Case file · Folklore / legend

Queen Seondeok and the croaking frogs

Hearing frogs croak in winter at the Jade Gate pond, Queen Seondeok deduced that Baekje soldiers hid in 'Women's Valley' west of the capital and had them caught.

636 CE · 35.83, 129.22 · status: legend

The account

It is one of three prophecies the Samguk yusa credits to her, alongside predicting her own death day and burial place.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Queen Seondeok of Silla
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