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Legend of the Gumiho
Summary: They say that the fox with nine tails is a demonic creature, able to change its form into a human of ethereal beauty. They say that it seduces and murders all humans who stumble into its lair. They say that it resents mankind…and they say it longs to become human… One story says it had loved; it had loved a human…
Warnings: M/M slash. Violence. Sexuality. Goriness. Cliché/sappy moments. Melodrama…? Korean elements.
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An Ancient Legend
: n. A fox that is said to have formed nine tails over a long period of time. Said to be skilled at seducing people.
The ‘gumiho’ is a creature of Asian origin, representing resentment, malice, hatred, enmity, fury…
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One version of the gumiho legend says the gumiho is a beautiful and terrible creature that is able to live up to hundreds – even thousands – of years. It is said that it can take the form of a gorgeous woman who resides within the mountains in a lone house, becoming a deception of security to those who pass by its lair. Travelers who are either lost or looking for shelter for a night are lured to that isolated house, in which they meet their bloody end before dawn breaks. In the middle of the night, it would enter the traveler’s room, eerily bewitching with its white clothing, pale, beautiful face, and long hair. It would awake the man, play its twisted game with him, and then kill the victim by literally ripping out his liver through his mouth with its clawed hands. Ultimately, Gumiho would have had a satisfying dinner, the bloody bodies would be hidden, and it would have waited for the next to come…
They say the gumiho kills to sate its unquenchable hate and fury towards humans; it kills for revenge—revenge for a terrible crime committed long ago, a crime that could not be forgotten.
Another version is that the gumiho kills humans for their liver so that it can become human—so that it will not have to live each and every day with the indefinable rage and hatred that burns it, so that it can be a human who cannot carry such a curse. They say that in actuality, the gumiho kills because of its envy, the intense longing for life as a human…
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This story is about a gumiho who fell in love with a human. A gumiho at the verge of becoming a human. A gumiho who, in the end, could not give up his love…
Like most accounts of this legend…perhaps this story of the gumiho will also unravel and conclude with tragedy, violence, and horror.
