Talk:Dokkaebi

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)

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)

Korean images of dokkebi almost always have horns akin to Chiwoo images which may or may not be related and have nothing to do with Oni. Go look at Goryeo and Chosun images of dokkebi.Melonbarmonster2 (talk) 06:36, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Dokkebi Image

Please do not confuse discussion with Japanese folklore. Dokkebi images as well as folktale were fully developed and prevalent for literally thousands of years before Japanese occupation in 1909. There are drawn images throughout different periods of Korean history that show different variations of dokkebi images.Melonbarmonster2 (talk) 06:33, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

awkward wording

This could really use a pass to fix the awkward wording (presumably from a helpful but non-native English-speaking editor), particularly under "Characteristics" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.59.246.35 (talk) 08:27, 16 January 2016 (UTC)