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Overview
The cruel Nahl Bo deliberately maims a bird in hopes of reproducing his brother’s reward, but the bird king sends a punitive seed. Successive gourds disgorge unwelcome visitors who demand payment. As the eleventh is cautiously opened, a thunderous voice sounds and a giant splits the fruit apart, seizes Nahl Bo and hoists him onto his shoulders. His wife secures release by providing an order for the ransom, after which the giant drops him painfully. The final gourd’s stench and destructive gale are a later event, not an attack explicitly performed by this giant; its size, clothing and species receive no further description.
Origins & earliest records
Korea; accounts presented by Allen
Records & interpretation
Complete Hyung Bo and Nahl Bo narrative and collection preface directly read.
Selected bibliography
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Korean Tales
VI, Hyung Bo and Nahl Bo, pp. 113–114, within pp. 89–115
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)
VI, Hyung Bo and Nahl Bo. VI, Hyung Bo and Nahl Bo, pp. 113–114, within pp. 89–115
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), VIResearch access: 2026-10-05
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