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📕 Volume 1. Dictionary of Joseon Taboos

Will be delivered via Google Drive download link. Over 100 pages in PDF.

Mobile recommended, PC viewing available.

The real stories behind the taboos we overlooked every day.

PART 1. Taboos Inside the House

1. Do not cut your nails at night.
2. Do not step on the threshold.
3. Do not whistle at night.
4. Do not hang laundry at night.
5. Breaking a mirror is considered bad luck.
6. Do not leave the broom standing carelessly.
7. Do not kick the door.
8. Do not slam the door.
9. Do not stay alone in an empty room for a long time.
10. Do not wander outside at sunset.

PART 2. Taboos of Meals and Food

11. Do not stick chopsticks upright in rice.
12. Do not turn the rice bowl upside down.
13. Do not throw the spoon carelessly.
14. If you leave food unfinished, good fortune will leave you.
15. Do not cook soup at night.
16. Do not eat ritual food carelessly.
17. Do not cross over the ritual table.
18. The first bowl of rice is offered to the ancestors.
19. Do not argue at the dining table.
20. Do not curse while eating.

PART 3. Taboos in People and Daily Life

21. Do not throw away hair carelessly.
22. Do not call someone's name carelessly.
23. Do not shake your legs in front of elders.
24. Do not let children go outside late at night.
25. Actions pregnant women should avoid.
26. Things you should not say to children.
27. Actions that were taboo on a child's first birthday.
28. Do not place shoes upside down.
29. Do not call a child's name at sunset.
30. Do not point your finger at night.

PART 4. Omens and Signs

31. Is it a good omen when a magpie cries?
32. Is it a bad omen to see a crow?
33. Taboos before setting out on a journey.
34. The meaning of the first customer.
35. When you see a broken dish in the morning.
36. Taboos about telling dreams.
37. The reason you should not talk about dream interpretations.
38. The meaning of a sneeze.
39. The reason you should not call someone's name on the road.
40. Customs to avoid misfortune.

Volume 2 inner page draft -

📗 Volume 2. Joseon's Dictionary of Taboos: Advanced Edition

Will be provided via Google Drive download link. Over 100 pages in PDF.

Mobile recommended, PC viewing available.

Taboos and folklore of Joseon that lasted for 505 years.

PART 1. Funerals and Death

1. The reason for sprinkling salt after returning from a funeral.
2. The reason for washing your hair after a funeral.
3. The meaning of mourning clothes
4. The reason for holding a funeral song
5. The reason for avoiding night funerals
6. The reason for not speaking directly about death
7. Taboo against stopping the funeral bier
8. The reason for not moving graves carelessly
9. The reason for not stepping on graves
10. Taboos on ancestral rites days

PART 2. House Sites and Spaces

11. Taboo in choosing a house site
12. Do not fill in wells carelessly
13. Do not damage sacred trees
14. The reason for not cutting down old trees
15. The meaning of the main gate direction
16. The symbolism of the threshold
17. Kitchen beliefs
18. Taboo of the jar stand
19. Taboo of the well
20. Taboo of the master bedroom

PART 3. Rituals and Beliefs

21. Taboos on the Day Before Ancestral Rites
22. The Reason for Burning Incense
23. Number of Bows
24. The Story of the Kitchen God
25. The Story of the Household God
26. Belief in the Three Goddesses
27. Mountain Spirit Belief
28. Taboos of the Village Guardian Shrine
29. Taboos of the Sacred Tree
30. Meaning of Talismans

PART 4. Worldview in Joseon's Taboos

31. Why Did People Believe Ghosts Appeared at Night?
32. The Concept of Impurity
33. Customs to Ward Off Misfortune
34. Yin-Yang Philosophy and Taboos
35. The Five Elements and Daily Life
36. Why Taboos Were Stronger Than the Law
37. Norms That Protected the Community
38. Taboos That Still Remain Today
39. Why Did Taboos Disappear?
40. The Taboos of Joseon We Learn Today.

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