Tale of the Nine Tailed
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Tale of the Nine Tailed is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Lee Dong-wook, Jo Bo-ah, and Kim Bum. It aired on tvN from October 7 to December 3, 2020, every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:3
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Gumiho
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A gumiho or kumiho is a creature that appears in the folktales of East Asia and legends of Korea. It is similar to the Chinese jiuweihu, the Japanese kitsune and the Vietnamese hồ ly tinh.
Tale of the Nine Tailed
…Lotus (Korean: 구미호뎐: 연의 시작) will be released on TVING in 2024, the series is produced by Studio Bazooka. Lee Yeon (Lee Dong-wook), an over 1000-year-old Gumiho and the former guardian mountain spirit of Baekdu-daegan, is now a city dweller. He works with Taluipa (Kim Jung-nan), an agent in the Afterlife…
Kumiho illustration provided by the National Institute of Korean Language
These foxes are depicted in an classical painting from the Lotus Sutra(法華經), a Buddhist scripture from the Goryeo and Joseon periods. The foxes are fleeing from a club. There is a Buddhist doctrine that those who act foolishly are reincarnated as foxes.
This is a traditional Korean funeral ritual tool called Kkokdu, depicting a guide of the deceased wearing black clothes and riding a black fox.
Okpodong Giwanrok, a fable from the late Joseon Dynasty