Korean mythical creatures ------------------------------------------ Some creatures that appear in Korean mythology. Baeksaseum ---------------------- A white deer that can run 5000 miles a day. Bulyeowoo (불여우) -------------------------------- A fox that lives for a hundred years becomes a fire fox. Bari ------- The shaman goddess and wife to the god Hwanin. Chasa ---------- Chasas are known as reapers of the dead, death gods, or envoy gods. Dangun --------------- Dangun Wanggeom or Tangun, was the legendary founder of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom, around present-day Liaoning, Manchuria, and the Korean Peninsula. He is said to be the "grandson of heaven", and to have founded the kingdom in 2333 BC. The earliest recorded version of the Dangun legend appears in the 13th century Samguk Yusa, which cites China's Book of Wei and Korea's lost historical record Gogi (고기, 古記). Dangun was a son of Hwanung and a grandson of Hwanin. Datbal ----------- In an old Korean legend, a bird named Datbal, having 750 cm-tail and 750 cm-mouth, kidnapped a hero's family. So the young hero chased after the bird and killed it to save his family. Dueoksini ----------------- Evil being with red eyes. Eoduksini ---------------- A dark monster that grows when you look at it, & disappears when nobody gives it any attention. Geuseundae --------------------- Similar to Eoduksini, except that light makes it disappear. Eobsin ------------ The goddess of storage and wealth. Geumsaseum ----------------------- A golden deer with special powers that lives in Mt. Baekdu. Gwishin -------------- Ghosts of dead people unable to move on. They are often transparent, legless, floating beings, & have long black hair. They stay behind due to an unfinished task or injustice. There are multiple types of gwishin. Jangjamari ------------------- A type of water spirit. It is very fat & plays instruments while covered in seaweed. Haemosu ---------------- Hae Mo-su was the founder of the Buyeo kingdom. According to Samguk Sagi, Hae Mo-su was the father of Goguryeo's founder, Jumong (Dongmyeong). According to the Samguk Yusa, Hae Mo-su was the son of heaven or the sun, riding in a chariot of five dragons, to establish Bukbuyeo (Northern Buyeo kingdom). Nokdusaengi ---------------------- In Jeju's system of household deities, known as “ilban-sin” (“ga-sin” in mainland Korea), he is the last (7th) son of Jowang the kitchen goddess. After Jowang died, he tried to find the cause of her death and found Noiljeodae (the concubine to Jowang's husband) was the one responsible. He went to Seochen to get some holy flowers to revive his mother. Noiljeodae ------------------ Noiljeodae was a concubine of Jowang's husband. She eliminated Jowang and tried to get all of the family's property, but the last son of Jowang punished her and revived his mother. Special thanks and credit goes to DeviantArt user Glimja and many others for creating the pictures used in this video. For more information, visit: - http://www.jejuweekly.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=3123 - http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/asia/korean/articles.html - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hae_Mo-su_of_Buyeo - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talchum#Imaginary_Creatures_in_Talchum - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangun - http://chriswillar.deviantart.com/journal/List-of-Korean-Mythical-Beings-426995907#comments - http://glimja.deviantart.com/gallery/ - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fox_Sister - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumiho - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-legged_crow

• published: 30 May 2015
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