![]() ![]() Whereas Confucian classics were the gateway to officialdom, "yadam" offered an escape valve, dealing with things much closer to daily life. A main source of these stories were collections of "yadam." These were a form of short tale, especially popular in the Joseon period. However, because the stories had seemed too frivolous or were connected with shamanism and Buddhism, the scholars had been ashamed to talk about them. ![]() ![]() Eventually, they discovered that Korea, too, had a plentiful supply of ghosts and spirits, celebrated in many eerie tales. Gale, two of the most famous North American missionaries to come to Korea in the 1880s, were very fond of ghost stories, but for years the Korean scholars they met swore that no such stories existed in Korea. ![]()
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