'The Baby Warrior Uturi' in "Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938"
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The Baby Warrior Uturi and Uturi's Sword
Uturi is a Korean folktale that has been passed down for generations. The Uturi in this story is not ordinary from birth. When he was born, his umbilical cord could not be cut with any tool. At this time, an old woman who passed by advised to cut the umbilical cord with pampas grass (there is also a version that is not bamboo). And Uturi's umbilical cord was really cut with pampas grass. The child born in this way was a child with small wings on his shoulders. When the rumors about the child's wings spread, the story changed to the child becoming a hero. The king, who heard this rumor, was afraid of the child and ordered him to be caught, but Uturi fortunately defeated them.
Afterwards, he was worried that they would come to catch him again, so he brought beans and made armor to protect himself. At this time, his mother was too hungry and ate a bean. Because of the beans his mother ate, there were not enough beans to make armor, so the armor Uturi made had a hole in the wing. And later, the soldiers who came to catch Uturi shot arrows at this empty armor and Uturi died.
However, fortunately, Uturi seemed to know his fate and made a request to his parents before he died. He said that if he died, he would be buried under the rock on the back mountain, and after burying the millet, beans and red beans together, he would never tell anyone where he was buried. A few years later, there was a rumor that Uturi was alive, and the king heard this and went to Uturi's parents to eliminate Uturi again. Uturi's parents, who could not overcome the king's threats, told him where he was buried, even though Uturi had asked him not to, but Uturi was not there. The king again threatened Uturi's parents and found out that Uturi had barely cut the umbilical cord with pampas grass when he was born, and split the rock with pampas grass and found Uturi there. Inside the rock, the millet, beans and red beans that were buried with Uturi were dying, but at that moment the wind blew and Uturi and the soldiers disappeared.
The Sword of Uturi in "Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938"
The sword of Uturi, who appears in the folktale, also appears in the drama "Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938". It is said to be the only weapon that can kill "Samcheongapjadongbangsak", who cannot be killed by anything. If the legend is true, it would have been made of pampas grass or bamboo, but it is simply expressed as a sword for dramatic effect.
The problem is that the legend of Uturi's sword itself is not a happy ending. In the original legend of Uturi, Uturi's sword is both a device that begins life and a device that ends life. It is a very rare story that belongs to the bad ending among the legends and legends that have a happy ending at the end of the power of justice. Therefore, there is a speculation that the Uturi legend is hinting at the bad ending of "Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938", but to confirm this, we need to keep watching the drama.