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Yam Boy
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Region: Korea
Time Period: Unknown
References in Literature: None found
Sources: Studies in Japanese Folklore, pg 158-9.

Tale:

A woman married the dragon of a nearby lake and had a boy who made money by digging yams. He fell in love with a princess, but her father sent her away from him. He followed and they were married. She gave him gold for them to live on and he said that there was a lot of it (gold) where he'd found his yams, so they got the gold and were very wealthy.

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