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Korean folk tales

Subtitle
Imps, ghosts and fairies

Pang Im and Yuk Yi

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James Scarth Gale translation

Table of contents

1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. BIOGRAPHICAL4. I CHARAN5. II THE STORY OF CHANG TO-RYONG6. III A STORY OF THE FOX7. IV CHEUNG PUK-CHANG, THE SEER8. V YUN SE-PYONG, THE WIZARD9. VI THE WILD-CAT WOMAN10. VII THE ILL-FATED PRIEST11. VIII THE VISION OF THE HOLY MAN12. IX THE VISIT OF THE MAN OF GOD13. X THE LITERARY MAN OF IMSIL14. XI THE SOLDIER OF KANG-WHA15. XII CURSED BY THE SNAKE16. XIII THE MAN ON THE ROAD17. XIV THE OLD MAN WHO BECAME A FISH18. XV THE GEOMANCER19. XVI THE MAN WHO BECAME A PIG20. XVII THE OLD WOMAN WHO BECAME A GOBLIN21. XVIII THE GRATEFUL GHOST22. XIX THE PLUCKY MAIDEN23. XX THE RESOURCEFUL WIFE24. XXI THE BOXED-UP GOVERNOR25. XXII THE MAN WHO LOST HIS LEGS26. XXIII TEN THOUSAND DEVILS27. XXIV THE HOME OF THE FAIRIES28. XXV THE HONEST WITCH29. XXVI WHOM THE KING HONOURS30. XXVII THE FORTUNES OF YOO31. XXVIII AN ENCOUNTER WITH A HOBGOBLIN32. XXIX THE SNAKE’S REVENGE33. XXX THE BRAVE MAGISTRATE34. XXXI THE TEMPLE TO THE GOD OF WAR35. XXXII A VISIT FROM THE SHADES36. XXXIII THE FEARLESS CAPTAIN37. XXXIV THE KING OF YOM-NA (HELL)38. XXXV HONG’S EXPERIENCES IN HADES39. XXXVI HAUNTED HOUSES40. XXXVII IM, THE HUNTER41. XXXVIII THE MAGIC INVASION OF SEOUL42. XXXIX THE AWFUL LITTLE GOBLIN43. XL GOD’S WAY44. XLI THE OLD MAN IN THE DREAM45. XLII THE PERFECT PRIEST46. XLIII THE PROPITIOUS MAGPIE47. XLIV THE “OLD BUDDHA”48. XLV A WONDERFUL MEDICINE49. XLVI FAITHFUL MO50. XLVII THE RENOWNED MAING51. XLVIII THE SENSES52. XLIX WHO DECIDES, GOD OR THE KING?53. L THREE THINGS MASTERED54. LI STRANGELY STRICKEN DEAD55. LII THE MYSTERIOUS HOI TREE56. LIII TA-HONG57. SOME ROMANTIC VOLUMES IN EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY58. Colophon
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