3. The Magic Gem

This week I’m sharing a story from Korea. The Magic Gem tells the tale of a magic green gem that can bring you anything you wish for, but if you lose it everything you wished for will vanish. Find out how a sweet, but poor fisherman came to own the green gem and how he lost it. Will he and his wife get it back? The retelling of this timeless tale based on Kim So-un’s Three Korean Folktales: Beloved Stories and Legends.

Welcome to the Global Storytime Podcast! Every two weeks I will bring a story from a different corner of the world so that we can get a glimpse into another place and culture. I will do my best to explain the potentially unfamiliar to provide context and will end each episode with some information about the country so we can get to know it better!

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All sound effects and music fall under a Creative Commons 0 license and were found on freesounds.com or the Youtube Free Library.
Intro Song: A recording of a traditional Korean folk music concert at the Musical Instrument Museum in Brussels, Belgium.
Transition Song: 'Ishikari Lore', unknown artist
Closing Song: 'Forgiveness', Patrick Patrikios