Friday, April 15, 2016

A TO Z CHALLENGE 2016 -- MUL GWISHIN

Water laps quietly along the edge of the pond.  You are enjoying the cool breeze after the hot summer heat has faded.

Stars begin to pierce the sky, and you sigh in contentment.  Taking off your shoes, you wade midcalf into the water.

Something tickles your leg. You look down, but nothing is there.  You shrug it off.

You close your eyes and sigh.

Ice grips your ankle. A choked cry escapes as you are yanked into the water.

You try to find what has you, but the dark water limits your sight.  The only thing you can see is a pale shape. You kick, fighting to reach the surface, but you free yourself.

You feel a second grip on you.  The pale shape turns into a body.  You meet the terrible eyes of you captive as your lungs burn for air.

And then you see nothing at all.


Mul Gwishin 물귀신(or gwisin depending on where you look)  is the Korean water ghost.  They are the souls of those who drowned and want companionship because they are lonely.  Of course that means that they drag down anyone they can reach and drown them as well.

They are so ingrained into the culture they have a saying: 물귀신 작전. It translates to mul gwishin jeokjeon or water ghost tactics. It basically means that you just got sabotaged by someone.  Albeit a boss or another person making you suffer along with them.
 JAPAN

10 comments:

  1. Not a nice ghosty! If they want a friend they should find some other water ghosties!
    Tasha
    Tasha's Thinkings | Wittegen Press | FB3X (AC)

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    1. Their funny that way. They don't like other ghosts it seems.

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  2. Remind me not to go swimming in Korea! :)

    Susan A Eames from
    Travel, Fiction and Photos

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  3. This is the very reason I won't go into the water. LOL
    What a horrifying experience / death!
    Thank you, now when folks ask why I won't go swimming, I'll just say. There's a Mul Gwishin in the water. :)

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    1. I don't swim either. But that's because I nearly drowned twice as a kid.

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  4. You come up with some fascinating posts!

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  5. This is a creepy one, sounds like something straight out of a horror movie!
    Debbie

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    1. They do use them in horror movies. And in tv shows. Master's Sun is one example.

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  6. This post reminds me of how I've been meaning to replay the Fatal Frame trilogy. The water ghost was freaky in there (although not any more freaky than some of the others).

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