Tag: MUDANG
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The Dance That Conquered Evil: Korea’s Cheoyong Legend and the Power of Grace
Why This Story Caught My Attention I’ve spent considerable time working with Korean folktales, and the Cheoyong narrative stands out for reasons that go beyond its surface strangeness. When adapting this tale for English-speaking audiences, I made several adjustments to help with narrative flow and cultural accessibility—things like restructuring certain sequences for dramatic effect and…
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Princess Bari: The Abandoned Daughter Who Became Korea’s Goddess of the Dead
Why This Story Among the vast archive of Korean supernatural tales, the legend of Princess Bari (바리공주) stands apart—not merely as a ghost story, but as the foundational myth of Korean shamanism itself. She is the Mujo-shin (巫祖神), the ancestral deity of all Korean shamans, and her narrative has been sung during funeral rites for…