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Trama e riassunto di Leggende popolari coreane: folletti, fantasmi e fate
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You will love this book if you enjoy ghost stories, fairy tales, clever heroines, old court intrigue, or a window onto Korean beliefs about spirits, magic and the unseen world.
Che cos’è questo libro
Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Fairies gathers more than fifty short tales, set down by the scholars Im Bang and Yi Ryuk. You meet lovers, seers, foxes, goblins, kings in hell and a governor who scorns dancing girls. The book opens with a dancing girl named Charan and the nobleman's son who walks a whole country for her.
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- 1Love can carry a boy across a frozen countryFree
- 2Humble beggars and seers may hold hidden power
- 3Foxes, wildcats and goblins test human nerve
- 4The dead and the gods speak to the living
- 5Wit and honor beat power, even a king's
- 6Strange tales carry plain lessons about conduct
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Love can carry a boy across a frozen country
The book opens with Charan, a gifted dancing girl of Pyong-an, and Keydong, the sixteen-year-old son of the governor. They are close for six years, and then his father's term ends and the family must return to Seoul. Keydong claims he will leave her behind without regret, not yet knowing the pain of parting.
Sent to a monastery to prepare for an examination, he slips out one winter night and walks for a month, begging as he goes. His feet blister and his silk clothes tear. At last he reaches Pyong-an, where Charan's mother turns him away, and he must sweep snow in the governor's courtyard just to catch one glimpse of her.
Charan knows him at once and finds a clever excuse to leave the new governor's son. The two flee to a mountain village, where Charan supports them with her sewing. This first tale sets the tone for the whole book. Faithfulness and quick wits matter, and love is tested by hardship.
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Questions about Leggende popolari coreane: folletti, fantasmi e fate
What is Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Fairies about?
It is a collection of more than fifty short tales of Korea's past. They cover lovers, clever women, wise and unjust officials, Taoist immortals, foxes, ghosts, goblins and visits to hell. Some offer lessons, while others leave a sense of wonder.
Who wrote these Korean folk tales?
Most are by the scholar Im Bang, with several by Yi Ryuk and a few anonymous. They set down stories told to them by friends and witnesses.
Are the stories true or just legends?
The writers present them as things people told and believed, often naming real kings, ministers and places. Magic and spirits fill many tales, so they read as tradition and folklore more than history.
Is the book easy to read?
Yes, in its approachable form. The tales are short and self-contained, told in direct scenes with lively dialogue, so you can read one at a time and stop whenever you like.