Case file · Folklore / legend
Manpasikjeok, the flute that calms the waves
A floating mountain with a bamboo that split by day and joined by night was seen off Gameunsa; from it King Sinmun made a flute that stopped enemies, droughts and storms.
682 CE · 35.74, 129.48 · status: legend
The account
The Samguk yusa says a dragon, the dead King Munmu, gave the bamboo. The flute was kept as a state treasure and reportedly lost and found more than once.