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Excerpt from The Unmannerly Tiger, and Other Korean Tales
Studying the Korean ?ags captured by our men, I was delighted to find in them an album of Korean folk-lore, racy, original, and with a background wholly its own. Here was a reve lation of what the natives actually believed, richer by far than anything which aliens could disclose. The mountain spirit riding his pie bald pony, the statant, winged tiger holding the lightnings in his grasp, the ?ying serpent, able after a thousand years of evolution to rise from air into air and smite Korea''s foes, showed what was the oldest of all faiths in the Land of Morn ing Splendor. To me, these symbols Opened a great gate into the Korean''s mind, and since then I have enjoyed many a holiday of mental recreation in company with the Korean fairies.
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Studying the Korean ?ags captured by our men, I was delighted to find in them an album of Korean folk-lore, racy, original, and with a background wholly its own. Here was a reve lation of what the natives actually believed, richer by far than anything which aliens could disclose. The mountain spirit riding his pie bald pony, the statant, winged tiger holding the lightnings in his grasp, the ?ying serpent, able after a thousand years of evolution to rise from air into air and smite Korea''s foes, showed what was the oldest of all faiths in the Land of Morn ing Splendor. To me, these symbols Opened a great gate into the Korean''s mind, and since then I have enjoyed many a holiday of mental recreation in company with the Korean fairies.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
William Elliot Griffis
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780656956654
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.0 cm
Page Count - 185
Paperback
Contributors
Author
William Elliot Griffis
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781334091711
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.0 cm
Page Count - 187
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