Tag: Korean Folk Tales

• Why Sea Water is Salty?

  

  According to an ancient Korean folktale, there was once a time when there was no salt in seawater. So how did seawater become salty? Let us find out. Once upon a time in Korea, there lived an extremely wealthy and generous King. The secret to the King’s wealth was a magic millstone. While millstones generally…

  August 14, 2022

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• The Rabbit’s Judgement

  

  There was once a village on the outskirts of a forest. A man-eating tiger wreaked havoc in the village. One day, the villagers called for a council. “We need to do something about the tiger,” said one of the villagers. “I have lost a few sheep to it. Yesterday, when I was walking in the…

  March 6, 2022

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• The Tiger and the Persimmon

  

  This is a folk tale from Korea. Persimmon is an Oriental fruit grown predominantly in China, Korea, Japan. One night, a man-eating tiger entered a village from a nearby forest. “I am hungry. Let me find someone to eat,” thought the tiger. Just then, it heard the sound of a baby crying from a house.…

  January 30, 2022

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