K-Ghosts & Monsters

Spirited objects, ghosts, divine creatures, deadly animals, enchanted places, sacred objects and more, more, and more to discover all throughout Korean folklore and traditions. 

During the Joseon period, rejection towards superstition and paranormal was strongly spreaded, nevertheless people still believed in supernatural presences. 

In 1929 Ghosts of Joseon (조선의 귀신, 朝鮮の鬼神) was published by the folklorist Jijun Murayama (무라야마 지준, 村山智順), a collection of all the supernatural presences believed by Koreans to live between the human and non-human world. Further publications followed until today, where the world of livings has been inhabited by ghosts as never before.