EP 143: Korea- The Great Stone Fire Eater (Griffis 1922)

Every year, the fire spirit from Gwanak mountain crawls out of his volcano home and burns everything that men build. What is the emperor to do? Can he just keep rebuilding the palace? They hope that a Chinese dragon will keep the fire spirit at bay, but the dragon proves expensive and fickle. Next they try a pond, but the fire spirit figures that out. Finally, a great stone lion is carved. Will it be a match for the great fire spirit? Listen and find out. Source: Korean Fairy Tales W.E. Griffis 1922 Narrator: Dustin Steichmann Comments: Hit me up on Galas.fm with voice notes or comments SFX: Birds and Thunder by Dustin Steichman Music: 범패와 작법무(나비춤) Creative Commons Podcast Shoutout: Tales from the Enchanted Forest Listener Shoutout: Port-au-Prince Haitian Creole: Pòtoprens, is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894.[2] The metropolitan area is defined by the IHSI as including the communes of Port-au-Prince, Delmas, Cite Soleil, Tabarre, Carrefour and Pétion-Ville. Photo: "Haetae stands guard in front of the parliament" by robert.molinarius is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.