PREFACE

KOREAN FOLK TALES : Imps, Ghosts and Faries

I. CHARAN.
II. THE STORY OF CHANG TO-RYONG.
III. A STORY OF THE FOX.
IV. CHEUNG PUK-CHANG, THE SEER.
V. YUN SE-PYONG, THE WIZARD.
VI. THE WILD-CAT WOMAN.
VII. THE ILL-FATED PRIEST.
VIII. THE VISION OF THE HOLY MAN.
IX. THE VISIT OF THE MAN OF GOD.
X. THE LITERARY MAN OF IMSIL.
XI. THE SOLDIER OF KANG-WHA.
XII. CURSED BY THE SNAKE.
XIII. THE MAN ON THE ROAD.
XIV. THE OLD MAN WHO BECAME A FISH.
XV. THE GEOMANCER.
XVI. THE MAN WHO BECAME A PIG.
XVII. THE OLD WOMAN WHO BECAME A GOBLIN.
XVIII. THE GRATEFUL GHOST.
XIX. THE PLUCKY MAIDEN.
XX. THE RESOURCEFUL WIFE.
XXI. THE BOXED-UP GOVERNOR.
XXII. THE MAN WHO LOST HIS LEGS.
XXIII. TEN THOUSAND DEVILS.
XXIV. THE HOME OF THE FAIRIES.
XXV. THE HONEST WITCH.
XXVI. WHOM THE KING HONORS.
XXVII. THE FORTUNES OF YOO.
XXVIII. AN ENCOUNTER WITH A HOBGOBLIN.
XXIX. THE SNAKE’S REVENGE.
XXX. THE BRAVE MAGISTRATE.
XXXI. THE TEMPLE TO THE GOD OF WAR.
XXXII. A VISIT FROM THE SHADES.
XXXIII. THE FEARLESS CAPTAIN.
XXXIV. THE KING OF YOM-NA (HELL).
XXXV. HONG’S EXPERIENCES IN HADES.
XXXVI. HAUNTED HOUSES.
XXXVII. IM, THE HUNTER.
XXXVIII. THE MAGIC INVASION OF SEOUL.
XXXIX. THE AWFUL LITTLE GOBLIN.
XL. GOD’S WAY.
XLI. THE OLD MAN IN THE DREAM.
XLII. THE PERFECT PRIEST.
XLIII. THE PROPITIOUS MAGPIE.
XLIV. THE ‘OLD BUDDHA’.
XLV. A WONDERFUL MEDICINE.
XLVI. FAITHFUL MO.
XLVII. THE RENOWNED MAING.
XLVIII. THE SENSES.
XLIX. WHO DECIDES, GOD OR THE KING?
L. THREE THINGS MASTERED.
LI. STRANGELY STRICKEN DEAD.
LII. THE MYSTERIOUS HOI TREE.
LIII. TA-HONG