Categories

• Dragon and serpent

  2 creatures

  Serpentine beings tied to water, such as dragons and imugi.

  • No. 002 Imugi 이무기 Dragon and serpent
  • No. 017 Dragon 龍 용 Dragon and serpent

• Dokkaebi

  3 creatures

  Dokkaebi and their kin: beings said to arise from objects or nature rather than from the dead.

  • No. 001 Dokkaebi 도깨비 Dokkaebi
  • No. 014 Gildal 吉達 길달 Dokkaebi
  • No. 015 Duduri 豆豆里 두두리 Dokkaebi

• Shapeshifter

  1 creature

  Animals and creatures that take human or other shapes to deceive people.

  • No. 003 Nine-tailed fox 九尾狐 구미호 Shapeshifter

• Ghost

  6 creatures

  Spirits of the dead that did not pass on to the afterlife.

  • No. 007 Son-gaksi (maiden ghost) 손각시 Ghost
  • No. 008 Mongdal ghost (bachelor ghost) 몽달귀신 Ghost
  • No. 009 Gaekgwi (ghost of one who died away from home) 客鬼 객귀 Ghost
  • No. 011 Changgwi (tiger's thrall ghost) 창귀 Ghost
  • No. 013 Jigwi (fire ghost of unrequited love) 志鬼 지귀 Ghost
  • No. 020 Agwi (hungry ghost) 餓鬼 아귀 Ghost

• Divine beast

  4 creatures

  Sacred animals that stand for good omens, justice or protection.

  • No. 004 Haetae 해태 Divine beast
  • No. 006 Three-legged crow 三足烏 삼족오 Divine beast
  • No. 018 Bonghwang (phoenix) 鳳凰 봉황 Divine beast
  • No. 019 Girin (qilin) 麒麟 기린 Divine beast

• Malevolent spirit

  1 creature

  Spirits that bring misfortune at particular times or places.

  • No. 012 Yagwanggwi (shoe-stealing spirit) 夜光鬼 야광귀 Malevolent spirit

• Underworld being

  1 creature

  Beings that serve the afterlife and the work of death.

  • No. 010 Jeoseung saja (messenger of the underworld) 저승사자 Underworld being

• Monster

  2 creatures

  Uncanny beasts of folktales and folk theatre.

  • No. 005 Bulgasari 不可殺伊 불가사리 Monster
  • No. 016 Yeongno 영노 Monster

• Other

  0 creatures

  Beings that fit no other category.