

by Im BANG (1640 - ca. 1722)

The Story of Chang To-Ryong

"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

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