"The Gumiho I Invented, and the One That's Real"

Episode three of this series told an invented gumiho legend with no basis in real folklore — this episode corrects that. It traces the actual nine-tailed fox from its origins in ancient Chinese texts through Korea's Silla, Goryeo, and Joseon periods, and uncovers the real historical case the pattern best matches: Shin Don, a Buddhist monk given sweeping power by a grieving king, whose genuine reforms threatened Goryeo's elite — and who was rumored, after his execution, to have been a fox all along. Episode 11 of an animated series exploring the darkest myths of East Asian history, and where it got them wrong.