#eopsin

[derpy-chats]

I feel like Rumi, aside from being a plant mom, would also have a snake or something. Sure the girls have Derpy and Sussie, but Zoey seems to have claimed Derpy, and Sussie is practically glued to Mira. Rumi feels a little left out until she stumbles into a reptile expo while exploring the city.

Rumi knows absolutely nothing about owning a snake, but she immediately falls in love with the ones for sale at the expo. She especially likes a little ball python she sees, and she talks to the vendor about proper care and nutrition.

She decides that she wants that little snake bad enough that she puts a deposit down on the spot. The vendor is thrilled and points her in the direction of someone who can get her set up with a tank and some frozen mice for her new friend.

Armed with her new knowledge (and close to 100lbs of stuff), Rumi swings back around to pick up her snake before the expo closes. She names her Eopsin, and heads home to set up her new friends enclosure.

Mira and Zoey are (understandably) confused and concerned when Rumi comes home with a snake. She explains that she's been feeling left out since Mira and Zoey have the other animals. Zoey is on board after that explanation, and Mira isn't far behind when Eopsin curls around her hand.

Eopsin ends up being a great addition to the family, and is the main reason why Rumi doesn't get swallowed up by her depression anymore. She has to take care of Eopsin, so she needs to get out of bed and move. It helps her girls feel more at ease when leaving her home alone as well.

So I looked it up and it turns out Eopsin is the Korean goddess of storage and wealth, and she takes the form of a snake or weasel. I also wanted an excuse to write about ball pythons, since I have one.

[otherworldmythology]

Eopsin - 업신

A god of storage, granary, and wealth. She is one of the gasin, household spirits that Koreans would aim to please as they controlled several aspects of the home. Eopsin is believed to embody in the form of a rat snake, but can also appear as toads, weasels, pigs, dogs, or even a humanoid form. To please Eopsin was to become wealthy and rich, and so they would not chase away these animals if they entered the home, and in some places such as Jeju Island they would even force a snake to stay in the house out of fear of losing their wealth. In the Chilseong Bonpuri there exists an equivalent god for Jeju shamanists named Chilseongsin, essentially the same god. In their version of the tale she was a girl tossed into an iron box at sea, turning her into a serpent that the people feared until they realized she brought prosperity. She has seven children who are usually believed to become different gods and/or gods of the stars in the Big Dipper constellation. Some believe Eopsin to be female but others worship them as male or as multiple spirits embodied as one god.

Pantheon: Korean

Domain: Fortune, storage, grain, wealth, protection, domesticity, the home, snakes, rats.

Alternate Names: Eopwang, Eopdaegam, on Jeju Island they are called Chilseongsin.

Character Traits: Protects the home so long as they are properly treated, brings wealth to the family.

Visual Traits: Typically they are personified as a Korean rat snake.

Symbolism: Snakes, money, rice.

Sources: 1 2 3 4

[diioonysus]

korean mythology | yeosins

[daddysdem0n]

Korean Mythology

Yuhwa (유화부인) was the goddess of willow trees.

Yeongdeung (영등) is the goddess of wind

Sanshin (산신) a guardian spirit residing in mountains, whose cult has been closely associated with mountain tigers.

Samshin-Halmang (삼신 할머니) is the goddess of life and childbirth.

Seonangshin (서낭신) is the goddess of villages, boundaries, and war.

Sang-je (상제) is Heavenly Emperor, and therefore king of the gods.

Paritegi is the goddess who serves as guide to the underworld, leading the souls of the dead to their resting place.

Minshin (문신) is the god of the door.

Kumiho (구미호) is nine-tailed fox. It can freely transform into a beautiful woman often set out to seduce boys, and eat their liver or heart.

Haemosu (해모수신화) is the god of the sun.

Jowangshin (조왕신) is the goddess of fire and the hearth. She protects the warm center of every household, and sometimes, she's viewed as a friendly goddess who visits with women in the kitchen and even offers advice and gossips with the women.

Jameunjang-agi (가믄장 아기) is the goddess of luck and fate.

Jacheongbi (자청비) is the goddess of earth and agricultural.

Eopsin (업신) is the goddess of wealth. She is one of the Gasin, or deities that protect the house.

Dalnim (달님) is the goddess of the moon. In one version of her myth, she climbed so high into the heavens, she reached the moon, becoming the goddess.

Daebyeol (대별) is the king of the Underworld.

Bugeun (부근신) is the god of sexual relationship

[fyeahmyths]

Wealth goddess.

[lesbianathene]

@classicnet test 3: women of color in myths

Eopsin  업신 goddess of storage and wealth in korean mythology she is part of the gasin deities that protect the house daughter of jang seollyung and song seollyung 

[virtuestars]

for @mythologicalnet event ► Korean Mythology  ► Eopsin

Eopsin is the goddess of the storage and wealth in Korean mythology and shamanism. She is one of the Gasin, or deities that protect the house. However, unlike other Gasin, who were believed to embody pots, paper, and other inanimate objects, Eopsin is special in that she appears in an animal form. This is because Koreans considered snakes and weasels, who ate mice and rats, holy.

[fyeahmyths]

for fyeahmyths’ two week summer myth event

day eleven: asian deity

eopsin is the goddess of the storage and wealth in korean mythology and shamanism. she is one of the gasin, or deities that protect the house.