Melons, the Milky Way, and a Korean Folktale

[samedi]

Continuing the discussion from my previous entry on Chilseok, it may be worth noting two of the culinary customs of this time of year. The first is an emphasis on wheat-based foods, including wheat noodles and a type of wheat-based pancake called milijeonbyeong (밀전병). Despite its description as a pancake though, the online pictures that I've come

Comments

Funny

[anonymous]

You said "If this story ever gets picked up by Disney expect it to have a drastically different ending."

Funny. I have the same book of Korean folktales. I have a hard time reading them to my son because he has no frame of reference. And sometimes the endings are just so different from what he's accustomed to. Your comment cracked me up in the "so true it's funny" sense.
Rgds,
White

Re: Funny

[samedi]

I've come to notice that many Korean folktales feature a strong moral lesson over a happy ending, which is what brought up the reference to Disney movies. Several of the original European tales were also fairly dark, but kids today wouldn't know it from the representation they get in popular media.

Additionally, I do also wonder how common it is for children to encounter some of the older folktales -- I mentioned a story from Masan to a coworker who grew up in that city, and she had never heard of it before.