Dongmyeongseong/ Chumong
Dongmyeongseong, also called Chumong, was a Korean ruler who lived at the turn of the first century C.E. He was the founder of the Goguryeo…
Category: Korean Mythology
Samshin Halmoni
Samshin Halmoni, the Birth Grandmother, is among Korea’s most powerful goddesses. Halmoni literally means “Grandmother,” but it’s also a term of reverence and respect. She…
Arang
Arang loved to go moon-gazing at Youngnamru Pavillion. A respectable young lady could not go out alone: the female servant assigned as her chaperone c…
Seven Stars Spirits
Seven Stars Spirits ALSO KNOWN AS: Chilsong ORIGIN: Korea In Korean cosmology, the constellation known in the West as the Big Dipper or the Great…
Pali Kongju
Pali Kongju : The Rejected Princess; The Seventh Princess Shamans, magicians, and hoodoo doctors brag about being the seventh son. Pali Kongju is the seventh…
San Shin
San Shin literally means “Mountain Spirit.” Approximately 70 percent of Korea is covered by mountains. Technically each peak possesses its own presiding Mountain Spirit: they…
Kyeryong
Kyeryong may be translated as “rooster-dragon”or “chicken-dragon” depending on the gender of the dragon. They have dragon bodies but their heads resemble that of poultry.…
Kumiho
A Kumiho is a type of fox spirit. Like her compatriots, the Japanese Kitsune and Chinese Huli Jing, the Kumiho is associated with rampant, unbridled…
Aryong-Jong
Aryong-Jong : Lady of the Dragon Palace Aryong-Jong is a dragon goddess of water, rain, and fertility and the consort of the first King of…