Dokkaebi
| Korean spelling | |
|---|---|
| Korean alphabet : | 도깨비 |
| Revised Romanization : | Dokkaebi |
| McCune-Reischauer : | Tokkaebi |
The Dokkaebi is a mythical creature from the Korean world of fairy tales and myths. It is a human-like (sometimes one-eyed) goblin or forest goblin of mostly terrifying shape, but who also appears with humorous and grandiose features. The Dokkaebi is mostly depicted as a wild guy with a horn growing from his forehead. He wears animal skins (tiger or leopard skin) and uses a magic club with tips. The Dokkaebi loves the joke and plays tricks on bad people and punishes them, on the other hand, rewards good-hearted people, also through his magic powers.
In many respects, the Dokkaebi is similar to the Japanese mythical creature Oni and removes the Troll in Germanic mythology.
literature
- Ahn Sang-Soo / Yim Young-joo: Dokkaebi. Korean Motive / Korean Motifs , Wasmuth, Tübingen 2005, ISBN 3-8030-0657-0
- Alexander Reisenbichler: The many faces of dokkaebi , OSTASIEN Verlag, Gossenberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-940527-80-6