Case file · Abduction
Lady Suro taken by the sea dragon
As Lady Suro travelled up the east coast, a sea dragon seized her; she was returned when the people beat the shore with sticks and sang the 'Song of the Sea'.
705 CE · 37.45, 129.18 · status: legend
The account
The Samguk yusa says she was so beautiful that spirits of mountains and seas repeatedly took her. Back on shore she described palaces of jewels under the sea. The scene is set at Imhaejeong; a park in Samcheok marks the place.