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Illustrated Eastern monsters book

Author

Ko Seongbae (Fish Head)

Publisher

Sam & Parkers (Sam & Parkers Co., Ltd.)

Categories

Humanities & Society

Audience

Youth
Adult

Overseas Licensing

Keywords

  • #Monsters; Knowledge of Miscellaneous Matters; Pastime

Copyright Contact

Bae Hye Lim

  • Publication Date

    2020-05-13
  • No. of pages

    416
  • ISBN

    9791197035210
  • Dimensions

    140 * 210
Overview

Illustrated Eastern Monsters Book introduces 278 kinds of Eastern Monsters with illustrations.

Book Intro

                                                                                                                                                                                   Illustrated Eastern Monsters Book introduces monsters that have existed in eastern countries such as China, Japan, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Iraq, and Iran in the extended time period of the ancient through the present. Based on ancient documents and a variety of folklores, this book presents a total of 278 monsters in terms of kind, haunting area and time, and their characteristics. In addition, the author has reconstructed and illustrated monsters based on written documents and folklore, offering reading pleasure as well as visual satisfaction. Through the Illustrated Eastern Monsters Book, let get ready to meet the monsters of the East that may be lurking around us even as we speak right now.  

 

 

<Nine-Tailed Fox> - Asia in general

 

Legendary fox with nine tails. The existence of this monster is documented in such Asian countries as Korea, China, Japan, and India. It is so pervasive that it may well be believed to have really existed. One of the early Chinese documents that detail stories about the nine-tailed fox is the Classic of Mountains and Seas. It is recorded that the nine-tailed fox lived in Chengqu Mountain in Chengqu, China. Having nine tails, this creature cries like a child and is also said to hunt and eat humans.  There are even stories where the nine-tailed fox turns into a beautiful woman and brings a country to ruins by enticing men. According to Fengshen Yanyi, Queen Daji who bewitched King Zhou was the nine-tailed fox.

 

The Classic of Mountains and Seas describes the nine-tailed fox as follows:

There is a beast that lives in the Chongu Mountain and whose appearance is like that of a fox. This fox has nine tails and cries like a baby. It is dangerous because it eats people. However, if a person eats this fox, he would not catch the so-called “seductive disease,” which is caused by a bug, called “seductive.”

 

<Udu-Madu> - China, Japan, and India

Evil demons that appear in Buddhist folklore, mostly in Chinese and Japanese legends. Udu and Madu are always together, so together they are called “Udu-Madu.” Udu is a strong man with the head of a cow, and Madu is one that has a horse’s head (“du” means “head” in Korean), both of whom are very strong. If a person ate or tormented cows during his lifetime, he was to be punished by Udu when he died. If one ate or tormented horses while alive, he would be punished by Madu. They were believed to keep the door to hell and, sometimes, to torture those who had committed evil deeds while alive.

About the Author

Ko Seongbae (Fish Head)



Ko Seongbae is the chief editor of The Kooh, a hardcore fanbois magazine.

Ko authored Illustrated Korean Monsters Book, which is about Korean monsters; Black Dictionary, a book about devils around the world; Monstrous Greens, which introduces Korean fantasy plants and potions recipes that appear in the old literature; and Gimmicks, which explores scientific devices in early SF films.

Instagram: @the_kooh

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