[KS] Korean Ghost Stories

David McCann dmccann at fas.harvard.edu
Tue Aug 23 15:55:58 EDT 2005


On 8/23/05 7:42 AM, David McCann wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
I checked my copies of the RAS Transactions, but couldn't find it.  It 
was an article on Yi Kyubo, however, by Richard Rutt.  Might have had 
more than one kwishin tale.

DRM




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