"Tale of the Songakshi"

"The Legend of Dodeoksan Mountain"

Once upon a time, there was a poor man who worked day and night to provide for his family.
One day, a fortuneteller told the man that he was to get married twice and become rich.

On the very same day, the daughter of a wealthy family in the village fell ill and passed away.


He was told that if they didn't resolve the resentment of their daughter who had turned into a maiden ghost, something terrible would happen.



The man gave orders to his workers to find a groom for his deceased daughter.



Under their master's orders, the workers kidnapped the poor man to be her groom.

Under the threat of the father that he will not spare his life if he doesn't marry his daughter,
the man underwent the wedding ceremony with the deceased daughter.



After his daughter's funeral, the wealthy man repayed the poor man. On his way back home,
he fell asleep near a tomb with its owner unknown.



The daughter of the wealthy man appeared in his dream and thanked him.
It turned out the tomb belonged to the daughter.



The maiden ghost who died before getting married was called "Songakshi," and the village helped resolved her resentment and sorrow by holding a wedding for the deceased maiden.




Adventurer! Did you check out the tales introduced for the Tale of Mudang Wraith last week?

For those of you who haven't, go to the page linked below
to check out the tales that became the inspiration for the Tale of Mudang Wraith!



Tale of the Mudang Wraith