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Living Korean Mythology: The Dragon That Swallowed the Sun, Legends of Magical Journeys, and Tokkaebi Demons

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Professor Shin Tongheung has collected dozens of famous and forgotten Korean myths. Preserved after hundreds of years in oral traditions, they remain exciting, touching and exciting, and therefore alive.

In character, Korean myths are completely different from Western ones; they also differ from Chinese and Japanese myths. Their heroes are most often modest commoners. It is difficult to find the luxurious grandeur of ancient Greek and Roman myths in Korean mythology; it is alien to the exotic pretentious images - an attribute of the Chinese mythological heritage.

The human character of mythological heroes is a distinctive feature of Korean folk tales. Most of the heroes are both gods and humans. Born humans, they went through the crucible of suffering and became gods entrusted with human destinies.

Why did this happen? This is due to the idea that only those who have experienced the earthly vale of life themselves can care for people and guide them. Does the divine necessarily mean something transcendental? Not at all. It comes from the old man's bent back, it is even in the old manger in the stable.
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