The Magpie That Repaid

Card meaning

Upright - what you save today rings the bell at night. This is done without counting the return.

Reversed - the one who rings the bell may be hurt. Repayment has a price.

The card meanings are a game.

The tale

A scholar on the road saves a magpie caught by a snake.

That night, in the house where he lodges, a snake means to kill him.

The condition is set: if the bell sounds three times he will live.

The magpie strikes the bell with its head and the bell sounds.

The tale is handed down attached to Mount Chiak and Sangwonsa.

Where you can see this in Korea now

We have not yet measured which places connect to this tale.

Sources

한국민족문화대백과사전 「은혜 갚은 까치 설화」

국립민속박물관 한국민속대백과사전 「치악산 상원사 설화」