315-Korean folklore: Mountain Magic
Myths and Legends
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The Scholar's Journey
The young scholar was lost in a massive circle. He looked at the forking path ahead and felt inclined to go left. But because he had probably been here recently before and thought the same exact thing, he turned right. It put the mountains on his left, which felt correct at the beginning. Before an all too familiar rock formation appeared around the next corner. In time, sunlight began to dwindle and the scholar slowed to a final halt. The mountains had somehow ended up on his right side now and the late realization made his heart sink. That was when he noticed a worn footpath winding through a part of the grass. With all the trees, woodcutters and other workers probably
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