for everyone just finding out about it via kpop demon hunters, the 'crow' is specifically a magpie! the imagery of magpie and tiger comes from 까치호랑이 민화, a genre of minhwa—korean folk art—that depicts the two creatures (often along with pine trees) as a sort of political cartoon, with the goofy looking tiger representing the uppity aristocracy and the sensible and dignified magpie standing in for the common people. i'm so happy more people are being exposed to this tradition!

















