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Overview
Allen relates that a court woman dies after her relationship with an official named Kim is discovered. Her unappeased spirit enters a bird and returns to the palace, calling for Kim and saying that she wishes to see him. The woman is unnamed; Kim is her lover’s surname rather than hers. Allen tentatively identifies the bird as an oriole, so that species identification remains uncertain. His printed calls, Kim-pul-lah-go and Kim-poh-go-sip-so, are retained as his historical romanizations, not offered as a verified modern transcription.
Origins & earliest records
Korea; accounts presented by Allen
Records & interpretation
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Selected bibliography
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Korean Tales
III, The Rabbit, and Other Legends, pp. 30–31
Family & connections
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Primary records and illustrations
H. N. Allen, Korean Tales (New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1889)
III, The Rabbit, and Other Legends. pp. 30–31
Entire chapter and preface read; brief notice kept proportionate. Narrator’s uncertainty and limits preserved. No individual teller or original Korean edition identified by the passage.
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- Historical English translation and narrative noticesAllen, Korean Tales (New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1889), IIIResearch access: 2026-10-05
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