Korean Fairy Tales

Everywhere on earth the fairy world of each country is older and perhaps more enduring than the one we see and feel and tread upon. So I tell in this book the folk lore of the Korean people, and of the behavior of the particular kind of fairies that inhabit the Land of Morning Splendor.

By : William Elliot Griffis (1843 - 1928)

01 - The Unmannerly Tiger 02 - Tokgabi and His Pranks 03 - East Light and the Bridge of Fishes 04 - Prince Sandalwood, the Father of Korea 05 - The Rabbit’s Eyes 06 - Topknots and Crockery Hats 07 - Fancha and the Magpie 08 - The Sneezing Colossus 09 - A Bridegroom for Miss Mole 10 - Old White Whiskers and Mr. Bunny 11 - The King of the Flowers 12 - Tokgabi’s Menagerie 13 - Cat-kin and the Queen Mother 14 - The Magic Peach 15 - The Great Stone Fire Eater 16 - Pigling and Her Proud Sister 17 - The Mirror that Made Trouble 18 - Old Timber Top 19 - Sir One Long Body and Madame Thousand Feet 20 - The Sky Bridge of Birds 21 - Longka, the Dancing Girl 22 - A Frog for a Husband 23 - Shoes for Hats 24 - The Voice of the Bell 25 - The King of the Sparrows 26 - The Woodman and the Mountain Fairies