Stars arent souls of the dead in Korean oral traditions
“apparently, farawaygalaxies commented on bon bon jellyfish planet,an alnst sub-song, stating the following: "stars are said to be the souls of the dead in some korean oral traditions, and when a star falls into a sea, it is sometimes described as a glowing jellyfish ..." is this rlly true??? im making huuge oc lore,and i kiiinda needed a fact check,as im trying to implement it, wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww”
Summary
Korean oral traditions and shamanistic folklore do not portray stars as the souls of the dead, nor describe a falling star over the sea as a glowing jellyfish. The available Korean mythological sources discuss spirits, deities, and legendary creatures, but contain no references to such star‑jellyfish imagery. Consequently, the claim is unsupported.
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- Korean Creation Myth
In Korea, there are few creation myths that start from the beginning, the very beginning. In a few oral traditions, a primal chaos exists until, unexpectedly, a crack appears, separating earth from sky. But these myths, those that survive, are not the colorful intricate histories of the Theogeny ...
- Korean mythology - Wikipedia
There are two types: the written, literary mythology in traditional histories, mostly about the founding monarchs of various historical kingdoms, and the much larger and more diverse oral mythology, mostly narratives sung by shamans or priestesses (mansin) in rituals invoking the gods and which are still considered sacred today.
- Korean shamanism - Wikipedia
The governing god in Korean tradition, referred to as Hananim, Hanallim, or HanĹnim, is deemed to rule the heavens but is rarely worshipped. Some of the more powerful deities can make demands from humans without any obligation to reciprocate. Other deities are involved in everyday human concerns and prayed to accordingly. Many of the deities desire food and drink, spend money, and enjoy song and dance, and thus receive these things as offerings. Spirits of the dead are thought to yearn for the activities and pleasures they enjoyed in life; spirits of military generals are for instance believed to like dangerous games.
- Korean folklore - Wikipedia
Paridegi (the Seventh Princess) from "Goddess Who Guides Dead Souls to the Underworld"
- Imuldam: Korean Folklore with Supernatural Creatures — Korean American Youth Artists of Texas
A cackling dokkaebi races across a green field with a furious farmer on his heels. A bewildered man stares in horror as a gumiho greets him with a blood-stained grin, her nine tails waving in the wind. A cheonyeo gwishin floats around a shrine, her white hanbok and black hair swirling. These types o
- K-DRAMA SPECIAL: Korean Mythology — Korean Culture Center NYC
According to Korean mythology, the gumiho can live for thousands of years and feeds on human hearts or livers. It can shape-shift and turn into an extremely beautiful woman, to lure its prey.
- Myth / Korean Mythology - TV Tropes
He is the first person to have faced death (as in the story of Yama in Hindu Mythology. In fact, Yeom-ra is the Korean pronounciation of Yama). Like every other powerful god, he has many powers, including shapeshifting, reviving dead people, etc. Yongwang (Dragon Lord): Dragons living in lakes, rivers and seas.
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