Every Mythical Creature from Korean Folklore Explained in 15 Minutes

Every Mythical Creature from Korean Folklore Explained in 15 Minutes When Koreans look up at the moon, they don't see a man staring back. They see a rabbit. According to Korean folklore, the Daltokki, or moon rabbit, lives on the lunar surface and spends eternity doing one thing: pounding rice into tteok, the chewy rice cakes eaten during Chuseok, Korea's harvest festival. The legend was adopted from Chinese mythology, where the same creature is called the jade rabbit, but it took deep root in Korean culture and never let go.