In ancient times, there lived in the Masan region, in Gyeongnam Province, a tiger whose name was Hong Do Ren. The tiger had strange habits - he attacked only women, and certainly those who wore a blue skirt. And this tiger was not a tiger at all, but a man. This is the story they tell about him.
When he was a man, Hong Do Ren was a devoted and respectful son. His mother fell ill and could not recover. Hong Do Ren didn’t buy her any medicines, didn’t call any doctors – nothing helped. I spent all my money and became completely poor. And his last hope remained - in the Almighty.
Hong Do Ren went to the mountains, performed a purification ritual, took the pozulotos and began to pray day and night. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a beast not a beast, a man not a man, appeared in front of Hong Do Ren and said:
- Take a hundred dogs, prepare a medicine from them, give the mother something to drink, and she will recover.
When Hong Do Ren heard this, he was completely depressed. Where can he get a hundred dogs?
He doesn’t even have enough money to buy one, let alone a hundred. Hong Do Ren began to cry with grief and suddenly thought: If I were a tiger, I could easily get a hundred dogs. Siditon is at the very top of the mountain, praying to the Almighty for help. Suddenly, out of nowhere again, a beast is not a beast, a man is not a man, appeared in front of Hong Do-ren, gave him a piece of paper and said:
“If you read out loud the signs on this piece of paper, you will turn into a tiger.” If you read it again, you will become a man again!
Hong Do Ren took the piece of paper and returned home. And when midnight came and everyone was fast asleep, he read aloud the signs on the piece of paper and instantly turned around like a tiger. He ran around the village, caught the dog, and brought it home. Again I read the signs - I became a man. Every morning the wife found a dog at the doorstep, prepared a potion for her mother-in-law, and fed it dog soup. Ninety days have passed, ninety nights have passed. Ninety dogs were caught by Hong Do Ren.
The old woman felt better. Just in case he gets better.
And on the hundredth night, the wife decided to track down her husband, where he was going.
She pretended to fall asleep and climbed out the window. He looked and the man pulled out a piece of paper from under the eaves, whispered and instantly turned into a tiger. He put the back sheet down and rushed off. The wife got scared, grabbed the piece of paper, and threw it into the stove.
Hong Do Ren returned home and wanted to take the piece of paper, but there was no trace of him!
The mother recovered, but Hong Do Ren remained a tiger. He found out that she had thrown the wife into the stove, rushed at her and killed her. And my wife was wearing a blue skirt. Hong Do Ren went to the mountains and began to live there. As soon as he sees a woman in a blue skirt, he immediately kills. And at night he often comes to the house, walks around, and cries. From that time on, young women not only wore a white skirt in the evenings when they went to the spring for water, but also did not wear a blue one during the day - they were afraid of the tiger.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru