[KS] Korean Ghost Stories

David McCann dmccann at fas.harvard.edu
Tue Aug 23 07:42:28 EDT 2005


There's a truly nasty one about the ghost in the outhouse, in one of 
Richard Rutt's articles in -- What?-- the RAS / Korea journal.  And 
there's another every time the bamboo grove whispers!

DM

On 8/22/05 6:07 PM, jinakim at u.washington.edu wrote:

> Dear List Members,
>
> I would like your assistance in identifying some Korean (either 
> classical or modern) "ghost" stories/tales in either Korean or 
> English.  Any kind of "ghost" stories would be appreciated--whether of 
> the spirit, kwishin, Tokkebi, human or animal type.  Bibliographical 
> information would be greatly appreciated, if known.
>
> Related to the first query, I'm also interested in scholarly works 
> that deal with emotions related to "fear" provoked by "ghosts" in Korea.
>
> Thank you in advance for your assistance,
> Jina Kim
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