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About This Edition: Korean folk tales imps ghosts and fairies is a book byI'm Bang and Yi Ryuk first published in the late 17th century This book includes 53 Korean tales in English: CHARAN THE STORY OF CHANG TO-RYONG A STORY OF THE FOX CHEUNG PUK-CHANG, THE SEER YUN SE-PYONG, THE WIZARD THE WILD-CAT WOMAN THE ILL-FATED PRIEST THE VISION OF THE HOLY MAN THE VISIT OF THE MAN OF GOD THE LITERARY MAN OF IMSIL THE SOLDIER OF KANG-WHA CURSED BY THE SNAKE THE MAN ON THE ROAD THE OLD MAN WHO BECAME A FISH THE GEOMANCER THE MAN WHO BECAME A PIG THE OLD WOMAN WHO BECAME A GOBLIN THE GRATEFUL GHOST THE PLUCKY MAIDEN THE RESOURCEFUL WIFE THE BOXED-UP GOVERNOR THE MAN WHO LOST HIS LEGS TEN THOUSAND DEVILS THE HOME OF THE FAIRIES THE HONEST WITCH WHOM THE KING HONOURS THE FORTUNES OF YOO AN ENCOUNTER WITH A HOBGOBLIN THE SNAKE’S REVENGE THE BRAVE MAGISTRATE THE TEMPLE TO THE GOD OF WAR A VISIT FROM THE SHADES THE FEARLESS CAPTAIN THE KING OF YOM-NA (HELL) HONG’S EXPERIENCES IN HADES HAUNTED HOUSES IM, THE HUNTER THE MAGIC INVASION OF SEOUL THE AWFUL LITTLE GOBLIN GOD’S WAY THE OLD MAN IN THE DREAM THE PERFECT PRIEST THE PROPITIOUS MAGPIE THE “OLD BUDDHA” A WONDERFUL MEDICINE FAITHFUL MO THE RENOWNED MAING THE SENSES WHO DECIDES, GOD OR THE KING? THREE THINGS MASTERED STRANGELY STRICKEN DEAD THE MYSTERIOUS HOI TREE TA-HONG