.. ghosts and monsters of Korea for Halloween.*
구미호(Kumiho, Nine-tailed Fox)
A monster or mystical animal handed down to East Asia.
구미호 is famous for being able to transform into a fascinating woman,
meaning a nine-tailed fox with a mystical power.
Korea's 구미호 is characterized by its desire to become a human being.
The goblin is neither human nor God.
It plays pleasant pranks on people with their superpowers.
It sometimes makes fair bets on people.
It is described as having both gaiety, absurdity and extraordinaryness.
It is also called 귓것, 허주, 뜬것, 독각귀, 독각대왕, 망량, and 망량신.
An original explains that It seems a mysterious and big man, a flame, or a fairy.
It is hard to limit the appearance of a goblin.
The goblin is characterized by a dislike for murder and blood.
물귀신(Mul-gwi-sin, a water demon)
A ghost in the water, attract and drown a person who entered the water.
The water ghost is mostly a woman's figure of a woman.
Water ghosts cannot accept the fact that they have drowned
and have a grudge, so they lure people to the place where they have fallen and drown.
There are many views for doing this. first, it is because of wanting to make friends. second,
it is because one must kill someone else to get out of there.
lastly, it tries to strengthen one's power by subjugating the soul by omitting and killing people.
처녀귀신(Cheo-nyeo-gwi-sin)
The ghost of a woman who couldn't get married.
It is called 말명, 손말명, 손각시, etc.
It looks wearing loose black hair and white clothes.
There is a case with blood on it.
몽달귀신(Mong-dal-gwi-sin)
The ghost of a man who couldn't get married.
It is also called 삼태귀신, 도령귀신, etc.
The spirit of a bachelor who suffers from lovesickness or died without marriage
at the age of marriage becomes a distant spirit and commits evil deeds to a person.
달걀귀신(Dal-gyal-gwi-sin)
If an old egg doesn't go bad, it becomes an egg ghost.
Egg ghosts can turn into humans, and there are no eyes, nose or mouth on the face.
Usually, egg ghosts are described as eggs rolling around alive.