Author: Kwang Seop Shin ; Fromm, Annette B ; et al. [ National Folk Museum of Korea (Seoul) ]
Title: Current Issues on Korean Folklore
Description: Seoul, National Folk Museum, 2009. orig. boards. 24x17cm. ix,277 pp.. Textual photo illustrations.. Rubberstamp to flyleaf. Minor wear. VG. ¶ Contains 8 papers. Includes;: The present status and characteristics of mythological literature matertial created at the dawn of the modern age; Mourning ritual & perception of death in modern Korean society; Analysis on the pattern & structure of Maji-gut from Hwanghae, a provincial shamanic ritual; Study on Suryong-dong Dangje; A comparative study on Korean & Mongolian folktales entitled 'the fairy and the woodcutter'; Korean folklore cultures examined through agricultural implements; Code of the twelve animals, which reads fate: Oriental zodiac signs ("tti") and destiny; Formation principles and the magico-religious functions of Korean seasonal customs.

Keywords: Korean Folklore, Korea, East Asia, Mythology, Myth Anthropology, Literary History, Oral Literature, Folk Tales, Ethnology, Ethnography