#korean ghosts

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Favourite Horror Games

(day 11/31)

White Day: A Labyrinth Named School (2015)

"Oranges and lemons. Say the bells of St. Clement's. You owe me five farthings. Say the bells of St. Martin's. When will you pay me? Say the bells of Old Bailey. When I grow rich. Say the bells of Shoreditch. And when will that be? Say the bells of Stepney. I do not know.Say the great bells of Bow. Here comes a candle.To light you to bed.

And here comes a chopper.

To chop off your head."

[koreaguides]

Korean Ghosts & Spirits

1. Baby Ghost 

Babies who pass away before their third birthday are said to turn into ghosts. If it was a boy, the ghost is often called taejoo, whereas ghosts of baby girls are called myeongdo. 

2. Dokkaebi 

There are several legends about the dokkaebi, but one goes that they are the spirits of warriors who were assassinated by highwaymen. 

3. Kong Kong Ghost 

The next ghost looks pretty nasty, so we choose not put up a picture. According to legend, it is the result of a person typically a student who died after falling off a building. As such, it will appear standing on its head, staring at you with wide eyes. 

4. Gumiho 

Many of us probably know the “gumiho” from the drama ‘Tale of the Nine Tailed’ where Lee Dong Wook stars as one of the leads. The legendary gumiho is said to be half-fox, half-woman creature who likes to eat the liver and soul of humans. 

5. Child Ghosts 

Similarly to baby ghost, children who pass away from ages 5 to 15 can turn into child ghosts. Boy spirits are called dongja and girl spirits are called dongnyeo. 

6. Virgin Ghosts 

As the name suggest, virgin ghost, or mongdal ghosts left the world without getting married. This left them filled with a lot of regret and resentment, and they return to harm and possess women. 

7. Spirits of Good-Hearted Women 

In Korea, the spirits of good-hearted young women who unfortunately pass away are said to live on. They possess a strong spiritual power, and they often possess shamans who will act as a medium for them. 

8. House Ghosts 

House ghosts are basically kind ghosts that are tied to and live in certain buildings. If the place they live in is destroyed, or if you try to chase them away, they can turn into evil spirits that can cause trouble. 

9. Lovesick Ghosts

Lovesick ghosts, come back longing for the love that they felt was unfulfilled while they were still alive. If they were in a relationship before they passed away they can come-back to haunt their old lovers, or even try to take their lovers away with them. 

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Granny Greenteeth in my Korean Bathroom

So, I'm reminded of a Granny Greenteeth story. When I was growing up, I was always told not to swim in certain tarns on the moors because 'Granny Greenteeth' liked to drown children. As I grew older, I learned that she was far less deadly to adults, even helping lost travellers on occasion. Fast forward to 2007. I was living in perhaps the most terrifying apartment I've ever lived in. Every night between the hours of 11pm and 1am, there would be noises coming from the bathroom that sounded like a wet body slipping around in the bath, my toilet exploded, and the bathroom ceiling set on fire. It wasn't just the bathroom either, the toaster oven for would open and close on its own, I once saw a candy tub *sail* from one end of the room to hit the opposite wall (about 12ft). On my first night, I saw these women covered in blood at the bottom of my bed (but put it down to jetlag), and periodically woke up with scratches (I bite my nails). So anyway, I go out and get drunk with my friends one night, come home and have the 'bright' idea to try putting up my mosquito net. It didn't quite work out and I ended up falling asleep on the bathroom floor. You know, the creepy bathroom. While asleep, I had a dream, and it was so vivid that it's imprinted on my brain. I was back home at a local park sitting on a rock with Granny Greenteeth and we were watching kids play on a tire swing over some water. "When he falls off, I'm going to have him.", she said. And horrified, I asked her if she really had to. At this point she turned to me and said, "You'd better look to yourself and get back to your body. I don't much like what 'er in't bath has in store for you!" I woke right up, sober as a judge, wrapped in the mosquito net on the bathroom floor, and the atmosphere in the bathroom was like nothing I'd felt while there. I could hear the body noises coming from the bath but there was no one there (usually they stopped when I went into the bathroom), if anything they intensified. Obviously terrified, I got the hell out of the room, feeling like I was shaking something nasty off with every step, and went into my room (which I'd set up as a 'safe' room after the first night). It was...interesting.

[darthstitch]

oh steeb

So I ended up watching this classic Korean horror series called Hometown Legends in which a lot of the vengeful ghosts are mainly women who have suffered injustice. 

It’s a general rule in horror that most of the people who live in it are Too Stupid To Live.  I mean, seriously, what kind of whackjob decides, Let’s do this Stupid Thing That Would Get a Vengeful Ghost After Me.  That’s an Awesome Idea!

Because my brain is wired for crack, I idly wondered how Steve Rogers would fare if he were plopped into an actual horror story like this one.

“Steve? Who are you talking to?”

“Hey, Buck, this is Suwon.  Suwon, this is my fella I was just telling you about...”

“Steve.  Do you realize you’re talking to a dead person?”

“She’s just living impaired.  She was telling me about how this horrible woman forced her to become a surrogate mom, took away her baby and then had her killed - this ain’t right, Buck!  No wonder she’s haunting them!”

“They did what?”

“Well, she wants her baby back, but I think that’s not the best idea... but we gotta make sure that kid’s safe -- “

“So basically, we’re going to go on a crusade for justice on behalf of this ghostly dame -- uh... I mean, lady.  Steve, why is she laughing at me? I’m not being the funny one here, you are...”

Yeah.  There is no way in heaven or in earth that a spirit like this wouldn’t be charmed by the two Nonagenarian Idiots....