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oh my god-
what if yohan is the reincarnation of princess bari or he IS actually bari (in the story)??
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oh my god-
what if yohan is the reincarnation of princess bari or he IS actually bari (in the story)??
So I found out it is a korean myth and it was not a prince but a princess--
IN THE TRADITIONAL Korean myth from which Hwang Sok-yong’s recently translated novel, Princess Bari, borrows its title, the seventh daughter of a royal family travels to the netherworld to secure water to save her dying parents. Her parents had had six daughters in a row, and upon seeing that the infant Bari had nothing between her legs they discarded her in the forest to die (hence the name Bari, which roughly translates to “thrown away”). During her travails to attain the life-saving water, she meets and comforts many grief-stricken dead souls. Shamans of Korea call the Princess Bari myth their origin story and revere her as the healer of souls.