350: Korean folklore: Ghosts and Goblins

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Three(ish) stories from the Korean peninsula about ghosts and goblins. Kind of. Some are actual ghosts and goblins (도깨비). Some are the ghosts of happier times and the lives we thought we wanted. Some goblins literally beat us up when they cheat at board games. There's a lot to learn this week.

The creature is the Kting Voar, a creature that definitely does not exist, but not for lack of being extremely normal and boring.

Kting Voar article: https://myths.link/academicrigorcryptidstyle
Cow eating snake (NOT the Kting Voar): https://myths.link/snakeyum
Story 1 (the literary man): https://myths.link/literaryman
Story 2: https://myths.link/snakesrevenge
Story 3: https://myths.link/charan

Explosion-proof your cloppy friend (but not really): https://myths.link/superhorse

Disclaimer: https://myths.link/350

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Music:

"Cirrocumulous" by Chad Crouch
"Venus Aire" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Cortesia" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Flatlands 1st" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Night Music" by Blue Dot Sessions
"The Bond" by Chad Crouch
"Virginia Creeper" by Blue Dot Sessions

Transcript

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0:00.0	Quick disclaimer there's some stronger than usual violence this week.
0:03.0	Please check out the post on myth podcast.com for more info.
0:07.0	This week on myths and legends there are three-ish stories from Korea about ghosts, goblins, and demons. We'll learn how you can win
0:16.0	every chess game and free hotel rooms with only a little bit of intimidation and
0:20.8	kidnapping and how if your kid wants to study too much and be too good of a student, lock the
0:26.2	doors.
0:27.2	They're up to something.
0:28.7	The creature this week is a cow, with horns.
0:32.3	Yeah, crazy stuff and it definitely does not exist.
0:37.0	This is myths podcast where we tell stories from
0:44.0	episode 350 ghosts and goblins.
0:51.4	This is a podcast where we tell stories from mythology and folklore.
0:55.6	Some are incredibly popular stories you might think you know but with surprising
0:59.3	origins. Others are stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth a listen.
1:03.8	Today's stories are all about ghosts, goblins, and demons from Korean folklore,
1:08.4	spanning the 15th to 17th century, and all taking place during the Jossin dynasty. The actual history
1:14.8	doesn't matter too much and hopefully you pick up on some of the nuances as we go.
1:18.4	We'll jump into a couple of smart people taking a board game way, way too seriously. One day, Haasagong, a Taoist of high attainment used to go out fishing. The literary man said as he studied the board, his opponent replied that
1:45.1	he didn't understand how this related to the chess game they were playing and he was pretty
1:49.4	sure he had heard this story before. The Taoist returned to his wife just covered in bird poop.
1:56.0	He was miserable. The literary man made his move. The opponent looked at it and made his own move.
2:02.7	He goes home and his wife says,
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