Won-Oh Choi

An Illustrated Guide to Korean Mythology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This highly engaging volume by one of Korea's leading scholars of comparative provides a valuable introduction to centuries-old beliefs, myths and folk tales relating to Cosmology and Flood, Birth and Agriculture, Messengers of the Underworld, Shamans, Disease, Good Fortune, Love and Family, Gods of Village Shrines, and Heroes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 187mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 1175g
• ISBN-13: 9781905246601
• ISBN-10: 1905246609
• Artikelnr.: 22803130

Autorenporträt

Choi Won-Oh took a doctorate in Korean Literature at Seoul National University and studied folklore at Indiana University, USA. His previous publications include Comparison of Epics in East Asia (Seoul, 2001). He teaches Korean Oral Literature at the University of Seoul and works as General Business Director in The Society of Korean Oral Literature.