✳︎ Title: Korean Folklore ✳︎ Authors: Shuzaburo Hagiwara, Inhak Choi; Preface by Taro Wakamori ✳︎ Publisher: Daiichi Hoki Publishing ✳︎ Published: First edition, 1974 (Showa 49) Content: Before electricity was introduced to Korean rural villages by the Saemaul Undong movement in the 1970s, there was a mysterious world where day and night were clearly distinct. At night, demons appeared in the pitch-black darkness. Dokkaebi, mischievous goblins, were said to appear at mountain passes, etc., transformed from discarded tools like old brooms. They were not known to curse specific people. In contrast, demons would curse descendants and acquaintances, bringing illness and misfortune, so it was necessary to have a mudang (a professional shaman) appease their souls. Even now, walking through the streets of Seoul, one occasionally encounters flags indicating the residence of a mudang. Besides these demons and dokkaebi, other beings that frightened people were dragons, giant snakes, foxes, chickens, centipedes, and crab monsters. This book introduces the ancient indigenous beliefs and life culture of Korea through photographs, including Korean shamanistic beliefs and house gods. ◎ Table of Contents Preface Foreword Color Plates Sacred Sites Jangseung (Totem Poles) Dangsan (Village Shrines) Gungdang (Palace Shrines) Sanshin (Mountain Gods) Dangje (Village Rituals) House Gods Shamanistic Beliefs Seongju Gut (House God Ritual) Musok (Korean Shamanism) Mudang of Seoul Mudang of Busan Danggol of Jeolla Province Shamanic Instruments Mountain God Statues Dragon King Statues Funerals Burial Systems Royal Tombs Yeongjwa and Sado (Ancestral Tablets and Shrines) Sikkingut (Ritual for the Dead) Buddhist Temples Folk Temples Maitreya Belief Ilsimdo (One Mind Way) Livelihoods Agriculture Fishing River Fishing Haenyeo (Female Divers) Various Occupations ◎ ⤵︎ Search Terms #Local Toys #Curses Gyeongsin Pagoda Shamanism Mad Men Ongoro Masks Onmyoji (Yin-Yang Diviners) Jukindo (Curse Prohibition Way) Onmyodo (Yin-Yang Way) Hitogata (Human-shaped Paper Dolls) Hanpei-ho (Ritual Footwork) Kazuhiko Komatsu Daisuke Igarashi Daijiro Morohoshi Returning Curses Masked Drama Nine Evils Exorcist Setsubun (Bean-Throwing Festival) Enigma The Sisa The World of the Poet Oumu The Great Terror The Ghost of Science The Ribs of Time Taro Okamoto Itako (Spiritual Mediums) Mount Osore Oshira-sama Oshira-sama Awashima-sama Itako's Kuchiyose (Spirit Medium's Channeling) Folk Beliefs Curses Curse Bodies Curse Binding Curse Masters Old Masks Stone Masks Bugaku Masks Gyodo Masks Oni Masks (Demon Masks) Tengu Masks Kagura Masks Kyogen (Comic Theater) Ko-no (Old Noh) Fox Masks Okame (Mask of a Woman) Hien (Mask of a Man) Shamans of the Orochon People Gods of Abundance and House Gods Possession by a God Sacred Trees Pillar Raising Gods of Boundaries and Crossroads Gods of Mountains and Forests The People Who Brought Rice Miao and Jiangnan Ethnic Cultures Chinese Minorities Noh Zeami Yugyo Geino (Traveling Performance Arts) Out of Mingei (Folk Crafts)