Heo Mok
This legend narrates the story of Heo Mok (pen name Misu), a scholar and politican from mid-Joseon. One of the most wide-spread tales about Heo Mok’s characteristics as an eccentric prophet and devoted public official is the narrative “Extermination of the Snake, ” comprising three separate anecdotes. The first takes place during Heo’s service as magistrate of a county in Gyeongsang Province, when, upon learning about the practice of offering a nineteen-year-old maiden each year as sacrifice to
Korean Folk Literature