Gumiho
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A kumiho or gumiho () is a creature that appears in the folktales of East Asia and legends of Korea. It is similar to the Chinese , the Japanese and the Vietnamese .
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- Kumiho illustration provided by the National Institute of Korean Language
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- 구미호
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- 九尾狐
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Encyclopedic overview
44 sectionsContents
- Etymology and terminology
- Characteristics and symbolism
- Historical development
- Modern interpretations and media
- Korean Fox Spirit Tales by Period
- Fox spirit in ancient Korean mythology
- The First Records of the Fox Spirit in korea
- The Baeg-yeowoo(White Fox) Legend
- The heuk-yeowoo(Black Fox) Legend
- The Monster Fox Threatening a Dragon
- Other ancient Korean fox tales (especially the fox tales of Silla)
- Silla's fox god worship depicted in Chinese legends
- Fox Spirit Records in the Goryeo Period
- A poem written by Goryeo official Im Chun comparing traitors to foxes
- Yi Kyubo's poem mentioning the nine-tailed fox
- Shin Don, the Reformer Compared to a Fox Spirit
- General Kang Kamch'an, the Fox's son.
- Fox Spirit Records in the Joseon Period
- Nine-Tailed fox recorded in Donguibogam
- Fox spirits appearing in [[Chŏn Uch'i chŏn|The Jeon Woo-chi Story]]
- Seo Gyeong-deok (also known as Hwadam) and the Nine-tailed Fox
- The Kumiho Who Longed to Become Human
- Transmission of the Chinese Daji(The most famous nine-tailed fox) Legend to Joseon
- Fox spirit as general under the "barbarian king"
- Ten-thousand-year-old fox-spirit general Se-yung-wang (西戎王)
- Kumiho in the form of a boy
- The "Barbarian" King’s Fox Spirit Wife: A Multifaceted Character
- Fox spirits with less than nine tails
- Fox spirits of the Country of Women
- The seven-tailed fox with the nine-tailed fox as his teacher
- Nine-tailed fox in Joseon Dynasty historical records
- Fox spirit tales from Joseon during the Japanese colonial period
- Newspaper articles related to kumiho from the late Joseon Dynasty to the Japanese colonial period
- The Mountain Goddess(fox spirit) and the Dragon King
- Foxes in Korean culture immediately after liberation
- Brown Fox: a modern fox allegory reflecting the Korean Peninsula
- List of contemporary media featuring yeowoo/kumiho
- Popular culture
- Animation
- Video game
- Comic
- See also
- References
- External links
A kumiho or gumiho () is a creature that appears in the folktales of East Asia and legends of Korea. It is similar to the Chinese , the Japanese and the Vietnamese .
Kumiho is a term that originally referred to a magical fox appearing in Korean novels of the Joseon dynasty, or was used pejoratively in historical records of the same period to denounce treacherous officials. In modern Korea, the designation kumiho has been broadened to encompass all fox spirits described in traditional Korean sources.
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