[KS] Air conditioning and facial paralysis

[David McCann]

Another related tidbit, in the Samguk Yusa the story of Ch'ôyong has 
King Hôn'gang going north, south, east, and center, with ceremonies out 
in each direction. Not west though, which I am guessing by subtraction 
is the direction the Yôksin, plague spirit, comes from when it takes 
human form and gets into bed with Ch'ôyong's wife. A ceremony is 
performed, and the evil spirit/wind promises never to return, unless, it 
says, you guys start fooling around with air conditioners, which are 
unnatural.

David McCann




On 9/21/06 1:05 AM, Lauren Deutsch wrote:

>Perhaps related tidbits ...
>
>I'm reminded that an excess or deficiency of internal Wind in Traditional
>Oriental Medicine is cause for alarm, as is an external pernicious influence
>of Wind. 
>
>I recently asked a Korean novelist / playright whether there were any unique
>names for winds in Korean. Or whether there is/are any Wind spirit(s) in the
>shamanist pantheon. I was told that Korean's don't invest any credence /
>importance in things they don't "see".
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