Folktales & Legends
Illweto-Bonpul-i: The Jeju Island Myth of Tosan-Bonhyangdang Shrine
Discover 'Illweto-bonpul-i', a traditional Jeju Island deity myth from Tosan-bonhyangdang shrine featuring divine marriages, iron boxes, and folk religion.
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Folktales & Legends
Saengbul-halmang-bonpuli: The Jeju Myth of the Birth-Goddesses
Discover Saengbul-halmang-bonpuli, the Jeju shamanic myth detailing how the birth-goddesses of this world and the underworld came to be enshrined.
Folktales & Legends
Woncheongang Bonpuri: The Jeju Shamanic Epic of Oneuli’s Journey to the Realm of Four Seasons
Discover the treasured Jeju shamanic epic Woncheongang Bonpuri, following the young girl Oneuli on her mythical quest to a realm where all four seasons coexist.
Folktales & Legends
Pajajeom: The Korean Art of Reading Destiny by Splitting Chinese Characters
Discover pajajeom, the traditional Korean art of reading destiny by deconstructing Chinese characters, through the charming folk tale of a mischievous young man who tried to test a wise diviner.
Folktales & Legends
The Axe Without a Handle: Monastic Wisdom of Wonhyo in Silla
Discover how the revered Silla monk Wonhyo cast aside his robes to dance in the marketplace as 'Master Hoseong,' using a puzzling riddle of an axe without a handle to bridge divided hearts.
Stories
Grandpa Yeongdeung and the Wind: A Jeju Chilmeridang Yeongdeunggut Story
Experience the winds of Jeju's lunar second month through the eyes of young Doyun and his grandfather as they prepare for the sacred Chilmeridang Yeongdeunggut ritual.
Seasonal Customs
The Full Moon of Hawon: Renewing the Guardian Jar and Sharing Family Fortune
Experience the quiet reflections of farmer Mindol on Hawon—the fifteenth day of the tenth lunar month—as he replaces last year's rice in the household guardian jar and learns the true meaning of sharing family fortune.