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What Are Jeoseung Seolhwa? When Koreans speak of the afterlife, they rarely begin with abstract doctrine. Instead, they tell stories. 저승설화 (jeoseung seolhwa) are “underworld tales”—narratives that imagine what happens in 저승 (jeoseung), the Korean land of the dead. In scholarship, you will also encounter terms such as: Korean Term English Equivalent 저승 체험담 Underworld…