Heroes & their stories
300Yi Sun-sin
1545–1598He led Joseon's navy to victories at Okpo, Hansando, and Myeongnyang during the Imjin War and wrote Nanjung Ilgi.
Bari-degi
The abandoned princess who seeks life-restoring water in shamanic narrative.
Jang Yeongsil
A Joseon engineer involved in water clocks and astronomical instruments.
Jacheongbi
The heroine who becomes an agricultural deity in Segyeong Bonpuri.
Hong Gildong
The fictional hero who overcomes status barriers and journeys to Yuldo.
Kim Mandeok
1739–1812A Jeju merchant who used her wealth for famine relief.
Eulji Mundeok
The Goguryeo commander associated with victory over Sui at Salsu.
Dokkaebi
A varied folkloric being that challenges people or brings good fortune.
Heo Nanseolheon
1563–1589A Joseon woman poet known for her Chinese-language verse.
Jang Bogo
A maritime leader who operated East Asian trade networks from Cheonghaejin.
Jeon Uchi
The trickster-mage protagonist of Jeon Uchi Jeon.
King Sejong
1397–1450The king who led Hangul's creation and supported science and culture.
Dangun
The founding ancestor in Gojoseon's origin myth, born from the meeting of heaven and earth and said to have established Gojoseon.
Ureuk
A Gaya musician who brought gayageum music to Silla.
Gang Gamchan
948–1031A Goryeo official and commander victorious over Khitan at Gwiju.
Sim Cheong
The heroine of Sim Cheong Jeon who sacrifices herself for her father.
Kim Hongdo
A Joseon painter celebrated for genre scenes and diverse subjects.
Yu Gwan-sun
An Aunae independence demonstrator who died while imprisoned.
How is the directory organized?
People are filed by their main sphere of activity; tales by setting. States coexisted, so this is not a single succession of dynasties. Undated traditions and classical literary characters have a separate section.
Public profiles are rewritten from reviewed reference material, while repetitive source credits stay out of the reading experience. The directory includes people, deities, animal characters, and collective traditions—not only historical individuals or confirmed Yuldo characters. Some traditions are shared across East Asia.
What is the world of Yuldo?
As the boundaries of history fall, heroes from ancient to modern Korea meet in Yuldo. Historical records, folklore, and original Yuldo fiction are kept distinct as the universe grows.