방망이: Bangmangi

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Illustration

Visual excerpts of traditional Korean folktales my mother told me. "Bangmangi" is a large spiky club carried by dokebi (a type of mischievous goblin) most coveted by humans. The bangmangi is used as a weapon, but also has the power to materialize anything one wishes—the only catch is that everything it conjures up has been stolen from someone else in the world.