Korean Folktales
translations provided by Dongwol Kim Roberson, and Suzanne Crowder Han
2021 Essay Competition Folktales
Other folktales
The following folktales are not eligible for use in the Sejong Writing Competition this year.
- The Green Frog
- Shimchong: the Blind Man's Daughter
- The Queen Swallow's Gift
- The Goblin's Club
- The Heavenly Maiden and the Woodcutter
- The Mud Snail Bride
- The Snake and the Boar
- Princess Pari, the Cast-off Daughter
- The Tiger and the Cloudburst
- The Silkworm
- Congjui Potjui: Korean Cinderella
- The Golden Ax and Silver Ax
- The Rabbit's Liver
- The Three Gifts
- The Tiger and the Persimmon
- The Three Questions
Sources
Heinz Insu Fenkl. "Korean Folk Tales: in the old, old days, when tigers smoked tobacco pipes". Bo-Leaf Books, 2008.
reproduced courtesy of Heinz Insu Fenkl and Bo-Leaf Books
Dongwol Kim Roberson. https://koreanfolktales.com. Accessed September 2018.
reproduced courtesy of Dongwol Kim Roberson. Books available for purchase on Amazon.
Suzanne Crowder Han. "Korean Folk & Fairy Tales". Hollym, 1991.
reproduced courtesy of Suzanne Crowder Han and Hollym International Corp