436: Korean folkore: Feet First
Myths and Legends
Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser
4.8 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
🪱Mr. Worm is getting married! That (not creepy) stranger is looking in your windows! Shin is driving tired!
Five interconnected stories from Korean folklore about letting people know the real you. And
😈 The Creature: Duergar
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🎵 Music Credits
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Beef Strokinoff by Breakmaster Cylinder
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A Pathetic Moment by Blue Dot Sessions
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This week, on Myths and Legends, there are five stories from Korean folklore. |
| 0:04.8 | We'll see that when it comes to creeping up to your neighbor's houses and peeking in their windows, |
| 0:08.7 | you should only do that when you think what's going on inside is super weird, |
| 0:12.5 | how faking it until you make it is not a great idea when it comes to practicing medicine, |
| 0:17.1 | and what you should do if your spouse is a secret demon who wants to kill you. |
| 0:21.6 | The creature this week is the Durgar and why you shouldn't hassle mythological creatures in the woods. |
| 0:31.7 | This is Myths and Legends, episode 436, feet first. |
| 0:40.9 | This is a podcast where we tell stories from mythology and folklore. |
| 0:44.7 | Some are incredibly popular tales you might think you know, but with surprising origins. |
| 0:49.3 | Others are stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth a listen. |
| 0:53.4 | We're in Korean folklore with five interconnected stories, and they actually fit with a time |
| 0:58.8 | period, the 15th century. At that time, modern-day North and South Korea were a United |
| 1:05.4 | Kingdom called Chosen, which existed from 1392 until 1897. |
| 1:13.6 | Today's story, though, takes place in and around Seoul, |
| 1:16.2 | so mainly in modern-day South Korea. |
| 1:18.8 | We'll jump in on the outskirts of Seoul with someone doing something they maybe shouldn't. |
| 1:22.5 | Music The middle-aged man stepped back from the window. |
| 1:39.7 | It was not his window, and while windows are made for looking through, |
| 1:44.1 | it's generally understood |
| 1:45.6 | that the looking is meant to go from in to out. To go from out to in, well, it's going to happen. |
| 1:53.4 | That's the nature of windows. For instance, if I'm walking the dog at night, I'm going to have |
| 1:58.4 | opinions about how many of my neighbors don't appear to |
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