Ghosts and mythological creatures like the liver-eating Nine Tails are almost always women in Korean stories around death. But I have grown up with the idea that they are these funny looking little demon/goblin-like creatures that have horns growing out of their heads and fangs hanging out. If you go to buddhist temples in the mountains of South Korea, you’ll see depictions of them in wall paintings or stone statues. If you see little blobs of floating fire in the night, such as blue or green floating flames, then that means the dokkaebis are around.They show themselves as these flames to humans. Dokkaebis are like goblins, who play tricks on you. On a less relevant note: When I lived there, I grew up with stories of these Death Lions, dokkaebis, and ghosts, especially ghosts of women. Many Koreans claim to have seen them when their relatives or friends were about to pass. Seeing them means that it is your time to go, or someone else’s that you’re close to.
But some believe that they show themselves to certain individuals. They are supposed to be invisible to everyone else but you. They act as guides who will walk you to the afterlife. Their appearance in front of people is a very frightening experience. They are called “Juh soong sa-jah”, which translates to “Lions of the Afterlife”. In Korean folklore, it is believed that when someone is about to die, or has died, they are met by one or two of human-like figures clad in black. Needless to say, my dad was flabbergasted and still says to this day that it was a very strange, unexplainable experience. He was like, “?!” Then my mom came out crying saying that grandma just passed away. Within a minute, my dad heard the women suddenly wail from inside the room. My dad said, “How do they look like?” My brother, “They’re covered in black, daddy.” My dad looked around the living room and he didn’t see anything. Then my brother goes, “They’re sitting on the piano chair now.” (I’m not sure if he saw this figure as a woman or a man, as the Korean language do not use pronouns.) He said that while they were sitting around, my brother told him, “Daddy, a person just came in.” (I’ll try my best to translate.) And my dad said, “Where?” My brother pointed toward an invisible, moving figure and said, “They’re walking toward the piano.” A moment later, my dad goes, “What are they doing? (to entertain my brother)” He also doesn’t scare easy, having been through some crazy, unbelievable sounding Korean military training back in the day. This story was told by my dad, who is a no-nonsense man who doesn’t believe in the paranormal mostly. My mother and her visiting sisters were in the room where grandma was, and my dad and my toddler/very young brother were outside, sitting in the living room.
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These are kind of unrelated stories, so feel free to jump around. I still believe that they were probably brain tricks, as that is far more likely than the paranormal, but there are some things I can’t really explain. I thought I would share my experiences as well. I have read many experiences here since I’ve discovered this sub.
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