| Description |
1 online resource (178 pages) |
| Summary |
Homer B. Hulbert and James S. Gale, two of the most famous North American missionaries to come to Korea in the 1880s, were very fond of ghost stories, but for years the Korean scholars they met swore that no such stories existed in Korea. Eventually, they discovered that Korea, too, had a plentiful supply of ghosts and spirits, celebrated in many eerie tales. However, because the stories had seemed too frivolous or were connected with shamanism and Buddhism, the scholars had been ashamed to talk about them. A main source of these stories were collections of yadam. These were a form of short tal |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Tales - Korea
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781624120077 |
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1624120075 |
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