Talk:Dokkaebi

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[edit] Oni?

They are roughly analogous to the oni of Japanese folklore, but Korean Dokkaebi is neither harmful nor formidable. Odd, the article makes them sound more like analogues of the tsukumogami. Kotengu 04:04, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

The tsukumogami-ish aspect of Dokkaebis are not that emphasized, actually. It's just that some Dokkaebis are old possessed objects, while the majority are naturally-occuring entities on their own. The link between Dokkaebis and Onis come from a propaganda/error/misconception/whatever it was that happened during the Japanese Colonial period, when an illustration of an Oni was used in a story about a Dokkaebi. Because Dokkaebis never really had a single, well-known shape across Korea, the illustration of Oni soon replaced the folk images... or somesuch. Both entities carry clubs and are physically, uh, robust, but Dokkaebis are more like fairies and goblins while Onis are more demonic... Accordingly, the theory is that Dokkaebis would look more silly than how Onis get depicted. Oh well.--24.27.128.220 (talk) 03:44, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Horn

Don't they have a single horn like that of a bull? It mentions somehting about it in the Korean version of this article--Jeff79 (talk) 11:44, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

From what I know on the subject, horns are not a defining feature of Dokkaebis. Some are said to have a single bull-like horn, but I don't think it's prevalent enough. It might be an influence from Onis, too, though.--24.27.128.220 (talk) 03:44, 8 June 2008 (UTC)