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Overview
Allen briefly reports that a man once rode to heaven on the back of an enormous stork. He places this beside accounts of the bird’s wisdom, heavenward flight and association with success in battle. No rider’s name, route, destination palace, return journey or transformation is supplied. Allen’s comparison with the strength of his own pet birds is his personal analogy, not evidence that a real bird could make the legendary flight; the historical English bird-name is retained without imposing a modern species identification.
Origins & earliest records
Korea; accounts presented by Allen
Records & interpretation
Entire chapter and collection preface directly read.
Selected bibliography
Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.
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Korean Tales
III, The Rabbit, and Other Legends, p. 34
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. p. 34
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.
References
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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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