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Overview
Beings called goblins and devils invade Prince Cheung’s home, snatch and crumple a visiting official’s hat in daylight, and throw stones until the household is thrown into confusion. Cheung moves to another residence and offers a preparation named sal-kwi-whan in prayer. Yi Ryuk reports that the disturbances cease and remain absent for five or six years. The story gives actions rather than visible bodies; it neither supplies a recipe nor establishes medical efficacy.
Origins & earliest records
Korea; tale-specific historical narrative
Records & interpretation
Complete story and attribution read in the 1913 English witness; no independent confirmation of supernatural events.
In the literature
“They threw stones, too,”
Tale45, A Wonderful Medicine, printed p.204 (Gutenberg marker216) · James S. Gale
The supernatural disturbance includes thrown stones and damage to a visitor’s hat.
Selected bibliography
Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.
- 01
Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Fairies
Tale 45, “A Wonderful Medicine”, printed p. 204 (Gutenberg page labels 216). English translation date, not the date of the narrated event.
- 02
Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Fairies — A Wonderful Medicine
London:J.M.Dent/NewYork:E.P.Dutton1913, actual title page. Gale preface distinguishes Im Bang old manuscript, thirteen Yi Ryuk stories from1911 reprint, and three anonymous selections. Complete selected chapter/signature read; no Korean manuscript collation. Printed pagination checked in retained1913 PDF OCR; Gutenberg body markers are printed+12, physical PDFpages printed+16. No new page-pixel claim. Gale death1937 confirmed by UniversityToronto archival finding aid.
Family & connections
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Primary records and illustrations
Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Fairies
Yi Ryuk; James S. Gale translation, London Dent/New York Dutton, 1913. Tale 45, “A Wonderful Medicine”, pp. 216
Complete story and author signature read from cached Gutenberg51002 HTML. Translator’s bracketed introductions and author notes distinguished from narrative. No illustration claimed.
Located primary passages
Specific passages supporting details in this entry, grouped by their published witness.
Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Fairies
London:J.M.Dent/NewYork:E.P.Dutton1913, actual title page. Gale preface distinguishes Im Bang old manuscript, thirteen Yi Ryuk stories from1911 reprint, and three anonymous selections. Complete selected chapter/signature read; no Korean manuscript collation. Printed pagination checked in retained1913 PDF OCR; Gutenberg body markers are printed+12, physical PDFpages printed+16. No new page-pixel claim. Gale death1937 confirmed by UniversityToronto archival finding aid.
- Elderly former First Minister Cheung’s household is attacked in daylight by goblins that seize and crumple a young official’s hat and throw stones. Cheung moves away and offers a specially named preparation in prayer; the account says the disturbances cease for five or six years and Cheung remains healthy. His son Whal is introduced as an influential official, not a supernatural creature.
Tale45, A Wonderful Medicine, printed p.204, complete short account
Reported cure is literary narrative, not medicine or a transferable ritual recipe. Prayer wording and preparation formula not copied. Closing signature is Yi Ryuk, not Im Bang.
References
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- Historical primary narrative translationTale 45, “A Wonderful Medicine”, printed p. 204 (Gutenberg page labels 216) — Yi Ryuk, Gale translationResearch access: 2026-10-05
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