BY TRADITION
Korean folklore
4 records of Korean folklore — the beings, warnings and stories the tradition keeps, with sources.
BulgasariA Korean legendary iron-eater whose name means, in one reading, the one that cannot be killed. Folktales make it a catastrophe of late Goryeo; folk craft also paints it on chimneys as a ward against nightmare and fire.DokkaebiNature-spirits or goblin-like beings of Korean folklore formed from old stained objects or arising in the wild—tricksters who punish greed and reward cleverness, not simple demons.GwisinA Korean term for ghost, spirit, or divinity. Unlike the dokkaebi, gwisin in folk usage are often the human dead who remain because of unfinished ties. Distinct from the kumiho, which is a fox, not a ghost.KumihoThe nine-tailed fox of Korean tradition, often more predatory in classical tales than some Japanese kitsune tellings, though modern media softens or romanticises the figure.
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