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In 1420, King Sejong heard of a 107-year-old elder in Gobong-hyeon and sent a royal messenger bearing gifts of warm clothes and food to celebrate his extreme longevity.

The bedridden elder was so intensely overwhelmed with gratitude for the King’s grace that he clasped his hands in reverence, pulled the newly bestowed royal garments over his body, and promptly dropped dead right there on the spot.

-The Veritable Records of King Sejong (April 26, 1420)

According to local folklore from Mount Palgong in Daegu, villagers practiced an unusually aggressive rain ritual at the famous stone Buddha known as Gatbawi.

If regular prayers yielded no rain after a week, they would pile firewood around the stone Buddha and set it ablaze—effectively taking the deity hostage so the heavens would be forced to send down rain to extinguish the fire.

In the satirical Joseon novel Hojil, an enlightened tiger delivers a scathing critique of human hypocrisy and societal corruption.